Trickle Net haynet..worth it?

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I came across this haynet on ebay and googled them and found their website: http://www.tricklenet.co.uk/

£30.00 seems a bit steep for a haynet but with us going on a new livery yard next week where they have limited winter turnout, I'm wondering if I should buy one for the winter when she will be indoors longer? I normally "double bag" with two small hole haynets for Hattie but she has a knack of ripping them and then I have to weave them with bailing twine!
 
We have the same problem but we stick with double netting - I'd rather her rip a cheap net and have to have it repaired than rip a £30 net! (They say ripping it is a challenge...they haven't met my mare! :o:o:o) Soaking the hay also slows them down :)
good idea, but just a bit steep for me - have you looked into making your own?
K x
 
:confused: I don't understand how the same size net can accommodate both a small pony and an 18 hander?? And for £30 I'd like to think they'd offer a small and large option. I bought Elima-nets last winter but wouldn't bother again. Like others have said, double netting a couple of normal small-holed nets really works best. And it's cheaper!
 
I buy the Elim-a-Net, pony size for my 16.1hh mare. I noticed the mesh size is the same (25mm) and it hold about the same amount of hay at £9.99 - still expensive but it deffinately slows down my mares eating. I've got 4 and had them over a year now, I soak the hay every day and my mare likes to rip them too. By the way, she hasn't ripped one yet
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Definately not worth it. I was looking for small hole haynets and eventually went with shires (go outdoors have these).

There is an array of small hole haynets here (incl the shires ones)
http://www.centralsaddlery.co.uk/products/haynets/

£30 - no way as suggested above you can double haynet a small hole cheaper haynet if you are really concerned but mine found the shires irritating enough!
 
It's a great idea but very overpriced.

I use a small holed net for my Clydie when she's in as she can clean out a normal one in 10 mins or so.

You coould always hang two or three normal sized small holed nets at the same time. Then she'd have plenty of hay for the day.

I find them really great and use them at shows as they make far less mess than normal sized nets, plus there is less risk of getting caught up in them.
 
String together two small holed nets and put another in side it was~ works wonders! and a lot cheaper than thirty quid.

Soaking does slow them too. Id been soaking my boys ~ haven't done for the last couple of days and he is getting through hay quicker.
 
Mine has a small holed net, they cost £6.00 and last around 3 months (at least) but even so thats £24 a year at most. I wouldn't buy it, i think it looks just the same as a haylage net but with an extortionate price tag :p
 
It's still £30 for a hay net though. I wouldn't pay £10 for one let alone that. Too be competive you need to slash the price right down.

I normally can get 4 small holed for £9 at a local tack shop and thread them though together.

Good product shame about the price
 
I think it's worth it, I hate leaving my good doers with their meagre ration of hay at night. £30 is a small price to pay for them getting an extra few hours of nibbling every evening.
 
DebbieBrand said:
I think it's worth it, I hate leaving my good doers with their meagre ration of hay at night. £30 is a small price to pay for them getting an extra few hours of nibbling every evening.
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But why spend £30, when double-netting a couple of cheap haylage nets does the job just as well!!
 
Or buy a normal large haynet and get some bailer twine (free with most hay :D) and thread that though whilst knotting it to make the holes smaller. Can be done in front of the tv :D (And I really hope OH hasn't discovered my misc bag of bailer twine hidden in the top of the wardrobe!))
 
Equimo said:
Hi all,

As this is a new business venture there are still things we'd like to change. Including reducing the price. The quality of these nets are far superior to anything you can buy elsewhere and they do the job very well indeed. Each net takes a skilled man over half an hour to stitch together, which is the highest cost in production. (If they were made by children in India they would be far cheaper but i couldn't be sure of quality!) Also the material is quite different to anything else used in a hay net, and just the mass of material also bumps the price up.
The nets have been well tested before they were sold, by several horses including a serial net ripper of 17hh. I made these nets to aid nursing my EMS horse, who i've now lost. In doing so i saw a great need for a net like this and i have to say so far they are selling well. I am getting great feedback, and have several customers coming back for more.
The reason they suit any size of horse is that the net will stretch with use. So if you pack it full, it will stretch to capacity. If you only ever put one slice of hay in it, then you won't stretch it to capacity and it will remain a smaller size.
I appreciate any feedback during these early days of the business, and have taken on board all your comments. Thankyou.
I hope as the business grows i will be able to offer the nets at a better price.
Ellen
www.tricklenet.co.uk
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I think most people will find £30 a bit steep but if you offered a 10 year free replacement guarantee that might ease the pain and increase sales. Most would not mind paying for a quality product but because your product is new people dont know if it is going to last. You could make is a specific offer for a certain period of time eg All haynets sold in October come with guarantee. If you made these haynets in a different colour it would be easy to know the ones which come with the guarantee.

Good luck with your business.
 
Well, after the YO informed us that we may get VERY LIMITED turnout in the winter, I decided to invest in a Trickle Net as my TB cribs and she will go nuts if she is in all day and runs out of hay. She is very good at getting it all out even with double netting. There also isn't a limitless amount of hay at the yard either to have adlib hay in the stable+ she is a good doer and have to watch her weight so I think this haynet may be the answer to our upcoming winter problem!

Will report how we get on :)
 
Please do sidesaddle girl. I have a fatty cob. I feed him hay in a haylege net and after about a month I have noticed some of the haylege holes are stretched. If Tricklenet holes do not stretch at all then I will buy one.
 
I am going to try one of these despite the very high cost as my fatty as long ago worked out how to get round double netting, he just chews a hole in the outer net and pulls the inner net though. I hate him standing for ages with nothing ,will buy later on eBay and report back how I get on.
 
Mine came a week ago...i did wonder what i had brought when i first took it out the bag as it seemed such a strange shape..but when filled looked like a normal net. It was brought for our 16.3 horse who can empty two shires nets full in the space of 3hrs then stands all night with nothing to munch on..cost's an arm and leg to feed!! He has had colic in past due to ulcers. so really needs to have food drip fed to him..he quickly worked out how to use the net which is different to other's he has to use his lips not teeth..he has food now for 90% of the night and i have already seen a reduction in the sheer amount i have to feed...also means he has a fuller stomach so when there is frost on the grass he wont be going out starving and wanting to bolt so much grass down...i also gave it a piglet of a pony who shoves his face as fast as he can and it really works on him..he did get a bit cross to start with when he had it because he couldn't work out why he couldn't get the hay out!!!
I'd love at least 3 more of them..but will have to wait and save for them one at a time..having a pony size one would be a great idea as the one at the moment holds so much more han i would need to give to piglet pony...expensive but if they last worth it...i brought 3 elimenets and they had had it in the space of a month ..just fell apart
 
I ordered mine through their website as their auction ended the other night. It's the same price on the site as on ebay and you can pay by Paypal so you are not losing out on anything.

I told one of the liveries at my yard about them and she is going to see how Hattie gets on with hers and then she may buy one each for her two ponies.
 
I've got an eliminet - it doesn't seem to slow my horse down and the holes are no smaller than a regular small holed net. I don't think I'd get another - I'm interested in the trickle net but a bit too expensive - a noticeable colour would be good as I wouldn't want it to blend in with the others at my yard. I think I'd pay £18 max. I double netted 2 small holed nets the other day and was told by YO that I had a very grumpy horse with a 1/2 full haynet in the morning! :(
 
Just seen this and want to say we have a Trickle Net here for a very fat cob type. After using the Trickle net, slowly getting slim cob has hay all night long, eats half of what he had before hence weight loss.
Although expensive it does save money in the long run.

The net seems to made of very tough material unlike any other net we have used before, so won't tear or break.

Hope this helps.
 
Hmmm, may invest in this now there's some feedback, need to save some pennies first though. I'm going through hay like its nothing atm and I have elim-a-nets(worked at first), boys not out on grass (on hard standing corrals) and hay is gone within couple of hours equals 2 grumpy gits. And numerous escape attempts.
 
I have just invested in two for my greedy, good doer mares. I split hay between trickle net and normal haylage net and they both had about a half left the following morning. I was a bit worried that they wouldn't get the hang of it but this morning there was only a few handfuls left in the net so they seem to be getting the hang of it. I will phase out the haylage net by the end of the week. It is so nice to see a bit left in the morning and to know that they have been munching throughout the night! Money well spent in my opinion:)
 
Tnavas said:
It's a great idea but very overpriced.

I use a small holed net for my Clydie when she's in as she can clean out a normal one in 10 mins or so.

You coould always hang two or three normal sized small holed nets at the same time. Then she'd have plenty of hay for the day.

I find them really great and use them at shows as they make far less mess than normal sized nets, plus there is less risk of getting caught up in them.
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I am considering getting an eliminet for my welsh cob cross who guffs a net in 5 minutes. the yard i keep him at only has haylege and crappy hay. so he is on haylege (3 half nets a day to keep him out of laminitis) so for some people just putting up several nets is out of the question.
 
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