flexi mullen full cheek snaffle... help purlease!

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so... my new horsey came with a rubber jointed full cheek snaffle. which he had chewed almost all the rubber off - which i thought would be uncomfortable for him... so i tried him in my spare loose ring french link snaffle out of curiosity. he seemed to hate the metal in his mouth. i thought he might prefer the thinner bit piece as he's got a fat tongue that oozes out of his mouth...

so i went to the tack shop, with the intention of buying a new rubber jointed full cheek.. but, hanging next to it was the happy mouth version which looked far less chunky and chewable. so i had a ponder and decided to get one... but they didn't have any in stock in his size.

but... next to that bit was the flexi mullen full cheek... which i am now considering. it seems much slimmer in the mouth than the rubber one...

can anyone shed any light on what they're like...? i presume they are fairly mild? is the non-jointed action kinder or harsher than the jointed one? do horses tend to like them?

so many questions, as i have no clue...
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Mullen mouths are kinder in one way as they don't nutcracker so don't hit the roof of the mouth, but they do act more on the tongue and corners.
The flexi mouth is plastic rather than rubber, it does give but not in the same way as a rubber bit.
My 3 horses have all gone well in the flexi mullen bit, I only changed them as they got too strong or started to lean on it.
 
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