Opinion please: Stable Comfort Flooring

Yes, presuming you mean the rubber crumb filled, channelled, under mattress; topped with a permanent skin surface; bolted securely against bottom of the walls?
One loose box, in my stables, where a friend’s daughters had a ‘rescue’ charity pony and wanted it to have ‘the best’. I think the RCVS were using or endorsing this, would be c.2004, 2003.
Anyway, was professionally installed, looked and felt more opulent than the Equimats I had in all the others, possibly warmer because it was higher off the ground and sealed out any ground level draughts.
No issues with any horses lying down, very happy. The top skin sort of settled into the shape of the channels below, could see a sort of gentle ploughed field effect, whereas when first fitted, the top skin was very taut.
Downside: once it’s down, it’s down. Make 100% certain there is a definite slope in your stable towards the door, or, any water which might seep under when jet washing the stables or yard - will not dry out.
Do not use any sharp stable forks / mucking out tools - these will perforate the top skin, and once that has been compromised, obviously some urine or water can seep through. This did happen, despite advising the girls, it wasn’t a huge problem, but I always felt that stable was never as clean or smelt as sweet as the others because we were then reluctant to use the jet washer in there.
By same token, a horse with studs, possibly newly shod, could be a problem.
If you buy this, have it fitted quickly. My friend had it delivered and was stacked up for several weeks, the top skin had ‘worn’ along a storage fold, and they had to replace that skin before fitters could install. And ensure your stable floor is pristine first.
 
Exasperated said:
Yes, presuming you mean the rubber crumb filled, channelled, under mattress; topped with a permanent skin surface; bolted securely against bottom of the walls?
One loose box, in my stables, where a friend’s daughters had a ‘rescue’ charity pony and wanted it to have ‘the best’. I think the RCVS were using or endorsing this, would be c.2004, 2003.
Anyway, was professionally installed, looked and felt more opulent than the Equimats I had in all the others, possibly warmer because it was higher off the ground and sealed out any ground level draughts.
No issues with any horses lying down, very happy. The top skin sort of settled into the shape of the channels below, could see a sort of gentle ploughed field effect, whereas when first fitted, the top skin was very taut.
Downside: once it’s down, it’s down. Make 100% certain there is a definite slope in your stable towards the door, or, any water which might seep under when jet washing the stables or yard - will not dry out.
Do not use any sharp stable forks / mucking out tools - these will perforate the top skin, and once that has been compromised, obviously some urine or water can seep through. This did happen, despite advising the girls, it wasn’t a huge problem, but I always felt that stable was never as clean or smelt as sweet as the others because we were then reluctant to use the jet washer in there.
By same token, a horse with studs, possibly newly shod, could be a problem.
If you buy this, have it fitted quickly. My friend had it delivered and was stacked up for several weeks, the top skin had ‘worn’ along a storage fold, and they had to replace that skin before fitters could install. And ensure your stable floor is pristine first.
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Thank you so much for taking time to write all this. I hadn’t even considered most the things you point out! And as I’ve only seen it online and not in person it’s just so helpful to get some feedback.
This definitely helps me decide whether to go for it or not.
Thanks again.
 
the only negative I heard was from my physio saying the uneven surface isn't great for horses that have some physical issues. we were chatting about it once and she said I'd never been able to use it on one of the horses that had tendon issues
 
We've seen Stable Comfort, Stable Lux and ComfortStall in different stables with horses we work with - all have pros and cons. Stable Comfort and Stable Lux are going to form the channels which will then put different pressure points on different horses as paddi22 says. But they are cheaper. ComfortStall is orthopaedic not memory foam so will give complete soundness but is more expensive. with ComfortStall they say they have a 6 year guarantee and i know they say to use pressure washers on it, but it is more expensive so depends what your budget is?
 
paddi22 said:
the only negative I heard was from my physio saying the uneven surface isn't great for horses that have some physical issues. we were chatting about it once and she said I'd never been able to use it on one of the horses that had tendon issues
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Yes, I did wonder if this would be a problem, so thanks for sharing.
 
Hopeandhorses said:
Thank you so much for taking time to write all this. I hadn’t even considered most the things you point out! And as I’ve only seen it online and not in person it’s just so helpful to get some feedback.
This definitely helps me decide whether to go for it or not.
Thanks again.
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Having done so, I actually looked it up on line, and saw their ‘installation video’.
That didn’t exist when ours was laid, but seems as though the company have slightly altered things, which might obviate the concerns that paddi22’s physio has: spreading loose rubber crumb onto the mattresses, to pack into any furrows - that’s new,
Laying some sort of underlay over all this, and directly below the skin - not seen that before.
For what it’s worth, that matting is still down in the stables, horse does sleep happily on it (with a bit of absorbent bedding for urine), altho that box isn’t used as much as the others.
My advice would be to use their fitters, it is heavy stuff in comparison with EVA matting. Good luck.
 
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