Burst Cair in saddle

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One of the airbags in my Bates saddle has collapsed and have been quoted £100-£200 to have it repaired :(

Anyone else have experience of this? Seems v steep. Also I can't find the receipt at the mo but thought the Cair was supposed to have a long guarantee!?

Thanks!
 
Yep. I had the airbags in both my Bates and Wintec go flat. I sold the Wintec (to a saddler) as I couldn't justify the expense on a synthetic and got the Bates repaired. Think it was about £150 and it's recently gone flat again!:mad:

I'm now looking at having the damn things removed and flock put in instead.

I'm currently using a flocked Wintec on my horse, he seems to like that just as much as the Cair, so flocking it gets a yes vote from him!
 
You could get the cair taken out and flocking put in instea?. Shouldn't cost more than £80. Flocking is far better for their back anyways, unless the cair panels are a PERFECT fit: if they need slightly 'bed' to fit perfectly, they spring back into shape with every stride and eventually make the back sore.
 
catembi said:
My Wow had a defective valve & I think that they replaced it v v quickly i.e. by return of post, FOC.
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Cair does not have valves they are sealed, WOWs have Flair.

Anyone with a leaky Flair airbag, (not valve) I mended one with one big and several pinhole holes in it over six months ago with superglue and it's been absolutely fine ever since. Even the WOW people are stunned!


OP I'd have it flocked. I also had a Cair go down, and sent the saddle back. I kept another one and it's the only saddle that has ever made a horse of mine sore.
 
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