Trickle Net haynet..worth it?

No, no no! Would definitely not reccomend them. I have a greedy thoroughbred and have always double netted. Was persuaded by this thread to buy one; as they sounded so good.Got it late summer, makes no difference to how quickly she eats- took a quick video the first time she used it, which shows her grabbing big mouthfuls of hay, so much so there was even hay on the floor.
Thought at least it would last a long time; but this week she pulled a hole in it, so now it's as good as useless!
I'm surprised by how many think they are really good - I was so disappointed :(
 
I'm debating trying one... I've tried triple haylage netting, and double netting with an elim-a-net. Neither slow him down :( £30 is a lot to spend on a haynet, though.
 
I did used to double and even triple netted my normal nets and my TB managed to still line up the holes and go through it. She also is able to break normal nets in the the space of a week. The Tricklenet I bought in December 2011 has NO HOLES torn in it despite over a year of every night use and the new one I bought December 2012 is going strong too.

My stable is a lot cleaner too as since she is taking longer to eat her two Trickles and not getting bored, she is not trashing her stable and is has inadvertently trained herself to poo on the rubber mats at the back of where she stands to eat her net. this has saved me LOADs of money in savings so the outlay I've spent buying the two nets, has saved me with shavings too.

I am VERY satisfied customer and show off my nets to anyone who will listed :D
 
Equimo said:
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. :)
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I must admit I was taken aback by the price when I first started this thread but am glad I decided to take the plunge. I have a much happier TB now and you have saved me loads in shavings and haylage.
 
This thread persuaded me to buy one - it arrived this morning and I put Fattie's hay into it tonight. He comes in at 5pm and has normally scoffed the lot by 7pm - just been out now at nearly 9pm and loads left - unheard of! I even took pity and put some hay on the floor for him while he gets used to it!

I normally use either double netting or Elimanets - both of which do nothing to slow the speed of scoff...

I hate to think of him standing with no hay for hours at night because he's guzzled it all. Hopefully the trickle net will be the answer and it will be money well spent. I'll keep you posted...
 
I bought two last year and initially it was great I was coming in the morning and she had hay left!! However she is a determined girl and she soon bit a hole and made it wider so all hay was pulled through at near usual speed. I may try again with the other one. The quality looks good but they really do have to use their lips and my mare wore away the hair on her lips and muzzle which looked odd.
 
I have 8 of these nets and they are the best thing since the wheel. My mare was diagnosed with ulcers in January 2012 and I immediately invested in these nets. In fact all my horses have them and there is very rarely an empty net in the morning. Some of my fiends have begged, borrowed and stolen (;)) a couple of these from me after seeing them in use and also rave about them.
Ok, they are £30 each but honestly they are worth every single penny. I've not had to buy another net since, apart from trickle nets for friends over here.
 
I've borrowed one of these off a fellow livery this week to try it out. It slows piggy down more than triple netting does, but he still doesn't have any left of a morning.

They're good quality and I can understand the price (empty net itself weighs over a kilo, put me off on weighing hay to begin with!), but I think a determined greedy will find a way through regardless of what you put their hay in :rolleyes:
 
I have one of these as my horse is on boxiest at the moments and he will go through a regular small hole hay net in no time at all. I LOVE my trickle net as it last him either all day or all night and I am just about to buy him another one. They are FAB!!
 
My horse used to eat from it nearly as quickly as with an ordinary small holed net but then he began to refuse to eat from it. It made his neck sore and he now when given the choice prefers to eat soaked hay in an ordinary net and ignores dry hay in the tricklenet.
Its now become a handy storage bag to hold all my normal nets, so it was an expensive waste of £30 for us.
 
I am a fan, but my only critisism is that they are an odd shape, long and a bit narrow, and I do agree that this could cause the horse discomfort. I am going to put up some more ring ties so that I can tie each end horizontally and see if this makes a difference.
 
I am now beginning to wonder if mine if an imposter - its certainly not lasting very well (had for about a month now) and the string used is fraying where nugz is getting frustrated and is picking and picking at the net to get the hay.

ETA: Yup, definitely an imposter, mine is blue :(
 
I don't rate Elim-a-nets at all, bought two for our Shetland ponies and they only lasted a few weeks. I normally double net for my mare, but she seems to manage to line the two up perfectly so that it's just like a normal net and she wolfs the contents down.

I would really like to try out a trickle net before I bite the bullet and buy one - shame they can't send me one on a month's trial! Also, ultimately I would need 6 and 6 x £30 is £180 ....................... ouch :eek::eek:
 
I tried double netting the Shires small holed net and the Elim-I-net and then the Trickle net. The £30 was so well worth it I bought another. The horse has not chewed through it, and although I have had to replace one string to tie it up with the actual net is perfect. It really is 3 X the quality of the string alone, and the holes do not get huge with use, unlike the others. The Elim-I-net only lasted a week before it was chewed through.
The trickle net makes hay last longer than either of the options, and when my horse was particularly fat I hung it from the ceiling so it swung free and the hay was never completely empty, even in the morning.
 
Best money I ever spent! I now have 8 of them. All bought over 2 years ago and all still going strong. I prefer my horses to eat little and often and these do the job. Very rarely are they empty the next morning. Usually about an 1/8 of a net left inside. Previously I was having to replace a net every 2 months before I bought 3 of these. Times that by 6 and it soon adds up. As the saying goes, Buy cheap, buy twice!
 
I bay the largest shires haylage net I can, some of them are three years old but the holes aren't actually very small. I also feed big bale hay and have had the same problems, and spent £90 on hay nets. I week ago I bought some hockey nets off e-bay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370964523726?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
I have used one on the large bale, the holes are smaller and so far its a success. The next thing is to make a hay pillow. The best bit is the price, there must be enough to make 10 very large hay nets, just need to get stitching.
 
I brought a trickle net about 4 weeks ago it is very strong and well made but my greedy guts horse can pull the hay through the holes quite easily he can eat a 16lb hay net in 1/2 an hour I've timed him
So it's really not worth the £30 better buying 2 cheap haynets and double net them just as good
 
Husband's cob had the thing sussed in no time so after the first night it didn't slow him down at all.
The nets themselves appear to be strong and well made, but the string that threads through the top snapped on both of ours after a couple of months. Added to that, the fact that they are quite tricky to stuff (being more long & narrow than normal nets) they are now resting at the bottom of a bucket somewhere. Not my best investment.
 
I bought 2 before the winter for fatty ISH and think they're brilliant. He manages to break most things but both Trickles are still going strong so big vote from me!
 
Total waste if money! I bought one in October. If I put 2 and a half wedges in my boy can still empty it in less than 3 hours the same as double netting a small holed haulage net. It's heavy and stiff and rough to fill. The thick rope that it came with has roughened and split into three strands and this makes it a nightmare to thread through the small holes. I use it because I paid £35 (don't forget it's £5pandp) so I'm going to get my money's worth!!
 
Go to the website and check out the other reviews of riders who have used it, it's a couple of threads in here. Sounds really good I'd definitely part with the money for one as my mare is a bit of a box walker when she's stabled
 
I bought a greedy feeder net for £14.99 (which I thought was a lot) but it slowed my boy down considerably, so much so I bought a second.
 
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