When is paying for quality just plain expensive?

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Im mooching around the internet at the moment looking at bridles, I want a nice English Leather decent quality bridle, that i can use for everyday, but scrub up nice for going to shows.

I don't mind paying for good quality i.e. Sabre or something similar, but when does good quality just become blooming expensive some of the bridles i have seen are in excess of £200, are they any better than say a Sabre? or are they just expensive because of the name?
 
Look at the Kate Negus ones. Expensive but not extortionate and you can buy bits to make a bridle so perfect for my TB with Full cheek pieces but Cob noseband and Browband!
Best bridle I've ever bought and cleans brilliantly :-)
 
I think there is not a lot of difference often.

When our tack was stolen I wanted Jeffries bridles for my horses. In my local shop there was a top of the range one for my bigger horse, and a regular one for my smaller horse. There was about £65 difference in price, but I bought them as I needed bridles there and then. Five years on I can't see the slightest difference in them - the "posh" one was a bit redder, but now looks the same after years of rain and cleaning!
 
I Have a treadstone bridle and i think the quality's pretty good and dont remember it being silly money either i refuse to pay insane prices for the designer names sometimes there no better quality your jsut paying for a name
 
My local tack shop made mine to measure. Grackle noseband, bio grip reins, comfort headpeice and hunting breastplate. I chose everything from the hide to the buckles etc and it was £170 and was all hand stitched. I love it.
 
I tend to go mid range, be it tack or rugs. I have jefferies bridles, ideal saddles and weatherbeeta or masta rugs. I also buy second hand. I would rather get good quality second hand tack than cheap new. My new cob came with a full set of new rhinegold rugs. I often wondered what they are like and if it would be better economy to buy cheap and throw away rather than clean. But no, they are awfull, terrible fit, terrible clips and buckles and god knows what sort of horse they were designed for.
 
Have a look at Matty Marlow's Heritage range. I have a snaffle bridle that has a slip head that passes over the poll on the outside of the head piece by which you can turn the bridle into a double bridle if you want to. It has a lovely padded head piece and saves having to buy a seperate double bridle. You would need to buy the bits of course for the double bridle.
 
Magicmillbrook said:
I tend to go mid range, be it tack or rugs. I have jefferies bridles, ideal saddles and weatherbeeta or masta rugs. I also buy second hand. I would rather get good quality second hand tack than cheap new. My new cob came with a full set of new rhinegold rugs. I often wondered what they are like and if it would be better economy to buy cheap and throw away rather than clean. But no, they are awfull, terrible fit, terrible clips and buckles and god knows what sort of horse they were designed for.
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Same here

I have Jeffries bridles, ideal saddles and weatherbeeta rugs! I don't mind paying for quality but there is a point where things become overpriced.
Mid range is normally what I go for, as I have noticed with rugs for example cheaper ones aren't as generous on size and don't last as long.

My 12.1hh does have a Rambo wug however which we thought was really expensive at the time but it has just gone though its 10th winter and only had 1 repair! I reckon it could do another 10! Could have had 6 cheaper ones in that time which would have cost more!
 
Baileybones said:
Look at the Kate Negus ones. Expensive but not extortionate and you can buy bits to make a bridle so perfect for my TB with Full cheek pieces but Cob noseband and Browband!
Best bridle I've ever bought and cleans brilliantly :-)
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I agree Kate Negus tack is great value - top quality without paying for the designer brand premium.
 
interesting as I was cleaning my tack and musing about this...

i have 3 bridles.

A cheap kincade which has been well looked after but not used much in the last few years other than for leading inhand or lunging. It is stiff and hard and dried out - even though I keep my tack in the house.
The jeffries, which has been used most days for the past few years looks worn in and used but is lovely and supple and just needed an oil really.

I also have a new Sabre Cordoba and I have to say, it was the most expensive of the 3 but is definitely the nicest and best quality. I wouldnt pay any more though, to me the cost of the Sabre was already :eek:
 
NeverSayNever said:
The jeffries, which has been used most days for the past few years looks worn in and used but is lovely and supple and just needed an oil really.

I also have a new Sabre Cordoba and I have to say, it was the most expensive of the 3 but is definitely the nicest and best quality. I wouldnt pay any more though, to me the cost of the Sabre was already :eek:
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I have been looking at Jeffries range, and also considering another Sabre for my girl, i agree with you the cost of the Sabre was :eek: however that kind of price for a decent bridle that will last i don't mind, but i looked at some other known names and was :eek::eek: at the price tag, some of them in excess of £200, i have seen others at £400 plus, whats that all about, is that when it kind of gets to the point that its just money for the sake of a name?
 
wallykissmas said:
I bought an envision equine bridle for about £100, seems better quality than a colleigate which I liked to start with but not a massive price tag.

All English leather made in England .

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/redevo999
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Im hoping to have a look at their bridles when i go to Chatsworth Horse Trials in May, as they have a stall there, i have heard good things about their products.
 
I had the same bridle dilemma recently. I only wanted a simple bridle in good leather with a comfort head - it is so hard to find a nice bridle without a crank or flash. The options I looked at were Jeffries (too expensive), Townfields (nice but didn't have the noseband/comfort head options I wanted) and the usual Heritage / GFS types.

After searching on here I ended up buying an FSS from Ebay - it has a comfort head and simple noseband. It is good soft leather and I am happy with it - for £54. At that price I can get one to match each saddle. It's probably not the absolute best but I would say it is very good value for money. They have a lot of options on colour, noseband type and brass/silver fixings so you should be able to find whatever it is you want.
 
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