OMG..I LOVE my Trickle Net!!!

Well I'm impressed with the service. I ordered it at 11.45am yesterday and it arrived today!!

Has the smallest holes I have seen a haynet have. Will see what madam makes of it tomorrow night!
 
MillionDollar said:
Hi, would you fit 2 slices (horsehage bag sized slices) of haylage in one do you think?*

No, they are tiny tiny. Prob only fit half a slice of a small bale in them.
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I'm surprised you say this. I filled mine this morning for the first time and it stretched huge!! I mange to get 8 kgs of haylage in (which was over 2 slices) and it is not rammed full at all.

I'd say it is around as big as a standard sized haynet (bigger than the standard shires I had as I had to ram them full to get that much in)

Mine is sooooo stretchy!

ETA just watched your video and mine had stretched at least twice as big as the one hung on the string (you can clearly see the size of that one) with no effort at all. The intructions also said to fill it with hay and soak it to make it stay big. Don't think I'll need to though. Was easy to fill
 
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galaxymisletoe said:
I'm surprised you say this. I filled mine this morning for the first time and it stretched huge!! I mange to get 8 kgs of haylage in (which was over 2 slices) and it is not rammed full at all.

I'd say it is around as big as a standard sized haynet (bigger than the standard shires I had as I had to ram them full to get that much in)

Mine is sooooo stretchy!

ETA just watched your video and mine had stretched at least twice as big as the one hung on the string (you can clearly see the size of that one) with no effort at all. The intructions also said to fill it with hay and soak it to make it stay big. Don't think I'll need to though. Was easy to fill
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Galaxymistletoe, I think the comment on the net being tiny was aimed at a link further up for a net with similar sized holes designed for tiny ponies, not the tricklenet :) :)

I have ordered a trickle net, my mare wont be impressed ;)
 
Cheiro1 said:
Galaxymistletoe, I think the comment on the net being tiny was aimed at a link further up for a net with similar sized holes designed for tiny ponies, not the tricklenet :) :)

I have ordered a trickle net, my mare wont be impressed ;)
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ah, I see :) Oops!

I wondered why mine was so stretchy when MD has bought several!!!
 
AngieandBen said:
My ponies live out, but if they didn't I would have no problems paying £30 for a net for them if it meant they had hay all night long.

Save money elsewhere......... like don't buy another rug!! :D
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Thats whatIm thinking really, if I needed a net like this I think the £30 would be worth it, whereas youd never catch me spending my money on matchy matchy stuff I dont need for the horses, so its just what you think is value for money :)
 
Oh dear I have just gone and ordered 3 on my credit card that is already over the limit!!! showed hubby this post and this net which should make a HUGE improvement on our stable management / 3 horses, and he was well up for them!!!! prob re gret it when the credit card bill comes in ;).. let you all know how it goes :)
 
Well I have ordered two to try for a fat section a stallion.... So far so good. Will wait to see what chiropractor says before saying I love them. It does seem to work them hard so will reserve judgement till knowing he is still chiropractic ally sound... But yes, it's certainly slowed him up!
 
soooooooooo pleased with mine! My girl has some left every morning. She never had a strand of hay left with her double netted very small holed net.

Think she is happier too, very chilled in the morning. Probably because she has had food ALL night :)

Phew!
 
iv just had a look at these and would love to get one for the mare that eats very quickly but they have sold out :-(
 
Expensive though, god!

Will have to consider something like this, we have tried multiple nettings but my horse just bites through them. :rolleyes:
 
Im a tight wad with money, but if they work they are worth it, im going to get one for my mini shetlands, as they dont need a lot of hay, but when i see them standing by the gate with that "we are starving" look i thought it would be a good idea for them.
 
From previous threads on these nets, its the fact they don't stretch and are apparently very strong. There are videos on these threads too. IMO I still don't think it justify's the price, good idea, bit too expensive and I only have one horse, too expensive if you have more than one. For saving time I usually fill a weeks worth of nets ready so I can just grab one quickly saves time, imagine if I bought 5 £150 without postage

I must say though if my horse was overweight I would consider it but be gutted at paying out that much. luckily he's not gutsy and has hay left in the morning anyway. They would also be very good for suffering lamintics when their hay is reduced.
 
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I'm very impressed: Been using one for a week now with my mare and she's happy fiddling away quietly to get at her hay, which is lasting a good 3 times longer than previously, and there's virtually no wastage on the floor either, so her bedding is really neat.
 
Another very happy customer here. I am considering getting a second TrickleNet for my other horse. He isnt a greedy fatty but half his hay in his rack and half in a TrickleNet would give him more variety so to speak. I have haynets but I dont like to use them as my horses are youngsters and I'm afraid of them getting a hoof caught in a haynet if they start pawing or something.
 
NOISYGIRL said:
For saving time I usually fill a weeks worth of nets ready so I can just grab one quickly saves time, imagine if I bought 5 £150 without postage
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I also fill my nets for the week but I then empty them into the trickle net so you only actually need to buy one.

I think I've now solved the problem of my pony lifting the net up and straining his neck muscles by securing it to a second tie-up ring at the bottom. I've been using it again now for a week and so far so good.

My only other comment would be - if you're already using quadruple small holed nets like I was, this isn't going to slow them down but it will save you a lot of time and effort
 
I'd love one and I suppose if you add up how much it saves in shavings (mine's a messy, trample it everywhere type) it might work out affordable. Only problem is that I could only afford one and I do like to fill my haynets for the week.

ETA: Dalidaydream, I missed your comment about filling from other haynets - good idea
 
I would love to try one. If anyone has one they don't want, send me a PM.

I have the IV green ones, which are very good and quite sturdy, but very small :(

Isabelle
 
Um, at the risk of being hugely boring and repetitive ...... have said this before (as others have) and will say it again - whilst I appreciate ALL the work, research, marketing etc that has gone into this product, I am not, and I would guess a lot of other hard-pressed owners are in the same boat, are NOT repeat NOT in a place to spend £30 on a haynet!!!

Sorry, but if you're using this forum to publicise a product (which is what I do suspect is happening here!) then for one thing its not exactly subtle - the other thing is that its not really allowed, but that's not my business (don't worry I shan't be pushing the button; but there are others who will!).

But however good the product is, and yes it will no doubt save me a helluva lot of money in the long run, but I've got two horses and an outlay of £60 just for two "haynets" is way, way too much, and completely out of all sense of proportion IMO.
 
I dont know, people spend wads of money on matching saddlecloths and bandages, which I think is the height of pointless but if its what they want to buy its fair enough.

If I had real need of one of these haynets for a horse Id think it money well spent.

But I do agree, this last post is edging into advertising territory now...
 
I would actually like to buy one but the postage cost I was quoted to ireland was ridiculous £20!! I have gotten a huge delivery from equestrian clearance for £12.
 
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