Fancy pants Haas brushes...recent reviews?

irish_only said:
No you're not. Just good marketing yet again. In my late teens I had a grey mare, and groomed her properly every day. When the lady came to clip her for me she asked if I had bathed her she was so clean. I used a dandy brush then body brush, both cleaned on a curry comb whilst grooming. Tail untangled with fingers, mane combed over then nose, eyes, bottom etc and then feet. Final rub over with an old silk shirt.
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It really isnt just good marketing. Well the colour thing is but the brushes, in particular the shimmel do exactly what they say. I dont groom properly every day, pretty much never in fact. I flick him over with 2 of them and hes very clean for a grotty cob whose mainly white. Someone commented on it today at the yard in fact. He was filthy as I'd turned him out wet and he rolled. Quick flick over and he was clean and all the stains lifted. A normal dandy brush wouldnt have done that.

And I've got other decent brushes. I bought a lovely goat hair body brush at the beginning of the year and I've hardly used it.
 
I'm afraid I caved and bought from Burghley (sworn to secrecy as to how muchI actually paid!) as I'm not great having stuff delivered as I'm rarely home to receive it! I didn't get fully drawn in to the colour thing as their description of blacks did t really match him whilst the description of chestnuts did, so I went for that set instead. He is already as shiny as a seal when I take his rug off so it will be interesting to see if the brushes can impress me (and if he likes them as grooming isn't his favourite activity and usually after a groom he looks dirtier than when I started!) But he and his grey friend are off to the Burghley ride today so he will get his first go over with them this morning. If you see a blindingly shiny black pony (in lime green glory!) and have to put your sunglasses on just to look directly at him, you will know the brushes have done their job!
 
Bought a set for my bay last year - I can't really comment on the colour thing but I can honestly say they've made a huge difference to my lad who has really sensitive skin and has suffered in the past from rain scald and other conditions. He no longer objects to being groomed, I wash them regularly and this year everyone is commenting on how great his coat looks. One of my best buys!
 
I got the Schimmel from horze, along with the soft curry comb and the plastic curry comb. Piebald Mare has quite a heavy, rough, greasy coat and the Chestnut Skewbald Filly has a smooth, soft, shiny coat.

Plastic curry was comfy to use, but the handle soon pulled away from the body of the comb, due to the flexing on the plastic, so I binned it.

Soft Curry is fantastic, works on treat on both my mares, but especially the mare. I can really get in there and apply some pressure and scrub away, without the comb clogging up too quickly, and without worrying that I'm scratching the skin.

Schimmel, again, fantastic! I go over my girls with it after using the soft curry and a dandy brush to remove the majority of the muck. Really pulls the dust and scurf out. I go over it with a metal curry every few strokes to keep it clean. Shines up the Mares black patches a treat.
 
Hmm, well it's something of an anticlimax as a) the pony came out of his field looking super shiny already and b) it wasn't a very sunny day so my before and after photos look pretty much identical! Although I did do a 50:50 butt shot with left side as the ungroomed and right side brushed and that does look better (usually after grooming he looks worse than before as I raise all the dust but don't always get rid of it). They were nice to use but the pony thought I was torturing him, doing a 15 min repeated brush job vs my usual 2 minute flick off, he was not a fan!
 
The Schimmel is the best brush of the lot. I get rid of mud and grass stains on white legs in moments. I like the Military for getting the coat really clean and the Diva is just for smooshing my face in.
 
Am I the only one who has a dudd? You lot must have guns of steel with the amount of effort you need to put in to make them clean and shine. Biggest load of tosh going! Nice brush but its just a brush not a miracle worker!
 
The Schimmel is quite good, but I think thats just because its a nice easy to hold shape like a body brush but has more dandy brush style bristles for mud. I dont know if it makes them shine more though, just good at getting mud off. Ive got the one with wool in the middle and just a row or two of bristles round the edge which is meant for finishing off shine however I find it utterly pointless as it does nothing. It may well be because I have turned out horses, perhaps if you had a fully clipped horse it'd create shine but mine have too much hair for it to do much even in summer and after a bath.

I definately dont believe the colour thing, why would the colour of the coat dictate the brushes? IMO its more to do with the type of coat the horse has. I have two greys (white) but with totally different types of coat even though they're similar breeds. One has a really soft coat which seems to keep itself clean, the other is the opposite!
 
MagicMelon said:
Ive got the one with wool in the middle and just a row or two of bristles round the edge which is meant for finishing off shine however I find it utterly pointless as it does nothing. It may well be because I have turned out horses, perhaps if you had a fully clipped horse it'd create shine but mine have too much hair for it to do much even in summer and after a bath.
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That's the one for smooshing your face in, it has no use of an equine nature. TBH it is rather good at picking up the final dust on a clipped horse.
 
HBB said:
I bought the brushes individually, would I be right in thinking the "Black" pack consists of: Cavaliere, Lipizzaner, Parcour, Fellglanzburste (gloss) and Diva? And is that the right order of use? Tia
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Just thought I'd update. I bought a Schimmel to add to my everyday brushes and I am really impressed with it. I have native ponies with dense coats and this brush is robust enough to bring up lots of loose hair and dust. Big thumbs up from me :thumbup:
 
Tempted as need some more brushes (my nylon body/dandy brushes are looking a bit worse for wear), for a bay native would I go Schimmel or Military?

Not too fussed about a full groom, just something to get the grease/dust out of his coat and the mud off
 
I've just bought the shimmel on the back of this thread. V pleased. I picked it up from g w Titmus and it was only £9.50.

Hoping it's the business. We've just moved yards from part livery with stable to grass livery and no hot water... we have a mid monster mainly white piebald... ��
 
Am I the only one feeling ashamed that they never properly groom theirs?

Molly gets a going over with one of these https://harryhall.com/brands/cottage-craft/black-reversible-steel-curry-comb (yes I know it is a curry comb but she loves it), she is naturally really shiny though and as a very dark brown she doesn't show the mud. I think it is about 7 years since my body brush or any other brushes saw the light of day. And yes we competed too....

Will go and flog myself for appalling neglect and lack of effort. But unless the brushes actually groom the horse for you there is no chance of me buying them!
 
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