Trickle Nets........are amazing! Will save you so much hay + keep your horse amused!

Thanks for explanation of why they're so expensive, BUT that doesn't alter the fact that, well, they ARE blimmin expensive!!

Sorry about that, but they are! I desperately need something like this and realise that there are cheaper products which are less effective, but the price of it, currently, puts it way out of my reach and I'll bet the reach of the average horse-owner. One would stretch my budget severely; two is way out of reach.

I'm so sorry that this idea was borne out of the tragedy to losing a horse to laminitis as well: having lost one to this disease myself I can see that this would be a huge motivating factor in formulating a product of this kind.

I'm not doubting the quality of the product, or the time and effort that has gone into its manufacture, or the marketing costs, distribution etc etc., but I think if a product is going to sell to the equestrian public then the main feature has to be not just its efficiency (which I don't doubt) but its affordability.

At the moment: whilst not doubting its efficiency and the good reports it has had, it is way too expensive for me. A pity but there is it. I appreciate all the reasons why its so expensive, but to me at least, its way too expensive. Reduce it by another tenner and I might be interested.
 
Despite the cost I think in the long run you would save money, if they do as it states they do, don't stretch or rip, then yes, I would pay 30 quid for one. My boy lives out and I've tried everything, feeding hay on the ground which gets walked on and dissapears in the mud, a normal haynet which is gone in about an hour, I tried double and triple netting but they frey and break within a week, so I will be giving this a go. Got nothing to lose if its going to stop me buying more haynets month after month and saving on hay :)
 
Also want to add that if people are on a budget and saying they cant afford it, then do it the old fasioned way and save up for it! A pound in a pot here and there, it all mounts up fairly quick!!!
 
Would they have to tie at the normal height for a shoed horse? Just mine does have his from the floor but makes a mess and also has a lot of haylage to keep him occupied!
 
Well i do tie them low for my hunters, though my horses don't paw at the nets and so far i have had no instances of shoes getting caught. We just issue the warning as a shod foot will always be more likely to catch on such things. Though you use the net at your discretion. I can say it is far less likely that a shoe will catch on a Trickle net as the horse can not even get a fraction of his foot through the holes and the twine is so thick I cannot imagine it could possibly all get wedged under a clench.
So really it should be fine, but horses are horses!
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite, I do understand where your coming from. In developing the Trickle net i had to decide whether the cost of producing these nets was going to give me a viable business or just price myself out of the market. So to justify the price i have gone all out to ensure the quality and design are the best possible. We don't scrimp on anything, and in doing that we can hopefully gain a reputation for making a quality long lasting product which does a far better job than anything else you can buy.
If i had not been so confident in the product and the need for a feeding net like this, then I would have dismissed the whole idea simply because of the production and running costs. However I knew they would sell, because there is nothing better on the market.
But I do appreciate what your saying and it was indeed my first concern :)
 
I bought mine with a feeling of I have tried everything else so I will give it a go.
They are marvellous exceeded all my expections and I will definatly despite the cost be replacing most of my nets with these as they die.
Just buy one and watch as greedy fatties slow down guzzle less and even stand and rest with haylage in the net.
only thing we had to put in a lower ring as I thought his neck was getting sore when it the net was tied to the higher one
fatty Frank has definatly lost wieght ( he had a double whammy as he did a lot of hunting over the holiday ) and is the slimmest I have seen him and finally I hope that I can get him into the spring a slim jim not fatty Frank
 
I hope TrickleNets go from strength to strength [ no pun intended! LOL]. Lets hope the business flourishes. They are a great product.
 
I've had mine nearly a month and cannot recommend it enough. i was using quadrupled nets for my boy but with the tricklenet i don't have to. my boy still has hay left the following day and i swear he's looking weight even though i am packing it full, just by the time it takes!

This evening he left lose hay in favour of his tricklenet!

yes it wasn't cheap but it superb quality and mine looks brand new despite daily use and soakings.
 
I have had mine 3 months now and they are still going strong! My vet did vaccinations last week and said they were both a perfect 3/5 condition score and I'm positive that the trickle net has helped with this:)
 
I bought one a week ago for my minis who dont really need to eat loads of hay, a haylage net lasts them 4 hours, a trickle net lasts them 24 hours. Yes they are expensive but worth it.
 
I've just ordered two, had thought about it for a while but plucked up the courage to part with the cash! :eek: had to get 2 as I soak my hay and have a bad back- so have to half fill two nets, rather than fill one as otherwise can't lift it.

I currently use double netted Shires haylage nets, which works ok but I'm hoping this will help us cut down the hay a bit more.
 
I have been using mine for 3 weeks now. My horse just scoffs and scoffs in double quick time and never had any hay left ever but now it takes him all night to finish his net and there's always a bit left. He was seriously unimpressed by them to start with but has got used to them. He has even slowed right down with a double net when I give him one. At tea I do give him some on the floor as a treat ! He was scratching at his heels as soon as he had eaten all his hay which was making them worse but now he has hay all the time he has stopped doing that and the heels are finally healing so they are a real plus as a boredom breaker too !

The quality is fantastic and I can see them lasting for ages just don't tell my piggy !:D
 
I've been using mine for 3 weeks, took me a while to justify buying it and I wish I had ages ago. My big lads a guzzler and even with the elim-inet it didn't slow him down, the trickle net has slowed him down from full haynet gone in under an hour to full trickle net near empty in 6 hrs, it took him 3-4 days to get used to eating from it with a gradually reducing normal haynet.
He does get frustrated and pulls at it with his teeth but it doesn't get him anywhere :)
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
My suspicious little mind thinks that this may be an "advertising" thread???? But whatever - IMO these nets are ridiculously over-priced and that's the reason I for one will NOT be buying one!!!

Yes I dare say they are brilliant, yes they'd probably/no doubt save me hay in the long run; but with two horses I'd have to spend in the region of £60 which would take a helluva time to get back!!

Were the price to be reduced to a sensible amount, I'd be interested, but not before!
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You are not alone. I am not a naturally cynical person, but I am a marketing professional and this thread niggled me.

And, no, I would not be paying £30 for a haynet . . . but then I have Kal who is not prone to lami or colic and is kept on straw, so if he is a pig with the hay I leave him (on the floor) and eats it too quickly then can sample a little of his bedding with little to no ill effects. However, I can see how someone with a lami-prone piglet of a horse/pony might be willing to shell out whatever to keep said horse/pony healthy.

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Ali27 said:
It does amaze me that some people moan about spending £30 on a net which actually gives your horse a better, more natural way of feeding! I couldn't care less about the price as long as my horses are happier which they are! You can see that the quality and toughness is way better than a traditional net!
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But the most natural way of feeding is from the floor . . .

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This is in no way an advertising thread!!! I have NO connection with TrickleNet at all. I just bought them, found them incredible so thought I would tell everyone, as I hate horses having no hay for hours on end but struggle with mine as he's a fatty! These nets ensure the horse has hay for a much longer period of time. Mine now always has hay :D
 
I wish I could feed from the floor but unfortunately mine two are both good doers so would stuff their faces for a couple of hours and then be left hungry for hours which is not natural as horses are designed to trickle feed. I can't give mine ad-lib as they would explode! Ideally, I would like a trickle net inside a hay bar so might give that a go next winter so they are feeding in a more natural position!
 
I'm another who has a good doer and is prone to laminitis. I 12 hour soak and double net at the moment with the small holed shires and she seems to get through it just as quick. I've also bought eliminets, they do last a little longer but they have fallen apart
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Thing is I have 16 nets as I soak two at a time and I double net so if I did buy the Trickle nets it would work out quite costly - maybe buy 2 a month
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Yes small holed nets are absolutely brilliant - but these particular ones are far too expensive.

After wandering around the internet, I managed to purchase a fantastic small holed net which covers an entire bale of hay for the cost ot one TN !! - and it is brilliant.
 
I have had mine 2 weeks now. I am still giving her a third of her normal amount in shires haylage net as I felt guilty just going from adlib to restricted overnight whilst she got used to it. Some nights she nearly clears her trickle net but some she leaves loads so think from the weekend I might just give her the trickle net . I couldn't justify the cost but was getting through so much hay this year so hopefully will get my money back next winter. Def recommend for fatties and net rippers. I did have to teach her how to use it by poking bits of hay out the holes but it only took her 2 days to get the hang of it to clear it :)
 
littlescallywag said:
I've been using mine for 3 weeks, took me a while to justify buying it and I wish I had ages ago. My big lads a guzzler and even with the elim-inet it didn't slow him down, the trickle net has slowed him down from full haynet gone in under an hour to full trickle net near empty in 6 hrs, it took him 3-4 days to get used to eating from it with a gradually reducing normal haynet.
He does get frustrated and pulls at it with his teeth but it doesn't get him anywhere :)
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I'm glad mine isn't the only pig that can empty a trickle net! Mine's also a good doer, but stabled a lot. He can and will eat his weighed out ration of half hay half hayledge for the whole day in about 40 minutes :eek: He is also very violent with a haynet so I've been feeding from a slow hay feeder we built, with limited success :rolleyes:

I had serious reservations about trying a trickle net, but you don't know till you've tried right!

I've found its not very good for feeding hayledge from. Could just be that our hayledge doesn't come apart very easily so he ends up with big clumps in the holes and yanks at them, he can also empty the tickle net of hayledge in about 1.5 hours :eek: As a result I've upped the hay and just give him a token quantity of loose hayledge. Whilst it's not lasting as long as I had hoped it is better than him eating everything in his stable in under an hour!!
 
I have also found that my boy is pulling big clumps of haylage out, BUT it is still a miracle product! Sidney has put on a lot of weight, and I had him on full livery and being exercised twice a day to try and get his weight down without reducing his forage. Got one of these as soon as they came back in stock, and it's simply amazing! Where before Sidney would have finished his haylage by 7pm, now he always has at least 3/4 of his net left!

I've had small holed nets before (The IV trawler ones) but have always had to hang two as they were so small. He also seemed to chew through them a lot faster than the trickle net, which is still in one piece, amazingly! Other people on the yard are really impressed, and one has already ordered there own. I have ordered two more just in case, heaven forbid, the company goes out of business or runs out of stock again!

The Trickle Net is absolutely 100% my best buy in the last year, and worth its weight in gold. I am really happy with it!

Isabelle
 
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