Whole new wardrobe - rug help!

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Hiya,
Advice and recommendations please... New horse arriving soon and I need a whole new wardrobe as she is coming with nothing, but do not have a huge budget, so was wondering what people's key/favourite rugs are?
This is for a horse that lives out most of/all year!

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For reasonable quality rugs that fit well, are deep in the body, come up to size & won't sting you too heavily take a look at AXIOM rugs on ebay. I've bought quite a few over the years & I rate them. I've not had to re proof them either so worth a punt? :)

Best tip is to bid for them, don't 'buy it now' & you'll get them much cheaper.
 
A rain sheet that can have liners added - Amigo do the best one but someone said recently Shires do one too. You get a lightweight waterproof, a 100gm liner and a 200gm liner which together make 300gm for the very coldest of weather. And the liners can be used for stable rugs too.
 
I thought about getting cheap rugs for my growing baby, but ended up getting her a rhino turnout lite, a separate hood for it and an amigo turnout lite. I did get a liner for the rhino, but I think she only wore it once last winter and was verging on being too hot. Normally she just wears the rhino, in rain she wears the rhino + hood and on really nasty nights, both rugs with the hood which sort of seals the bit between the rhino and the hood. She lives out all year round in Scotland and she is WB, though quite a toasty one! I only buy Horseware now - they fit well and are reliably waterproof even in stormy weather.
 
I would agree with just getting a lightweight turnout and then adding the liners as needed. I did this a few years ago and it is so much easier. It saves a lot of storage space and means you can wash the liners on your own washing machine.
 
Amigos with a selection of liners by far the best rug selection I've invested in. Good quality functional and cheaper than rambos.
 
JillA said:
A rain sheet that can have liners added - Amigo do the best one but someone said recently Shires do one too. You get a lightweight waterproof, a 100gm liner and a 200gm liner which together make 300gm for the very coldest of weather. And the liners can be used for stable rugs too.
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Ditto this, A good quality rain sheet and some liners as you then have all weathers sorted. For the stable I would maybe invest in a lightweight stable rug as well unless you're happy to stable in the rain sheet as the liners aren't designed with an outershell as such to keep the heat in.
 
Have a look at naylors website they have some good buys for cheaper rugs, however I've just brought all new weatherbeeta rugs for my boy I'm hoping they will last longer than the cheaper alternatives I googled and kept searching the internet to get the best prices
 
I'd look for turnout rugs with at least 1000 denier outers, as these are less likely to rip or leak than lower denier rugs. Agree that using liners or under rugs give you more flexibility. As for makes, Maxima Equestrian are a good source of 1200 denier turnouts at reasonable prices.
 
If agree with all of the above, go for layers, ideally with an outer of 1000 denier minimum. Definitely do NOT buy a really thick heavyweight rug for those freezing winter days as we might not get a particularly cold winter and it'll sit unused and wasted all winter!
Although you may need to buy cheaper rugs for now, my Premier Equine lightweight turnouts are now 4/5 years old and are still in perfect condition despite being used daily into spring and from Autumn onwards each year, (and I've never needed to have them washed or re-proofed) I also rate ***************** rugs (over 1000 denier) again mine have lasted years.
I would also buy a lightweight stable rug and again layer as it gets colder. In really wet weather it can be better to leave a wet turnout on overnight (it's dry underneath so the horse will be dry and warm, and their body heat will dry the rug within an hour or two of being indoors) as a wet rug will likely still be wet in the morning and you won't want to put it on your horse (or you will have to buy two rugs so you always have a dry one to put on!)
I layer my rugs with either fleeces or a stable under rug (from Swish)

It's a bit disappointing for me as I love buying rugs, but struggle to justify it these days with my others lasting so well 😢
 
Thank you everyone, shes so different to my last and He came with most rugs and I just added a few bits along the way, so I just wasn't sure what to buy when starting from scratch! Definitely going to have to do some research now and I like the idea of layer much more! 😊
 
I wouldn't advise layering until you know the horse. I tried once with mine and he destroyed both rugs the same day.

I get him equidor and gallop rugs as they are cheap and he hasn't destroyed them yet.
 
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