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| What are your favorite ice boots? & how important do you think ice boots are? How often do y'all use them? Thanks in advance |
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Location: Northwest | I like the Ice Horse tendon boots. I've tried a couple of their different boots but the tendon ones are my favorite. I keep the ice packs in my freezer at home and throw them in a cooler when I go to a race. |
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Location: Muskogee, OK | I've had both Ice Horse and Ice Vibe boots.
Love the concept of the Ice Vibe boots, but am not completely satisfied with the amount of "cold" I get, even with the cold packs just out of the freezer. It seems as though my Ice Horse did a better job of actually icing down the leg- as in the limb would be extremely cold to the touch after removing the packs whereas my Ice Vibes not so much.
I really like using ice boots, especially after hard workouts or runs. Also great for acute swelling- can slap them on there, let your horse stand tied while "icing" for 20 minutes. Much easier than standing with a hose cold hosing for an entire 20 minutes- and I think more effective.
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| Ice is amazing I have several sets of boots but I prefer buckets of ice it works much better if they really need iced they will stand in them just put the foot in first then ice then fill with water much better. |
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Location: Bandera, TX | I love a neoprene 9 pocket boot. It stays cold!
I've had many different icing systems, this is simple and effective. Use on the road or at home.
Side note, my fancy whirlpool boots were possibly part of the cause of whiteline in my horse. So now I just use the neoprene boots or my game ready. But it can be a pain at times.
I have the ice vibes they don't cool enough.
Importance: HIGH I would ice every horse after a work if I had time. On the track I sure didn't miss an ice treatment. |
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| A pair of smaller kids jeans that are big enough to go over the knee. Slide them over the knee, secure the bottom (I cut holes, ran twine in and out of them so I could pull somewhat tight to keep the ice in) and then put a hole in the top on the outside, tie a piece of twine to the hole, run it over the withers and to the Jean leg on the other side, tie it off to hold them on, fill with ice. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I've only used the Ice Horse products. The evandura boots and the big hoof boots are fantastic. I used to rehab a western pleasure mare and she wore the ice boots for 30-45 minutes after every ride. |
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| Equifit IceAir cold therapy boots. Ice and compression are most important to me. |
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| I just got the Tough 1 boots! Love them, good price, and they are gel pockets so no ice filling! Just take them off and throw in the freezer! |
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Location: North Dakota | uno-dos-tres! - 2017-06-27 5:30 AM
I love a neoprene 9 pocket boot. It stays cold!
I've had many different icing systems, this is simple and effective. Use on the road or at home.
Side note, my fancy whirlpool boots were possibly part of the cause of whiteline in my horse. So now I just use the neoprene boots or my game ready. But it can be a pain at times.
I have the ice vibes they don't cool enough.
Importance: HIGH I would ice every horse after a work if I had time. On the track I sure didn't miss an ice treatment.
These are my favorite as well. Easy to fill the pockets, the straps are stretchy and Velcro, so you can adjust the fit all the way up the leg. If you're worried about them sliding down, I just take a bell boot and strap it to the horses ankle upside down, so that it "cups" the bottom of the ice boot. Your horse can stand around and you don't have to babysit them the whole time to make sure they don't pull their foot out of a bucket, etc. |
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Location: Kansas | I have Hidez ice compression socks and really like them so far. I don't leave them on much after the ice has melted because I'm not sure how much compression is good and how much is too much, but I have determined that actually dumping ice cubes into the pockets is more effective at cooling the legs than any boot with reusable packs I've ever seen. A 10 pound bag of ice is less than $3 at WalMart and will ice at least 6 legs so we are hauling an extra cooler this summer in order to keep more ice on hand at rodeos. I've been icing at least the front legs after every rodeo run and most times I do the backs too. Biggest problem I have is that my large Hidez socks are too skinny for my 15.3 hand horse so I am using them on my shorter gelding and we just have more of a muffin ankle thing going on LOL. I also have a 14 hander and even the mediums swallow his legs. Shoot we are almost getting his shoulders! |
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| shakeit0410 - 2017-06-27 7:38 AM
uno-dos-tres! - 2017-06-27 5:30 AM
I love a neoprene 9 pocket boot. It stays cold!
I've had many different icing systems, this is simple and effective. Use on the road or at home.
Side note, my fancy whirlpool boots were possibly part of the cause of whiteline in my horse. So now I just use the neoprene boots or my game ready. But it can be a pain at times.
I have the ice vibes they don't cool enough.
Importance: HIGH I would ice every horse after a work if I had time. On the track I sure didn't miss an ice treatment.
These are my favorite as well. Easy to fill the pockets, the straps are stretchy and Velcro, so you can adjust the fit all the way up the leg. If you're worried about them sliding down, I just take a bell boot and strap it to the horses ankle upside down, so that it "cups" the bottom of the ice boot. Your horse can stand around and you don't have to babysit them the whole time to make sure they don't pull their foot out of a bucket, etc.
I also love these as I don't have a dedicated freezer just for horse stuff. There is no way they are going in with my family's food, and I don't want hubby trying to use my ice boots to cool his beer at a race. With the 9 pockets I can customize where I want/need the ice, as well as just taking ice from the cooler or putting what we don't need for the horses into the cooler. and it doesn't take up a huge amount of space and isn't heavy to lug around.  |
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| http://www.friestotalequine.com/Cool-Aid_Cooling_Hock_Wraps/p420515...
http://www.friestotalequine.com/CoolAid_Leg_Cooling_Wrap/p4205156_1... |
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Location: Alberta Canada | barrelracingchick16 - 2017-06-26 9:16 PM
I've had both Ice Horse and Ice Vibe boots.
Love the concept of the Ice Vibe boots, but am not completely satisfied with the amount of "cold" I get, even with the cold packs just out of the freezer. It seems as though my Ice Horse did a better job of actually icing down the leg- as in the limb would be extremely cold to the touch after removing the packs whereas my Ice Vibes not so much.
I really like using ice boots, especially after hard workouts or runs. Also great for acute swelling- can slap them on there, let your horse stand tied while "icing" for 20 minutes. Much easier than standing with a hose cold hosing for an entire 20 minutes- and I think more effective.
Totally agree about the ice vibes...love the concept but not impressed with how little they actually cool. |
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| SKM - 2017-06-27 3:38 AM
A pair of smaller kids jeans that are big enough to go over the knee. Slide them over the knee, secure the bottom (I cut holes, ran twine in and out of them so I could pull somewhat tight to keep the ice in) and then put a hole in the top on the outside, tie a piece of twine to the hole, run it over the withers and to the Jean leg on the other side, tie it off to hold them on, fill with ice.
If you happen to have a picture of this or willing to take one and share I would love to see this on a horse! I have been meaning to buy some kind of ice boots for a couple years but once I think I finally find THE ONE I read another review which ultimately changes my mind and saves a chunk of money |
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