Really Miffed Now - Blasted Bridle!

[JAK]

Bought FOO a new bridle, of a very well-known make & of supposed excellent quality - had to sell his old bridle & some spare stuff to pay for it, as was about 100 quid!

Felt very stiff in places at first but thought it would loosen up with wear & cleaning! It hasn't! ED has now given up trying to fit the throat lash through it's keeper & have had to take the noseband off, as the browband is such a tight fit over the two straps! (Not round his head though!)

Had a really good look at it today & have ascertained that the reason the browband loops & throat lash keeper are so tight is.......they are simply too bl**dy small! Fitting the throat lash through its keeper is actually a physical impossibility, as the leather is bl**dy wider than the s*dding hole!
With the noseband on, you need to use brute force to be able to move the browband & even without the noseband, it's a bit of a squash! Arrgghh!

I wish I'd looked at it closer sooner, as he's had it about 3 weeks now & MD has simply given up trying to fasten it now! Poxy thing, I'm well miffed & am going out today to get him a GFS one like CB's, which is much nicer & was also considerably cheaper!

Sorry for moan but am just soooo disappointed with it!

 

[druid]

Bring it back and complain - it is not fit for the purpose it was purchased for!

 

[JAK]

I was just going to clean it up & try & flog it, as I've had it for several weeks but I suppose I could at least have a moan about it?
I've never had a bridle of this make before but for 100 quid, I would've expected better than this tbh!

 

[druid]

C'mon, what make? And do bring it back and moan - you never know what they'll say.

 

[Weezy]

TAKE IT BACK! THere is an obv fault with it and the manufacturers should be more than happy to replace

 

[JAK]

It's a Jefferies Falcon - there I've said it! Hardly defamatory though, as it's the biggest waste of a piece of cow-hide ever!

 

[JAK]

Maybe it is faulty Weezy, as I bought LBO a Jefferies Pony Classic (I think it was) & that's fine - really soft & easy to put on - littlest disabled daughter manages perfectly well with it!

Bought the Falcon on the strength of LBO's one (only a day apart) but it felt very different from the outset - the leather was much stiffer & it didn't seem to be anywhere near as well made - could it be a 'second' that slipped through the net, do you reckon?

 

[Weezy]

I think it is very likely - could also be that someone retrned it and its gone back on the shelf

I would deffo return it - from what you say Jeffries will take one look at it and send you a nice new supple one with an aopology!

 

[RunToEarth]

JAK I bought a Jefferies one and although I put up with it, I was generally dissapointed with the quality considering what I paid. I immidiately had to take the browband off because it just wouldnt fit the head, and I later found out it wouldnt fit my pony's head, and it was MEANT to be a full sized bridle. I bough a imported leather Bridle from Bramham in emergency as we were sjing and I forgot Murph's Bridle

I paid £10 for it inc reins and it was the best thing I ever bought.

 

[JAK]

It came wrapped in bag, so definitely 'untried' but I'll give it a go at taking it back! I didn't realise the silly child was having such problems with it & just thought it was 'stiff' from being new!

 

[JAK]

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...I was generally dissapointed with the quality considering what I paid...

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Yeah, I mean £100 isn't exactly a cheapo is it? Grrr!

CB's Fieldhouse GFS one is 10 times nicer IMO, better made & definitely a better fit!

 

[RunToEarth]

I prefer my Stubben to anything else, I think that was really well worth it, I have had my jefferies some monthes now and its still "new" as far as the eyelets and such go1

 

[Lucy_Ally]

It must be a fault as I have the Jeffries Premier bridle and it is great. I would take it back and see what they say. I contacted Jeffries direct as the browband on my bridle was a bit small for Spring but everything else fitted fine, they made me a new browband to my specification for no extra charge, so I think their customer service is pretty good.

 

[JAK]

Ah, maybe it is a dodgy one then, as LBO's is really nice!

Poor ED, she spent ages choosing it too!

 

[Snowberry]

We've got Jefferies bridles for 'posh' and most of them are great. We have had similar problems thou so took them back to the supplier who changed them without a problem. I'd say definitely take them back as Jefferies are usually very good, their customer service (IMHO) has always been excellent too

 

[JAK]

I'll take it back then - even good manufacturers can make mistakes sometimes, can't they? Would be wrong to judge them over-harshly on just one bridle I s'pose!

 

[Lucy_Ally]

I love Jeffries, I have one of their saddles as well and its great. If I had the money then all my tack would be Jeffries!

 

[meandmyself]

Take it back. They should change it for you.

I've only ever heard good things about Jeffries, and their customer service is supposed to be very good!