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Location: Kansas | After buying a 5-star.....I will never use any other pad!!! |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Buckles - 2014-09-18 7:54 AM Not to highjack the thread but... How thick are the CSI pads?
You can get liners that are 1/2 or 3/4, and then the pad where the plates are is probably 1/2. Even with the 1/2" liner, I find it too thick for a lot of horse/saddle combos. I AM using it with the 3/4" liner on my 4 year old right now because I moved her up to a saddle with some growing room (7 to an 8" gullet crown c). |
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 Double Standards Don't Fly
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Location: At the barn | 5 Star, hands down they are the best!
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Location: MN | I've just recently learned that just as there is no single best saddle or bit, there is no single best pad. 5 Star was what I always used and loved (and still love). However, the mare I'm riding now is hollow behind the shoulder and the 5 star compressed too much. This made the saddle not fit properly. I have her in a Wade pad now and love the way it fits for her. |
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| I know this thread is a little old, but I wanted to weigh in anyway. I prefer the 5 Star Saddle pad because these pad contain 100% virgin wool which offers superior quality, wicking, cooling, and compression protection. The cut of the pad, a French curve back line with wither slope, provides a comfortable fit on your horse's back that protects against pressure points. These western saddle pads are all natural which is really important. |
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Common Sense and then some
Location: So. California | I was recently given a 5 Star for a Bday present and my mare absolutely loves it. It seems she was just a tad more comfortable with it and thus rode better. I'm really excited to see where we are at 30 days from now. |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I've had a few wool pads including 5 star and classic equine and they're well made and everything but I really don't get why everyone is so into wool. It just doesn't impress me in any way. I LOVE CSI pads but even with the 1/2" liner the one I had was WAY too thick for my saddle (which works best on my horse with a 1/2" pad). The CSI had the best wither contour I've ever seen and the flex plates were amazing. I put my hand underneath, grabbed a hammer, and went to town trying to hurt myself. I couldn't! I think a saddleright will be my next pad since it's thin and also has a decent looking wither profile. |
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 Good Grief!
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | I will only use the air rides... (not the crappy cj air ride) or the ed wright pads.....M |
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The Advice Guru
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| Three 4 Luck - 2014-09-18 8:29 AM
Buckles - 2014-09-18 7:54 AM Not to highjack the thread but... How thick are the CSI pads?
You can get liners that are 1/2 or 3/4, and then the pad where the plates are is probably 1/2. Even with the 1/2" liner, I find it too thick for a lot of horse/saddle combos. I AM using it with the 3/4" liner on my 4 year old right now because I moved her up to a saddle with some growing room (7 to an 8" gullet crown c).
You can also get a csi merino insert which is less then 1/4" this would be probably equivalent to 1/2" thick 5 star |
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| My horse owes his life to the CSI pad, all the bucking he was doing was fixing to earn him a spot in sale barn. CSI pad and hes back to 1d to 2d. He bucked for 4 owners over 10 years....and stopped with me after buying him a CSI pad. |
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The Advice Guru
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| BuckarooBob - 2015-11-12 2:13 PM
I know this thread is a little old, but I wanted to weigh in anyway. I prefer the 5 Star Saddle pad because these pad contain 100% virgin wool which offers superior quality, wicking, cooling, and compression protection. The cut of the pad, a French curve back line with wither slope, provides a comfortable fit on your horse's back that protects against pressure points. These western saddle pads are all natural which is really important.
Where is there wool coming from?
I heard china, is that true? |
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 Quiet Riot
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Location: North Dakota | I love 5 stars - for my high withered horse I like to get the 5 star with the "no gullet hole" option (there is no extra fee for this) |
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 Balance Beam and more...
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Location: 31 lengths farms | After getting the Ortho pad from Ed Wright I'm not sure there is another pad out there. Most of the rest of the "ortho" style pads I realized have the Ortho piece designed almost backwards to how the horses shoulder is built. |
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 Don't Wanna Make This Awkward
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Location: Texas | 1. I don't think best ever pads compare to 5 star or CSI
2. I think you have to try both to understand the difference. If you can I would buy a used on eof both and try them out. I promise you can resell both of them. Those pads sell used in 5 minutes.
I personally prefer CSI, but that doesn't mean I won't buy another 5 Star and I ever find a perfect fitting saddle I would probably try a saddleright. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | As far as wool pads go, I've used it Bayou west, classic equine, Tod Slone, and 5 Star. My favorite by far is the 5 star; it is soft and it will last you for years. I believe it should be a staple in everyone's tack room. However, I am interested in trying a Saddleright and a CSI.
Bayou West pads are stiffer and I guess offer more support for a saddle that doesn't fit well. The classic equine, I don't like the top line of it and it fell apart pretty quick. The TS-- they will last forever but they're not as soft as the 5 Star and they don't have the contour like the 5 Star does. I absolutely love the top line contour on the 5tar pads. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | True story...guy I know works pick up man at pro rodeos...his horse was always sore due to the taxing nature of the work...he bought a CSI pad and never had another problem. Convinced me, thats my next pad. |
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | My go to pad is 5 star...usually a 7/8th thickness ...unless I'm roping then I use a 1 inch thickness...but love love love! |
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She's a Tough One
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | I have a saddleright for sale on the saddles and tack page that is worth the money! |
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