Anyone else's leather on micklem bridle rubbish ?

[MILLGREENLADY]

Haven't even had mine a year yet cleaned regulary, been oiled etc. Cleaning it this week and noticed the leather is cracking its never been great leather e.g. hard to get supple. Really annoyed as they are not cheap bridle but the leather to me seems rubbish. Anyone else in counted this problem? Should i write to complain?

 

[twobearsarthur]

I believe they use imported leather.
I really wanted one but was put off when I heard this.
I would email to complain as it doesn't sound fit for purpose.

 

[MILLGREENLADY]

I believe they use imported leather.
I really wanted one but was put off when I heard this.
I would email to complain as it doesn't sound fit for purpose.

Yes i can believe its imported leather. Im going to, its annoying as it was a birthday present

 

[MILLGREENLADY]

Have sent an email will send a letter if i have to, I've only used it for 10 months and on one horse and it is unsafe to use !

 

[Goldenstar]

My competition one is ok , but the multi bridle is awful leather it never looks nice however I have had it almost from when they where launched and it's used every day sometimes several times and it's still going .

 

[FfionWinnie]

I had a multi for a year plus and it was fine. I don't clean tack much. My friend had a competition one and is obsessive about cleaning tack. It fell apart.

 

[pansymouse]

I have and it isn't the best leather by far but it's holding up. Oiling is in fact really bad for modern leather and should be avoided - use an animal fat/beeswax balsam instead.

 

[pistolpete]

Mine is ok but not had it a year yet. I don't clean my tack much either. Maybe Micklem's should advertise as self-cleaning tack!

 

[LeannePip]

I wasnt impressed with the leather when it arrived - the plastic coating cracked before i'd even put it on a horse! but for the time being it seems pretty solid and makes the horse happy!

 

[Bede]

I had an old multi and it was fine.
I have a much newer competition and it's nowhere near as nice leather, but the horse likes it so much better than an ordinary bridle that it's worth putting up with it

 

[Tnavas]

A friend has one here in NZ - brought over from UK and the leather is lovely

 

[old hand]

Have three one old multibridle and two newer competition bridles, I clean them with leather balsam and all are fine. They even survive my other half dunking them in water troughs when he is cleaning bits off.

 

[Cragrat]

I have 2 multibridles. One is used daily, cleaned every 1 or 2 weeks ( basically before each competition), the other is used less often, but cleaned about the same. I use traditional gycerine bar soap, and koachaline if they have been rained on for a whole day.

I bought the first new, about 2 1/2 years ago, I think, and the other about 2 years ago, 2nd hand.

They both look and feel great. Maybe not equivalent to top of the range £300 bridles, but perfectly strong and flexible. I'm very happy with them.

Weirdly though, on both the jowl strap, the one that's sort of a low throat lash, seems a different, slightly cheaper leather than the rest! Not noticeable unless I'm cleaning it, and it's still perfectly fine.

 

[OldNag]

I wasnt impressed with the leather when it arrived - the plastic coating cracked before i'd even put it on a horse! but for the time being it seems pretty solid and makes the horse happy!

There shouldn't be any plastic coating on bridle leather!

 

[mightymammoth]

Haven't even had mine a year yet cleaned regulary, been oiled etc. Cleaning it this week and noticed the leather is cracking its never been great leather e.g. hard to get supple. Really annoyed as they are not cheap bridle but the leather to me seems rubbish. Anyone else in counted this problem? Should i write to complain?

millgreenlady, where did you get the details of who to complain to? The same has happened to my friends micklem.

 

[MILLGREENLADY]

millgreenlady, where did you get the details of who to complain to? The same has happened to my friends micklem.

I emailed william micklem himself the email i got off the micklem bridle website he replied this morning saying he has forwared my email to a person at rambo as they make them. Haven't heard anything from them yet !

 

[mightymammoth]

thanks will let her know!

 

[tilly49]

Hi - any news on this issue? The chin strap on my competition bridle which I've had for 9 months and clean weekly with a wipe over after each use - seems to be shedding the leather. I'm in discussion with Horseware and the retailer I brought it off but I doubt they will replace it

 

[webble]

Probably a stupid question but I assume there are copy rights in place preventing someone from just asking a local saddler to make them on in good quality leather?

 

[Pilib]

Haven't stubben just brought out something similar or did I imagine it???

 

[Doormouse]

Mine is pretty crap and the multi bridle now has no ring on the noseband as when I was lunging off it the other day and my 4 year old had a hooley it just pulled out the leather.

I wouldn't bother with them at all except that both my current horses go so much better in them than standard bridles.

 

[criso]

I noticed they have recently brought out a deluxe version of it, I wonder if they are using slightly better leather for this or if it is just a question of stitched raised design.

Still toying with getting one but as my horse is not a standard size in a normal bridle I have put it off.

 

[ElleSkywalker]

I have two multi bridles and the leather is awful! Anyone had anything back from the manufacturer?

 

[mrhsaddler]

I have seen loads of these come through the workshop, usually because the D rings that hold the bit straps to the noseband or the D rings to the straps that hold the underside of the noseband on have ripped off, the leather is not good, but then again its typical quality for leatherwork from the sweat shops of the far east.

 

[cremedemonthe]

I have seen loads of these come through the workshop, usually because the D rings that hold the bit straps to the noseband or the D rings to the straps that hold the underside of the noseband on have ripped off, the leather is not good, but then again its typical quality for leatherwork from the sweat shops of the far east.

Same here, the Dees are the weak link (the chape holding them in). I can see design flaws with this bridle, it needed tweaking a bit before it was sold but suspect it was a case of "get it out there and get earning".
Oz

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Same here, the Dees are the weak link (the chape holding them in). I can see design flaws with this bridle, it needed tweaking a bit before it was sold but suspect it was a case of "get it out there and get earning".
Oz

Are the newer competition ones any better Oz?

 

[xgemmax]

I had one and sold it, the leather quality was awful and the leather by the buckle on the reins was cracked within a few weeks!

 

[cremedemonthe]

Are the newer competition ones any better Oz?

Don't know haven't seen any through here yet