PE Rugs vs rambo - drying time and handling

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I used to deal with PE rugs when I helped my friend out with her horses and always found them really heavy when they were wet and they took ages to dry, in comparison to my rambo.

My horse currently has rambo which are brilliant, dry really quickly and lightweight to deal with, but they seem to be starting to leak slightly despite being reproofed recently so I'm thinking I'm going to need to go shopping. My friend who shares the field with me's horse has a mark todd rug which is really light and dries really quickly, pretty much the same as the rambo whereas my other horses amigo takes much longer to dry. The horses in PE rugs in the field next door are still drying once my mares amigo is dry.

So do I try PE rugs or do I stick with rambo?
 
I've used them both and despite recently spending a fortune with PE I do agree that the Rambos are much lighter/easier to handle and they don't seem to hold the water so much.
 
The Rambos do dry very very quickly. Although the PE ones dry on ours quite quickly, both when on the horse and when hung up by a heater. They don't leak either...

PE ones are quite heavy though, the Rambos are lovely, but so very expensive.
 
My rambos are about 8/9 years old now and are worn 24/7 so they haven't done too badly for the money. I think that will justify it to the bank!

And I already have all the liners which are fine so that will save more. I think I've justified it to myself now!
 
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hi. I just thought i'd add that I've just bought a saxon heavyweight combo turnout. pretty cheap. so impressed I've bought another for my other mare. super light to handle, lovely fit, really warm, and good waterproofing. really impressed!
 
I got the PE when they did a special offer, I got all the liners and 2 neck hoods. After getting fed up with them leaking and getting really heavy I bought a Rhino lightweight for 2 of mine and the liners fitted great.
 
My horse was uncomfortable in his PE rug, he didn't like the elastic around the top of the neck cover and the thick Velcro that attached the neck piece to the main rug was sharp and marked his coat. He only wore it twice before I replaced it with a weatherbeeta orican. Rambo's are great, I have one for my retired pony and they do last, but they are so expensive now I don't think I will buy another. Amigos are good but I only have light and medium weights for mine, they both have weatherbeeta's as their heavyweight rugs and I've never known one leak or rub, and mine live out 24/7. Having said that, my favourite rug is a 8+ year old Knight rider rug that has faded from navy almost to white, lost both front clips and leg straps and resembles a patchwork quilt, but he is always warm, comfortable and dry in it.
 
Just a warning on the Saxon rugs, they can come up like mini skirts. My old loan boy had one, barely covered his belly.

Personally I find weatherbeeta and shires rungs good for the money, I had a stormcheeta 2000d last year anmd the water damn straight off, never took much drying and never felt heavy etc when wet. Don't know how it's holding up, as I sent it home with him.

The mark Todd I found to be a horrible fit, rubbed something rotten and really heavy and fell to bit really easily. Generally not impressed.
 
I've never come across any t/o rugs better than Rambo. Light, quick-drying and last forever. Mine are around 8 years old and nothing wrong with them.
 
I love Rambos too.

Out of curiosity, since had horses at home, I never now use stable rugs. Whereas when at livery yard, YO insisted that horses rugs came off and where changed to stable rugs when they came in and found I had more issue then with wet rugs and drying plus needing more rugs than I actually need now.
 
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