bedmax vs. easibed: thoughts/opinions??

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Was wondering what peoples experiences (good and bad) were like regarding bedmax and easibed as i'm not sure which to use. Debate/discuss please :)
 
Depends if you like a nice fluffy white bed or a stable bed?? I would personally go for bed max as easi bed doesnt soak up the wet unless you deep litter! Pm me if you want anymore advice.
 
Havent tried Bedmax but have tried Easibed and it didnt suit my gelding. It would leave pools of wet underneath the bed and didnt absorb it. Really disgusting. I also found the easibed shavings hard and some were sharp, I dont think it would be comfortable to lie on.
 
Bedmax... my horse wees ALOT... [we even get a river outside the stable sometimes :o] to be honest i wouldt in my experiance say its much good for horses that wee alot or you end up taking out a whole big wheelbarrow and i was using up to 3 bales a week at £7 each thats not cheap, per month :o
 
thankyou, we have pretty good thick rubber mats, so the bed does not need to be deep, but my one pet peeve about horses is that horrid strong ammonia smell! so which ever product will minimise the smell would be a prefured option.
 
I would use easibed over bedmax any day.
One yard I work at uses easibed on rubber mats, the beds are about 4in deep and fully mucked out every day, the dirtiest horse used 2 bales a week max, the cleanest 1 bale every two weeks. Never had any bad smell, or pools of wee.:)

Another yard I go to changed onto bedmax a few weeks ago and it's awful! It seems to break down into horrible, dusty mush really quickly, all the horses need at least 3 bales a week and the beds stink.:( They'll be changing back to normal shavings when we've used up the remaining bales of bedmax.
 
talor said:
thankyou, we have pretty good thick rubber mats, so the bed does not need to be deep, but my one pet peeve about horses is that horrid strong ammonia smell! so which ever product will minimise the smell would be a prefured option.
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I am now using Megazorb on rubber matting. Its wood pulp so is very absorbent and it doesnt smell if you semi deep litter on an about 8 inch thick bed. As my horse is on rubber matting I dont have a bed which fills the stable so it makes it a bit cheaper and able to keep the bed thick. Its about £6.20 a bale where I am and I use about 2 bales a week.
 
I have used Easibed as a full bed and on mats. On full bed it was HORRIFICALLY heavy and gave both me and my friend back ache!! On mats it was not absorbent enough.

I've used megasorb on mats for 7 years.... but my new mare is very very wet and megasprb was costing too much (£6.50 a bag. Going through 2 bags a week). So the store recommended I tried Safemix (a highly aborbant woodpulp/chip). The bales are slightly smaller than shavings, but it's less than £6 a bag!! So far it's working really well. Very absorbent, no stains, no puddles (mats dry underneath) and easy to much out.
 
I'm using easibed in one stable as deep litter. It works fab for me BUT stable drains well and I hardly ever remove any wet, I just more easibed on top. The other stable is large shavings/bedmax and also deep litter. I plan to convert this to easibed as I much prefer it. I don't think it would work where you need it to absorb wee, it very free draining.

The other advantage is your muckheap is much smaller and it rots to a mulch which is great for your garden -a huge plus for me.

Sue
 
I'd go with wood pellets over either of those. Cheap, incredibly absorbent, stable bed and little smell. We've just switched to them for my incredibly wet share gelding and the difference is amazing - bed is bone dry :)
 
thanks all.

Ali2 said:
I'd go with wood pellets over either of those. Cheap, incredibly absorbent, stable bed and little smell. We've just switched to them for my incredibly wet share gelding and the difference is amazing - bed is bone dry :)
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we did look into wood pellets however our friend had them and she has recently had trouble with the whole bed freezing and then problems with the dampness of the pellets, which turned me off a little. has anybody else had these problems?
 
I don't bother soaking them, just chuck them under the bed then put the shavings back down on top and let the wee break them up.

Had no probs with it and it is -12 here today (its on top of mats though so protected from the concrete). My plan is to semi deep litter it and only lift it once the wet starts to come to the top. So far it working a treat - an enormous improvement over the shavings only bed he had before, and, at £2.80 for a bag of pellets a whole lot cheaper!
 
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