Shires Fly mask - any good?

[HayleyandBob]

http://www.shiresequestrian.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=486&cat=545&page=1

Its for a cob who needs the ear covers and nose cover who has worked out that field safe headcollers break

So has anybody got one of these and are they any good ? strong? good at staying put? are they any good at protecting from the sun ?

Thanks!

 

[posie_honey]

i'm happy with mine

fits my ISH well and stays on when she'll often get them off!
only thing i would say is that it doesn't seem overly strong if you had a horse who likes to trash things - my mare just gets them off in tact somehow!

she gets a pink nose from the sun and it has seemed to stop that... but then again we'vw hardly had any sun lol

 

[HayleyandBob]

Thanks you ! will give it ago lol!
I t sounds a bit odd but is there much space between the mask and the horses face ? My cob has a slightly large forlock

 

[Dubsie]

Not at home to check, but I think this may be the one that there's a special offer code for in whichever horse magazine had the shires catalogue free with it recently.

 

[shellonabeach]

I love the shires mask - just bought 3 from barnstormers with the zip off nose for £7.90 each.

The mesh is very fine though and mine trashed theirs on the hedges - mine do not have a lot of forelock.

Premier equine masks may be worth a look for your cob as the mesh is much tougher and they have a hole for the forelock to go through (our Shetland x with a huge forelock has one of these.) Cashel and William Funnel fly masks also have the hole for the forelock.

 

[HayleyandBob]

oooo Thanks Dubsie i will investigate !

 

[HayleyandBob]

omgosh! iv never seen barnstormers before :O its amazing ! thanks for that !
*tootles off to spend money*

 

[jesterfaerie]

I don't have that style but I have another shires one for my two and would recommend them.
Very soft mesh but very durable.
However I bought one from ebay - (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GEE-TAC-HORSE...8|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:2|294:50)
Brilliant for coverage, thick mesh, large fastening. However my lad managed to rip it on the fencing but it is only the sheepskin that was ripped not the mask.

 

[rara007]

They are really good, and we have tried a fair few- Ours doesn't have the nose net, but is the most spacious of all the masks we have tried.