Stable Matting advice please :)

[Greys]

Looking to invest in 6 mats to fit a 12x12ft stable.

Willing to spend £200/£300 as I plan on using them as long as they last! I don‘t mind them being heavy.

Any advice on good brands, ones to avoid?

 

[catembi]

I have got ArcEquine mats in my new stables. I had their EVA mats in my original stables, but they stretched, bubbled up in the middle & were generally a nuisance. For my new stables, I got ArcEquine, BUT the thicker ones with a hard rubber top. They were a PITA to cut (my suggestion would be to score them, then bend the cut over a length of wood underneath the mat to expand it) but they have been down for about 6 months now & I'm really pleased with them. So they're EVA but with a hard rubber top. 35mm diamond mat. It was £335 per stable, but they are soooooooo much better than pure EVA.

 

[Britestar]

Mayo mats. The best I've had, still down after 15+ years.

 

[Carmen6]

I have got ArcEquine mats in my new stables. I had their EVA mats in my original stables, but they stretched, bubbled up in the middle & were generally a nuisance. For my new stables, I got ArcEquine, BUT the thicker ones with a hard rubber top. They were a PITA to cut (my suggestion would be to score them, then bend the cut over a length of wood underneath the mat to expand it) but they have been down for about 6 months now & I'm really pleased with them. So they're EVA but with a hard rubber top. 35mm diamond mat. It was £335 per stable, but they are soooooooo much better than pure EVA.

I love these. When I installed mine (when they were new and clean) I had a lie down on them during a tea break. I didn't want to get back up.

The only problem I ever had with them is that pee rolled right off them and out of the stable door. Not popular in barn-style indoor stables with shared walk ways.

 

[catembi]

Photos... They have come out in a jumbled order! 1st and 5th are the thick ones with hard rubber top. 2nd and 3rd are pure EVA...note big bubble coming up in front left quadrant. 4th is Trev wondering what I am doing! ?

 

[Greys]

https://www.arkmat.co.uk/stable-mats.html

is this their site?

 

[White Horse2]

I think mole valley still have 6 for the price of 5, if ur near one, take your trailer or box t o pick them up... and someone with some muscle

 

[catembi]

That's the website...but I don't recognise the ones that I have in my newer stables! The interlocking EVAs are the ones that stretch, the pink ones are what I have in my tack room to cheer me up on those dark winter mornings, the supersoft ones on the top right look most like mine, but mine had the word 'diamond' in the title and had a hard rubber top. Why is nothing ever easy...

 

[blitznbobs]

Just invested in Mayo mattresses... they seem fab so far but are quite pricey

 

[The Xmas Furry]

My this website has stable mats. available in 12 and 17mm. Have used my self last year. Good quality to be honest, I have to say so as this is my company and I'm advertising it here

Corrected for you.....

 

[Bernster]

I also tried the lighter weight Eva interlocking mats - no good. Keep bubbling and shifting and sticking up. Have now gone for the traditional heavyweight rubber ones from horsematsplus.co.uk.

 

[tda]

I got EVA mats and they have stretched and got raised joints, won't get them again, will stick to rubber mats
Look on your local horse group on fb, got 5 almost new for £100

 

[lottiepony]

https://www.horsematsplus.co.uk/rubber-top-eva-mats-hard-wearing.html

I've got these and they are excellent. Never seems a chore to lift them for the stable spring clean pressure wash as they are so light!

 

[MuddyMonster]

I have EVA matting and really like them. Mainly as they are so light, I can move them myself. Handy as I dont have to persuade MrMM to come with me every time I want to clean them or move yards.