Are these the ones that at first glance look like regular rubber reins but actually don't have the leather underneath the rubber so are floppy (if that makes sense?!)
If so, a friend introduced me to them and they are fantastic, worth every penny.
I use the T de T ones that sound like them ones, they are flexible straight away and not a bit cardboard like the rubber ones at first. Have had them a couple of years and they still look like new.
Would highly recommend.
I'm going to get a pair,i've been admiring them every time i go into my tack shop but can't justify £45 on some reins at the mo,need to spend my money on my horses education at the moment!
Prefer the jefferies bio grip reins to the eventa ones, rode in both over the weekend and much prefer the jefferies. The eventa ones dont feel hugely different to rubber reins IMHO, just smoother!
I have the Eventa ones + despite not using them that much - mainly for competing - found they weren't that grippy after a short while...they went a bit shiny and slippy. Also had the NEW ones again really grippy to start with then the rubber sort of deteriorated again v quickly. Think they've stopped making them now so maybe they proved faulty. Have now gone back to ordinary rubber grip - stubben ones.
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Its the Elevator Eventa ones I have my eye on! Do they feel especially different to other e.g. rubber, reins?
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Most definately YES
Very flexible in your hand. (I've only fingered them lovingly in the local tackshop though.....
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I used Eventa reins and found them far better than standard rubber reins. More flexible than your bog standard rubber reins, but they are not as sort as the Jefferies. So I suppose it's what feel you like in your hands at the end of the day.
I bought mine almost 2 years ago now and love them sooooo much they are fantastic, I get in a strop now if I ride in other reins and have to run back in and change them. They are great and I use mine for everything except showing of course. I paid £50 for mine but have seen some a bit cheaper so think I will get another set at some point to save on the the changing reins.
I love my Sabre Eventa reins, use them every time I ride and they still look as good as new 9 months later. Soft in the hand but very grippy, and not so bulky that I don't want to school in them (I like schooling in fairly thin reins as I prefer the contact you get with them - perhaps wrongly, I don't know). Best reins I've ever used.
I've got some Eventa one's but find them really slippery when wet on a pulling horse XC. So have put them on dressage bridle instead, with normal rubber reins back on jumping bridle.
I've used the Bio Grip ones once, they were just far too wibbly for my liking! The Eventa ones however I really like. I've only ever hacked my YO's horse with them and he's easy peasy to hack so they haven't had a full trial as such, but I can even accidentally forget my gloves and not end up with red raw hands! They're so velvety and soft and still very grippy. Much nicer than bog-standard rubber IMO.