Does anyone use EQUICHAPS and if so...

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What do you think of them?? Do they help prevent mudfever etc? What size would you order for a hairy cob - I was thinking extra large to be sure? Where is the cheapest place to buy them? I dont mind secondhand! Thanks.
 
I use the stable chaps and they're brilliant. They do exactly what it says on the tin, so could recommend the brand.
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He's had his legs clipped though, so I don't know how they'd fit over full feathers?
 
Well in my opinion cause more trouble than they solve, especially on a hairy cob (has it still got its feathers on??). If I were you I would just cover legs in pig oil, using something like Equichaps just gives bacteria a nice warm damp place to hide in!
 
I use the close contact ones for my ISH as he is very delicate and kept coming in with cuts off brambles on his lower legs. I found they tended to slip up around the bottom and even turn over so If you were wanting them to prevent mud getting in im not 100% sure that they would be the best option and more so on a hairy cob. Mud still finds it way in.

May be better off doing what GigglePig suggested. But if you still wanted to try them I get mine off ebay.
 
Oh I'm wondering this too, having just ordered a pair for my mare (her legs are clipped though). I figured the only way to find out for sure was to try them.

FWIW I got mine from http://www.countrysupplies.com/ as they were the cheapest I could find and had extra discount for being a new customer.
 
I've mixed opinions TBH.

I've been using them for the past two years. Was even lucky enough to win an extra pair in a Manage My Horse comp in Jan, too. They help keep the legs cleaner for sure, but in sloppy wet mud, the mud just seeps in underneath the bottom of the boots. Just the area that MF is prone to attack - the backs of the pasterns. Plus, if you had gritty soil I could imagine this might also cause chaffing if your horse was thin skinned or clipped out.

As the boots should not be left on for more than 12 hours at a time, inevitably you'll end up taking off soaking wet, thickly mudded boots - when your turnout it wet and muddy. Problem you're then left with, is how to dry them sufficiently before putting them on again. Most people at my yard just hang them up over night, but inevitably they are putting the boots on still wet (and often still muddy on the inside) the following morning. Rather counter-productive putting wet muddy boots onto dry legs IMO!

I still slaver Pig Oil onto my horse's legs 3 times a week, and sprinkle sulphur powder onto the inside of the boots before putting them on each morning. I used to bring my set home each evening, run them through a rinse and spin cycle in my washing machine and lay the boots on a towel on top of a radiator to dry over night. What a pilava, though. These days, I get around the drying problem by having several pairs and rotating them so I always have a dry set to put on. However, I appreciate few people will have enough pairs to be able to do this! The radiator works great - just providing your household members don't object to eau de horse wafting throughout the house every night
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I have three types . sportabac, equichaps and westropp ones . Rafi is stabled at night but he goes out in the day in boots , then they are washed and dried over night on the radiator.
I have found the westropp ones the best as they are a lot stronger.I also sprinkle mudfever powder inside of them
 
Wow such mixed reviews on this thank you and a rethink to be had (and hopefully some money saved then). I have pig oil and sulphur powder and will try harder to keep on top of this instead.
 
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