Vest/string style coolers?

[sleepingdragon10]

Does anyone actually use these anymore?
Seen one on e-bay for not a lot of money and wondering if it's worth getting.......

Bethxx

 

[Emma123]

Yes

have a cuboard full of them - they are ancient

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Only use them around the yard, if in the summer they get hot we just put one of those on and a light weight turn out to dry them off, whereas a woolen cooler rug would be too hot.

 

[lucemoose]

I think they still have a use, altho mine is the amigo mesh sheet, so a little less rab c nesbit... the shires/masta ones with the fleece sine part are great too.

 

[sleepingdragon10]

Well that's it then....off to ebay I go

xxx

 

[dozzie]

I think Ive still got one or maybe two but rarely use them as I have a thermatex. However I do find the Thermatex quite hot for travelling which I never found with the sweat rug and summer sheet.

 

[sleepingdragon10]

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I think they still have a use, altho mine is the amigo mesh sheet, so a little less rab c nesbit... the shires/masta ones with the fleece sine part are great too.

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PMSL at Rab C nesbit

Wonder if I could bling it up abit......

 

[AmyMay]

I still see people useing them - allways incorrectly!! So they may as well not use them.

 

[Bossdog]

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I still see people useing them - allways incorrectly!! So they may as well not use them.

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By this, I presume you mean on their own? My sharer won't use it with another sheet/thatch whereas I always thought that the purpose was to provide pockets of air that keep warm. Can I now tell her I was right?!

 

[vicm2509]

Yes I quite often put mine under a rug if we get soaked when riding. I mainly use it in the winter when its too cold to leave him to dry in a fleece. I do remove it once he is dry and change his rugs over though.

 

[AmyMay]

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By this, I presume you mean on their own? My sharer won't use it with another sheet/thatch whereas I always thought that the purpose was to provide pockets of air that keep warm. Can I now tell her I was right?!

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Absolutely. They are designed to be used underneath a cotton sheet. To use one without renders them useless.

 

[Maesfen]

Unless you use it mainly as a fly sheet! Then it has the advantage of giving some protection but the flies can't get stuck underneath the rug and upset the horse!

 

[Clodagh]

I may have a couple lying about. If they haven't been burnt you are welcome to them, let me know if it was pony or horse and I will dig into the deeper corners of the junk cupboard.