Limpet pad

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Anyone used one? Friend can't get saddler out for a few weeks and needs something more secure on her round cob.

Do they go between saddle and horse without another pad?
 
I used them years ago on small round Arab it worked really well but they are meant to go on the skin with nothing else and some horses don't always like it, so I would try it out carefully first although I've only known 1 horse to really dislike it.

The Arab I used it on wore it for years quite happily and the saddle didn't move at all.

I use a flexigirth on one of my Arab's now it stops the saddle moving and they are only £35 so might be another alternative to consider.
 
I used one years ago directly onto the horse and then the saddle on top. Worked very well but the horse did get very hot under it.
 
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Friend used one on a round pony, it went straight onto back then saddle on it. It did help with the saddle moving but pony wasn't happy in it.
 
I was advised by an equine physio to avoid them like the plague.

The way they work is to stick. And stick they do!! They tend to make the horse very hot & sweaty underneath and what can happen is something like a Chinese Burn where the skin underneath gets very hot & moist and gets twisted by the Limpet pad as the horse moves, which if you imagine it would cause a great deal of soreness and discomfort.

I chucked mine out after hearing that.

A good non-slip very nice little light pad is the EasyTrek ones. Less than £100 and easy to rinse out and care for. I use mine with the Total Contact Saddle (TCS).
 
Acavallo do a similar thing - an anti slip lightweight gel pad. It sounds like the Gibson pad.
I was recommended it for small, round ponies. It comes in a transparent colour for showing.
They come up cheap on ebay sometimes.
 
Haniki said:
Acavallo do a similar thing - an anti slip lightweight gel pad. It sounds like the Gibson pad.
I was recommended it for small, round ponies. It comes in a transparent colour for showing.
They come up cheap on ebay sometimes.
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Sadly any gel ones are about the worst sadly, they grip the hair, skin and fascia so tightly that they often cause issues. Limpets are probably one of the slightly better ones, equally a thin non slip pad between saddle and numnah can actually work quite well without causing all these problems.
 
I think she's already be warned off a gel one so I'll suggest she has a look at others mentioned above. I'd never heard of a limpet pad before.

I think her cob has actually lost weight so saddle is no longer wedged in the blubber...

But with the grass growth round here it'll put it all back on again without any work so just a temporary solution hopefully. It wasn't rolling a while back anyway.
 
They don't seem to work so well. A change of girth makes more difference - string, flexi or ventech are all very good.

For temporary use buy some of that rubberised mesh for lining drawers from the pound shop.
 
I really like mine, used it for two roly-poly ponies now with good success, plus I like the shock absorbing the 20mm ones provide.
I've never found them to stick too strongly, but they do certainly get warm and sweaty under the pads.

If I found similar non-slip, shock absorbing qualities in a less hot, maybe more visually appealing style, I'd definitely consider it, so I'm not a die-hard limpet evangelist.
 
Jambarissa said:
They don't seem to work so well. A change of girth makes more difference - string, flexi or ventech are all very good.

For temporary use buy some of that rubberised mesh for lining drawers from the pound shop.
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See I do agree with this I know the right girth makes all the difference it certainly has with Louis every saddle moved until I tried a flexigirth.
 
SEL said:
I think she's already be warned off a gel one so I'll suggest she has a look at others mentioned above. I'd never heard of a limpet pad before.

I think her cob has actually lost weight so saddle is no longer wedged in the blubber...

But with the grass growth round here it'll put it all back on again without any work so just a temporary solution hopefully. It wasn't rolling a while back anyway.
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You could try using different girth straps sometimes using the first 2 can help as a temporary measure, or if its a case of the horse loosing weight a shim numnah may work.
 
Nasicus said:
I really like mine, used it for two roly-poly ponies now with good success, plus I like the shock absorbing the 20mm ones provide.
I've never found them to stick too strongly, but they do certainly get warm and sweaty under the pads.

If I found similar non-slip, shock absorbing qualities in a less hot, maybe more visually appealing style, I'd definitely consider it, so I'm not a die-hard limpet evangelist.
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Thanks - it's the limpet she's looking at

She's already got a shaped girth on, but I think even when the saddle is newly fitted it has a tendency to roll a bit so I can see why she wants to invest in something. I'll let her know they get warm under though.
 
SEL said:
Thanks - it's the limpet she's looking at

She's already got a shaped girth on, but I think even when the saddle is newly fitted it has a tendency to roll a bit so I can see why she wants to invest in something. I'll let her know they get warm under though.
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Alarm bells here....saddle and girth must be right to begin with, I know you know that but accepting that a newly fitted saddle "rolls a bit", unless there's a plan for horse and rider to tackle the asymmetry etc, then it needs sorting.
 
Yes I have used them and they can be very effective .
They do help on horses who change shape on a long days hunting which is where I have used them .
However they are for me a last resort as they can have a detrimental effect on the horses muscle fascia .

I would want a good understanding of the issue before buying one .
 
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