Trickle Net haynet..worth it?

I swear by elim-in-nets, but you HAVE to tie them properly, on the metal ring at the bottom, or the twine they are made of will fail. I'm sure this is why a lot of people don't get on with them. I have three and they are fantastic.
 
Got a Trickle net, they are worth the money. I would be amazed if you could damage it much, it is extremely well made!! Double netting doesn't create the size holes a trickle net has. The initial investment is a bit of an 'oucher' nut it is money well spent IMO.
 
I got one as overfed mare hay last year due to them being in so much due to rain. It slows her right down so a large net lasts her all night rather than a couple of hours. So 2 medium nets lasts 24 hours with hay left at changeover compared to 3-4 last year. Expensive yes but worth it to avoid lami issues we had last year. Also is built to last! Had eliminet beforrwhich helped but she could still empty in few hours.
 
I'm also one of the nutters who paid £30 for a TrickleNet.
Best £30 I've ever spent.
After spending a few minutes getting very cross with how little my horse could get out at a time, he has now sussed it and his hay now lasts him a very long time. Double netting two small holed nets did nothing as he'd just destroy them. The TrickleNets are so strong that mine still looks new after 10 months of abuse.
When (if) it eventually bites the dust, I'll be buying another one straight away.
 
I bought elimanet nets for my cob. They haven't lasted very long as the rings at the top have disappeared and the rope which hangs them has shredded away,they don't last very long. Will have to try tickle net see how that goes.
 
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I bought elimanet nets for my cob. They haven't lasted very long as the rings at the top have disappeared and the rope which hangs them has shredded away,they don't last very long. Will have to try tickle net see how that goes.
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You won't be disappointed. They are the best bits of kit and well worth the money in the longer term. I have double netted, triple netted and used eliminets. Nothing compares to the trickle nets. I have two and my boy does really well with them. Slows him down more than any other. He's stayed a good weight and has something throughout the day and night.

I've had mine nearly eighteen months and they are pristine. Not stretched, damaged or altered in any way.
 
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Several of them on my yard-def worth the money and are so blimmin robust,it hurts your knuckles to stuff them! Not a mark on the one that is used by a serial net-chewer/destroyer either....
 
I bought a 2nd Trickle Net the other week as my yard will be going on limited turnout after xmas so my TB needs something to keep her occupied. I have had my first one since December 2011 and it has no tears or stretched holes in it. Two Tricklenets keep my mare well fed over the entire night with haylage left over in the morning for her to nibble at. Best money I have ever spent.
 
I have trickle nets for three of the horses here. One of them used to run out of haylage in the middle of the night and wake me up banging on his door. :mad: He doesn't do this since I bought the trickle nets. One night I put a different small holed net in, and he woke me up banging like mad at 1 am! :rolleyes:

So worth every penny IMO. Expensive outlay, but wouldn't be without them.
 
I made my own trickle nets!! It cost me around £30 for the netting but I made 3 big ones but then I changed them into 5 normal sized ones, they are great :)
 
Well I have just ordered a trickle net, have an eliminet and found it useless, did not slow the horse down at all!

Lets hope it is money well spent :)
 
Another fan of Trickle Nets here! An extremely good investment that has really slowed my greedy lot down. They still look like new after 6 months abuse by serial net destroyers. Well worth the initial outlay.
 
I was lucky enough to win a Trickle net and its brilliant. My mare's hay now lasts all night. The nets are incredibly strong and i highly recommend them. Previously i had considered them too expensive, but after Christmas i will be buying another one. I dont think you will regret the investment.
 
I don't regret the £30 I spent on mine on bit. BEST haynet I have come across for a greedy horse, so much better than anything else!!
 
I have given up using mine, I found it cumbersome to tie up and it didn't slow my pony down. He is particulary agile with his eating skills and before the trickle net I was double-netting small hole haynets so he has had practise eating from small holes.

I was also worried that if he were to get caught up it is so tough it might not give....my mare did once catch her front rug buckle in her standard haynet and luckily the haynet snapped before too much panic ensued. I'm sure it suits some horses but didn't help mine.
 
I bought one a few months ago. The first week or so there was still hay left in the morning and I was thrilled. However greedy pony seems to has discovered the 'knack' to it and net is now empty in the morning - despite being packed with three large wedges (and she has a tub trug of barley straw!) Still using it though as is lasting much longer than a regular net or double netting.
Do you think a small holed net inside a trckle net is too much restriction?
 
Defiantly worth the 30 quid! I've got a greedy laminitic who is on a permanent diet. Before the tricklenet I swear he inhaled hay! I've tried double netting. Have Elininets too but have to double them now as he's torn them.
Hasn't managed to cause any damage to the tricklenet and I've used it twice a day for the last six months. Two other liveries so impressed they got one each too. It is expensive, but very hard wearing.
 
I bought a trickle net a few months ago. It's in as good condition now as it was then. Very strong and very robust. Sometimes when I get to the yard in the morning there is hay left in it and other times there is nothing.

Either way it lasts a lot longer than other nets and was £30 well spent!
 
Well I have my trickle net and it appears to be working, what would take my greedy little piglet to eat in an hour now appears to be lasting two hours. If it continues this way I may have to buy another :)
 
While I like the fact that they are tough and large, my gelding tackles it with supreme efficency and woofs his way through it with speed. Mine was a gift, but I wouldn't pay £30 for another.
 
I bought one of these 6 months ago for my laminitic Welsh Sec D who could empty triple netted haylage nets in an hour. I was desperate to find something to slow him down. He was standing for 7 hours a day without food between him been fed in the morning and then me arriving at the yard in the evening. I would be met with a very grumpy boy, and frequently was bitten due to him been hungry (you know what men are like ! )

I read the reviews for this net, and decided to fork out the £30. And its the best £30 I have spent on my horse. They are so easy to fill, and looks like new 6 months later. He has hay still left when I get to the yard at night. The most important change though is his behaviour. He is so much calmer and no longer grumpy and just a much happier horse. I have bought another one, so he is fed through one 24/7. They are a god send, and cannot recommend enough. :)
 
I can't believe how many replies I've had since first starting this thread in 2011! :D

I did end up buying one after I first posted and it's been going strong without any wear and bought a 2nd one this past December. I fill both up (so combined weight is about 16kgs of haylage) and they last my cribber TB all through the night with a bit left over in the morning which she is still nibbling at.

I'm so glad I took the plunge over a year ago and bought one as they are the best nets EVER. :D
 
Hey guys, just to say I'm thrilled that your all seeing the benefits of using the Trickle Net. I put my heart and soul (and life savings!) into designing, developing and manufacturing this net. Getting it onto the market was quite a journey and I lost my beloved ******* of a horse during testing the prototypes. It was losing him that gave me the push to keep going with the idea, as I wanted to see something good continue in his memory. (He had EMS and further complications and needed a Trickle Net during his ten months box rest.)
One of the biggest hurdles has been getting people to understand the net. Everyone chokes at the price (understandably), but until they see the Trickle Net they don't realise it's nothing like any net they have ever used. We have huge labour costs involved because the nets are handmade. They can't be made on a machine because the quality and thickness of twine in the netting is too heavy duty to allow any machine to work with it.

I'm so pleased that this thread has gone from 'What.. £30... your joking!' to 'Best money I ever spent on my horse, great investment, best nets ever' etc

This will probably be removed as someone will claim I'm advertising, and that is not the intention at all. The intention is to say Thanks very much guys. It makes it all worthwhile to hear that your horses are happier slimmer healthier and more content. My boy isn't around anymore. Though had it not been for that pain in the ass creature who I adored and doted on for 15 years, your horses wouldn't now be munching happily all night long. :)
 
Their brillant worth the money totally the amount of hay you actually save is amazing. I tested it i put my horses trickle net up with a normal small holed net the amount that actually gets wasted if you horse then won't eat or it has shavings in it. they eat all of it but not in 5 mintues I can leave my horse all day from 11am til 6pm -7pm and she still has hay she's wouldn't have had any with a normal hay net. I actually thinking about buying another one !I forgot to say mine does have a small hole in it from my playful youngster but it's easily fixed :)
 
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