Which hay feeder?

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Looking to replace my hay nets with a more natural positioned feeder, but there are so many I'm unsure of which is best.
He is fed hay, about 10-12kg a day so it's got to hold a lot, I have never soaked hay but have often wondered if I should though he does not have any respritory issues & has been eating dry hay his whole life. He doesn't tend to be greedy, will eat what he wants & leaves the rest, I just really don't want him running out of food. I have looked at a few & so far I like the Flexi-rac, hay cube, hay saver (would need to measure it out though as it's really for the field) & the eazigrazer looks good.
I'm not bother about having his feed bucket in it as I suspect he will just have a strop, he likes it in his bed. So far my favourite is the flexi-rac as it would be the easiest to clean, but any thoughts or suggestions would be welcome.
 
Do you need anything? You could just feed it from the floor.

Mine drags his into his bed so he has a home-made hay bar - aka a piece of plywood! The hole is about eight inches off the floor so it's easy to sweep underneath and keep clean, and it takes less space than a lot of the commercial options.
 
I'm using a Hay Bar

http://www.haybar.co.uk/index.php

It can potentially hold a lot of hay, enough if you want to leave him with ad lib hay overnight. It's certainly less wasteful than just putting the hay on the front of of the stable on the floor. I don't think it will completely prevent a bit of hay into the bedding, but it's the closest you're gonna get whilst still feeding hay in a natural position.

I feed the hay soaked/steamed, so have fitted it with a gap at the bottom for water to drain out of, and also once in a while when I empty it and sweet out all the seedy stuff from the bottom, it's much easier to clean out properly if you can get a dustpan in at the bottom to sweet clean the corner.
 
Unfortunately my gelding insists on dragging it to bed with him if it's on the floor where he will then make a mess of it & refuse to eat it as it is no longer as clean. I know that once you loose the hay net the will pull some out but if I can hopefully stop him from taking it all to bed that should help. I have looked at the hay bar but I am wary of it as it is fixed to the wall & I like to pull everything out every so often to clean & disinfect.
 
I have a haycube, which I really like, but I wish it was a slow feeder as well. I'm trying to think of s way to make a grill for the top. It's good as the hay doesn't really come out of the top and into her bed at all.

I have put a hay net into it soaked and then posted the string through the drainage hole and tied to the wheels but it means that I can't put as much in.

I like the look of the easy grazer but not at that price!!!
 
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