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Location: Peach State | Can't make my mind up between the best ever pads or impact gel.
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| to be honest...spend a few more dollars and get a 5 star. Best Ever don't hold up that well, IMO. They are pretty and fun, but "pretty is as pretty does." The 5 star is a much better quality felt. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | RodeoCowgirl4u - 2014-02-06 11:14 PM to be honest...spend a few more dollars and get a 5 star. Best Ever don't hold up that well, IMO. They are pretty and fun, but "pretty is as pretty does." The 5 star is a much better quality felt.
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Expert
Posts: 1410
Location: Peach State | Thanks for the input, I have a new treeless and judging by the research I'm trying to do I'm now leaning towards the 5star anyways. |
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 Double Standards Don't Fly
Posts: 1283
Location: At the barn | I've got both, 5 Star and Best Ever. They are both good IMO. Best ever is a bit softer And more flexible. Both are quality. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 349
| I have two best evers just ordered my third. One is newer and I like it just fine but my older one is amazing I have ridden manymany hours since I first won it in 2007 still going strong and not overly smashed down. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 349
| ^that being said I have one impact gel fleece pad. Love it on one horse HATE it on the other. Rolls and is very pliable. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
Posts: 9586
Location: Phoenix | 5 Star.
best Evers break down really fast. All the ones I've seen have looked like crap! Just sayin'. |
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Posts: 639
Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | Definitely go with the 5 star. My best ever pad only lasted a few months before it started breaking down and I only used it to run in. What a waste of money. 5 stars are worth the money to me. |
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 Undercover Amish Mafia Member
Posts: 9991
Location: Kansas | I had several when the best ever was the new "in thing." I didn't like them, I think they lasted a month in my trailer then I sold them. They made my mare buck for unknown reason....so I invested in a 5 star. I just ordered another 5 star and I'm actually picking it up today.
I perfer my 5 stars over anything anymore. The price is worth a pad that will last you years |
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Cat Collector
Posts: 1430
| I agree with spending the extra money on the 5star, mine have all compressed from my saddle, they may have changed the way they make them now cause this was a few years ago, I just never bought another one. |
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Location: PA | Well I just sold my 5Star pads and switched to Best Ever. I absolutely LOVE them! I bought the Fleesar's |
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Posts: 193
Location: USA | I had to get a chiropractor to fix my mares back while I was at clinic. I had just got the pad and he said that the way it was made caused her back to go out of placement. And that I would have to cut it at a 45 degree angle at the back part where it wouldn't do that anymore. Now, I only use it on my chubby 14.3 hand mare. She's never had a problem with it and LOVES it and makes the saddle fit more evenly over her back. |
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 Serious Snap Trapper
Posts: 4275
Location: In The Snow, AZ | I've always had to double pad my mare to keep her from being sore. Saddle fit her fine. Sweat was even.
Hubby bought me a Best Ever, and I don't have to double pad any more. So I, personally, love it. Then again, I've never tried a 5 star. |
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Posts: 956
Location: Washington | I go for quality and long lasting....which neither of those do. And the BE are far from the best in my honest opinion. They don't hold up, I have seen pads with only a couple months old and it already looks like a rabbid cat got to it. I have 3 5 Stars and one of them is 12yrs old and looks fantastic and still going strong.
5 Stars would be my choice, worth every penny spent on them.
Edited by BarrelsRmyLife 2014-02-07 10:14 AM
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Posts: 617
Location: London Ontario | I am looking to get 5 star pad, i have a saddle that is a tiny bit tight around withers, what width should I get? |
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Posts: 2385
| 5 Stars are amazing. If I had to choose between an IG and a BE, I would go with the BE. I feel the gel insert in the IG's hold in too much heat. Thats just my opinion/ experience though. |
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