Air jacket..remembering to unclip!

[kinnygirl1]

Just bought myself an air jacket at bramham horse trials. Very excited about riding in it but terrified I will forget to unclip it before I get off after a ride and ending up scaring horse and costing myself a bomb in canisters. Do any air jacket wearers have any handy tips for ways of reminding yourself to unclip at the end of a ride?

Also, it seems quite heavy with the canister and all compared to my body protector Do you just get used to that as time goes on?

 

[its_noodles]

You will get used to it. It takes quite a force to set it off.

 

[EquiEquestrian556]

Haha, I forgot to unclip a lot at first!! ......Much to the amusement of the hunt!

 

[kinnygirl1]

Haha, I forgot to unclip a lot at first!! ......Much to the amusement of the hunt!

Oh no...that'll be me at the end of a lesson or something really embarrassing!

 

[asommerville]

It's easy to get used to and at £18 a good you'll soon remember - the thought of that amount of money also gives you a remarkably sticky bottom I've found!!

 

[Shay]

You just get used to it I'm afraid. Most people forget to unclip once!

 

[Tamski]

You get used to it just like taking your feet out of your stirrups before you get off. I do mine at the same time so feet out, unclip, get off.

Takes a bit of getting used to. I have done a whole ride and forgotten to clip on! Also managed to get on once, clip myself on then realise I didn't have my hat on!

 

[pony&cow]

Also managed to get on once, clip myself on then realise I didn't have my hat on!

Ive done this too! Althought much to my amazement I have never dismounted clipped up yet.... £18 is 2 bags of fast fibre!!!!!
Im one of those naughty ones that dismounts by putting one leg over the front of the saddle, you soon unclip when your leg wont go any further.

 

[Tobiano]

i forget to unclip about 50% of the time when getting off but luckily my horse is only 15.2hh and it has never gone off yet!

 

[canteron]

Whatever you do DON'T get off by bringing your leg over the front. I learn to my cost that is a sure way to disaster!

 

[Paint Me Proud]

You do remember. I have never forgotten to unclip yet, although it did help that to start with everytime i hacked out in it my friends would shout 'UNCLIP' as we got back to the yard gates!!

 

[Coblover63]

i forget to unclip about 50% of the time when getting off but luckily my horse is only 15.2hh and it has never gone off yet!

Does that not mean that your lanyard is perhaps a tad too long?

 

[wilsha]

Air jackets have a 6 stone pull on the., so 6 stone in pressure must be pulled onto the lanyard to set the jacket off, so basically if you get off very carefully and slowly, from a smaller horse your jacket may not go off

 

[kinnygirl1]

Thanks everyone .... I think I will try to remind myself by doing it as I take feet out stirrups. It's gonna be weird! I was talking to someone today at bramham who suggested tying a coloured ribbon on horses mane to remind myself to unclip until I get used to it.