do people turn out in those lycra hoods?

Yes, Reg gets turned out in a turnout hood or his stable one if it's chilly. The bit between the eyes is stitched, and then underneath is stitched too, so the eye holes are bigger. The zip has also been put back in so if it gets caught and he pulls, the underneath of the face will rip open. He is the most accident prone TB you'll wish to meet, yet has avoided taking his eye out so far...

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Reg in his fleecy hood because the proper turnout one got soaked through when he wallowed in the snow...
 
I think they make them look like they are in a cult ;-) I agree that putting one on a mane that is falling out will make it worse! It will move the hairs around just with the horses movement and rub them out.

Also surely they aren't waterproof, it'd be like wearing a wet balaclava!
 
Turnout ones are pretty waterproof- it has survived 3 years of Reggie the Hippo and is going very strong. It's fleecy on the inside and then sort of soft waterproof stuff on the outside? The fleecy one above didn't actually get soggy in the snow until he decided to have a proper nap in it...

It's also helped keep his mane in, as his rugs rub it out.
 
I use the snuggy ones for sweet itch - they give great coverage, my mare suffers badly on the face so I have to keep it covered up. It has never moved. Are people sure these accidents have happened with the Snuggy ones?
 
Mine are both turned out with snuggy hoods with ears and zips as both are mud monsters. I do have to put my hand up and say I do cheat in that they are on a busy livery yard so there is always someone around if anything did slip. I am not sure I would be quite so relaxed if they were completely on their own but again, could be doing snuggy hoods a dis service. I have pulled mine around to see if it could move and would seem not.. but equally well aware that horses can injure themselves in ways I would not think possible. I have been turning out in my snuggy hoods for 3 years and they have been really good although horribly expensive to begin with! I did try a head only and that DID slip on one occasion to dont' use that now.
 
One of my current liveries do as do ones in the past. If they get wet they dry quick. Just make sure it fits very well. MY boys was a little too big and it slip round over his eyes and he charged round blind. Could have really injured himself.
,make sure they are the ones which have very large eye cut outs so if slips a bit , it wont cover the eye.
 
I'm another who thinks they should be banned. My friend asked my opinion on them, she choose to get one anyway. Within a week of using one the vet had to come out as her mares eye had swollen up so bad she could no longer open it. After some bute and a few days rest she was able to open it and luckily there is no lasting damadge. She now says she wished she had listened to me.

Wouldn't risk putting one on my girl.
 
I don't like them. Apart from the injury aspect, I don't like covering horses ears up. It's one thing using a fly veil/sweet itch one with mesh over the ears that doesn't affect hearing. But otherwise I personally wouldn't want to cover ears & reduce their hearing. I've used lycra neck covers with ear holes & no face in a stable overnight before an outing, or as a one off to flatten sticky up manes. But if my horse was so bad with the cold it couldn't cope with a clipped face, I'd leave half on. Or, clip it all late October while its not too cold, then just leave half on when I reclipped, then do the lot again at last clip.
 
I've had a snuggy hood 'head' slip but that was my fault, when it arrived I could see it was too big for the pony but as his sweet itch was so bad I put it on anyway - luckily there was no damage done but I learned my lesson

Pony now has a full hood in the correct size and this hasn't budged a cm so far.

I think a lack of things to rub on probably reduces the risk of problems in general though
 
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