Acavallo Gel seat saver... confused

Hippona said:
How is it confusing?

You just stretch them underneath the saddle and shove them behind the panels under the gullet....they just grip in....
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I didn't say it was confusing. I often ride 3, 4, 5 different horses a day and can't be doing with poking the plastic clips under the gullet each time.

It works perfectly with them cut off.
 
They dont clip together if you push them on each side right under the panel into the gullet they hook over and stay, ive. Never had a problem with them coming off in fact once theyre hooked on you need to stretch the elastic and wiggle them free
 
No it doesn't. It slips and slides all over the place. Why would anyone cut it up after spending a lot of money one a seat saver. It's just lazyness.
 
Glad I came across this thread, someone on our yard has one & it's been confusing the hell out the whole yard. I may now be regarded a hero :p
 
Oh dear! I'll admit to a little initial confusion with the plastic ends, bit it didn't take that long to work out. And I thought I was the elderly, rather dim one. Only just getting to grips with a Smart phone, unlike (probably) the majority of posters here.
 
Quite frankly the thought of placing anything over the panels of a saddle worries me - there is always the possibility of the horse feeling the 'seam'.
 
Wideyes said:
No it doesn't. It slips and slides all over the place. Why would anyone cut it up after spending a lot of money one a seat saver. It's just lazyness.
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Laziness? Would you seriously faff about with those straps multiple times a day? Beyond that I'd just rather not have plastic things in an area that the horse could potentially feel. I also have 2 saddles with wide panels where the straps didn't even reach the gullet. I ride multiple horses every day and the seat saver has never moved with the straps cut off. Hours of hunting, jumping, even rodeoing across the downs hasn't budged it.
 
My mare didn't like the plastic bits under the saddle, so I just tuck the straps under the saddle flaps.

I agree 100% with Robinhood......no need for the straps, seat saver stays put in all activities without, even energetic young horse antics and full up rears! So to be honest Wideyes, throwing your comment back...why would anyone bother with the straps when they aren't needed
 
Louby said:
Has anyone got one of these?
How do I fit the straps that come from either side to keep it secure?
They dont link together and if I do what I think should be done, I dont fancy the plastic ends potentially digging in my horses back?
Any ideas?
:):)
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Mine didn' t link together properly as the one connector had been attached and sewn on upside down. I rang up Horse Health and they sent me a replacement for my gel seat saver. But in the meantime I put the width strap with the dodgy connection above the strap that runs the full length of the gullet so it kept it off the horses back.

I bought my first gel seat saver from the Horsehealth stand at Your Horse Live (Horse Health) as it was reduced to £30 due to this. They were great about it. Its a brilliant piece of kit, really sticks you to the saddle when you jump and the gel is the type used in wheelchair seats, and was great for absorbing concussion when I jumped due to my slipped disc.


The following year I bought another gel pad which also had a faulty connection and just cut it off and replaced it with wide elastic instead. It works just as well.
 
Hi, I originally started this, seems such a long time ago now but if I remember rightly my clips seemed upside down too Applecart, this confused me and I found some instructions saying the clips were to be tucked up under the panels. I tried and failed as my dressage saddle was close contact and the clips were stretched to capacity and wouldnt fit properly and so sat at an angle, potentially digging in my boys back. I decided to give up and send it back, couldnt bear cutting off the straps incase it did move :)
 
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