50g or no fill rugs?

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Following on from my rug fit post, I normally get 0g rugs for my natives, I used to have the cool heat ones that allowed their coats to rise and fall underneath to suit them, but now just use 0g and use liners as required, but only when it’s wet, windy and cold.
I’ve seen a good deal on a 50g Rambo wug, so now wondering if it will be too hot, and I should spend more buying the 0g version, or if it’s a good choice given the conditions I’m buying it for.
Any thoughts, do they add much warmth?
I tend to use a waterproof fly rug in spring and autumn if needed during heavy rain when it’s warm.
Thank you
 
My natives do the whole winter with 0g and 50g and two of them are fully clipped. i have liners for my PE rug up to 100 an ive only used that a couple of times in the depths of snow
 
Thanks everyone, my two are not clipped since they are both retired, but I don’t have much shelter, so when it’s wet, windy and cold I do like to pop a rug on them as they have been know to get cold and shiver if not. I guess in those conditions a 50g would be unlikely to be too warm!
The Rambo is half price at £150 so I think a bargain for the quality
 
Unclipped and retired Coblet pretty much lives in his 50g weatherbeeta from Dec to March when the temps vary between -3 to +8 reserving his 100g only when it’s below freezing for a decent spell.
 
I changed to 50g rather than a straightforward rain sheet in the last couple of years. IME with some of the very heavy rain we get here in Ireland, very few makes without anything other than a thin lining actually do stay dry. The best ones I have ever had are the Bucas 50g ones, they keep them warm and toasty even on the coldest, wettest days. More expensive but well worth it I think.
 
My unclipped native who has a few health niggles atm has her 0g on if it's persistently wet over 10degrees. It has to be a few days of persistent rain and wind really and it's mostly so I can ride as she's a mud wallowing hippo. The 50g goes on if it's at least 2 of: 5 degrees or below, persistently wet or very windy. I do find the 50 seems to stay drier with less chance of ingress in the storms we've had. I swither when it's over 5 but under 10 but this is the only dry week with winds under 40 we've had since the beginning of October so its been 50g for a while. I appreciate some might see this as over rugging but she's a strange sort of native that doesn't hold her weight. Plus she's quite adamant when she will and won't wear a rug 😂
 
Cloball said:
My unclipped native who has a few health niggles atm has her 0g on if it's persistently wet over 10degrees. It has to be a few days of persistent rain and wind really and it's mostly so I can ride as she's a mud wallowing hippo. The 50g goes on if it's at least 2 of: 5 degrees or below, persistently wet or very windy. I do find the 50 seems to stay drier with less chance of ingress in the storms we've had. I swither when it's over 5 but under 10 but this is the only dry week with winds under 40 we've had since the beginning of October so its been 50g for a while. I appreciate some might see this as over rugging but she's a strange sort of native that doesn't hold her weight. Plus she's quite adamant when she will and won't wear a rug 😂
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Highlighting the main important issue, it's down to the individual, regardless of breed. I have an ID who needs to be far warmer than my TB, and a friend has a NF who is rugged far earlier and more heavily than any of mine ( but she has suspected PSSM)
 
rextherobber said:
Is this as an extra, or instead of a new 0g rug? Can you use your existing liners with the Rambo, or do you not need to rug above 50g?
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Instead of a 0g, I have waterproof fly rugs for when warm and wet, and yes I’d add liners if he needs extra warmth, but that’s very rarely as he’s got a very thick coat, just can’t cope with wet and windy with not a lot of shelter.
 
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