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Hi, could I please have all your reviews on Mendip Wood Shavings including how much you pay, what type you use (e.g. large flake, soft wood) and how many you use a week.

Thanks in advance,

Tom
 
Just gone up from £6,79 to £7.25. That's large flake Mendips 1st grade. 1 to 2 bales a week. They are my favourite shavings, much preferred to Bedmax which I think break down to dust much quicker.
 
I think New forest shavings are of same quality, last as long but are much cheaper! woud choose them over mendip anyday just because of the cost dif! I get mine frome mole valley for £5.80
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Just gone up from £6,79 to £7.25. That's large flake Mendips 1st grade. 1 to 2 bales a week. They are my favourite shavings, much preferred to Bedmax which I think break down to dust much quicker.

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God I'm glad I live round the corner from mendip shavings!!! £7.25!!
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Their newflake shavings are exceptionally good shavings.
 
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God I'm glad I live round the corner from mendip shavings!!! £7.25!!
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Their newflake shavings are exceptionally good shavings.

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Ditto that! I get mine direct from Mendip for £5 a bale! They aren't the 'top quality' ones in the branded packs, but they are still dust extracted, and I've never found anything nasty in them, so I'm not complaining.

I can't believe anywhere is charging over £7 for shavings
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I use the small flake shavings, no matter which grade I buy, because I find them eaiser to muck out, I deep litter too, and find they make a nicer base and are easier to dig out in the long run.

My mare is in for around 18hours a day at the moment, and I'm still only using a bale every six days.
 
I've found it hard to find shavings much under £7 in East Kent - recently saw them for £8.65 in a local tack shop/feed store! Hence gone down the rubber matting route for my 2 now!
 
Depending where we buy them - we have 3 options - they range from £7.00 to £8.99 per bale.

For this reason we have made the move to straw for as many of the ponies who can be on straw.
 
Are medip the ones down Charterhouse??
I'm not on shavings but if I need to be I think I'll go and pick them up from there at £5 a bale. I think they're somehwere between £7-8 at local feed merchants.
 
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Are medip the ones down Charterhouse??
I'm not on shavings but if I need to be I think I'll go and pick them up from there at £5 a bale. I think they're somehwere between £7-8 at local feed merchants.

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Yep charterhouse
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The new flake is makes a nice bed and isn't as hard as bedmax IMO. They did really experiment with getting a decent soft large flake and have got it right. I only use because of pony with COPD, they really are very dust free. Personally for mucking out purposes I prefer standard flake beds, it is easier. I am now used to mucking out the new flake beds now though and for the dust free factor its obviously worth it. I may have a pic somewhere I will look!
ETA- the pony is a tidy chap and uses half a bale to a bale a week. His messy neighbour (really messy) who is on the same bedding to reduce dust for him is on 1-2 bales a week.
 
Found one, not the best pic in the world though sorry! Forgot to say price...delivered directly from mendip (which is only 2 mins down road from me) the new flakes cost me £5.50 a bale.

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