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Location: TN | Which do you prefer a hard seat? Or a padded suede or hide covered seat?Also, do you prefer roughout or smooth?I'm looking for a second saddle and I came across a nice used one, but it has smooth leather and a buffalo hide seat. I'm worried it will be too slick and I'll slide around. I've always had at least roughout jockeys and a suede seat. I have never ridden in a hard seat or an all smooth saddle.Just curious to see what everyone prefers and why. Thanks! |
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Location: Southern Indiana | A slick seat doesn't bother me. I prefer rough out jockeys and tooled fenders. I've had stingray, ostrich, croc print, & elephant print. Liked them all.
Hard seats are becoming really popular. They intrigue me, but I don't see my self purchasing one. Curious on how people like them? |
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| I ordered a hard seat with rough out I always had padded suede on my barrelsaddles this will be my first, i like hard seat cutting saddles they seem to given more feel of the horse interested in others opinions |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | I really love my hard seat, and my padded. If that makes sense at all?!  |
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Location: Kansas | Padded preferred. I can ride a roughout, but can't sit a slick seated saddle. |
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Location: TN | Thanks for the responses! I'd be willing to try a hard seat but I think I would want it to be roughout - anything to help me stick a little better! :) |
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Location: TN | SmokinGirlie - 2016-03-02 7:32 AM I really love my hard seat, and my padded. If that makes sense at all?!
How does a hard seat feel/ride different from a padded seat? |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | KatieMac88 - 2016-03-02 8:40 AM SmokinGirlie - 2016-03-02 7:32 AM I really love my hard seat, and my padded. If that makes sense at all?!
I have a Double J padded elk seat, and a Tami Semas inlayed hard seat. Basically just more cushion, hard to explain??
I really do love both, almost like my hard seat better though.
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I like smooth everywhere, but then again I'm not going super fast around any barrels. I don't like how "stuck" suede and roughout make me feel but smooth leather, if you need a little extra grip, you can always add sadl-tite to. Unfortunately ALL my saddles have ended up being suede seats with roughout for various reasons. I'm cursed! |
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Location: Desert Land | I prefer a padded seat - love elk or elephant hide, I don't do suede anymore. I also prefer roughout jockeys and fenders. |
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It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | If these help at all....
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Location: The Great Northwest | The memory foam seat in my JJ sure is nice. It's not a suede nor a slick leather. It is a man made material. I like it over the hard seat I previously had by far! |
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Location: Oklahoma | I had a hard seat on my Crown C. It wasn't bad, but I disliked how the saddle rode. I think that was just more the way the saddle was built and not because of the lack of padding.
I have had elephant print (with padding) on my last two Double Js and I really like that, but considering going with a hard seat on my Purdy. I think there is enough padding on my bum to make up for a lack of it on the actual saddle. |
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Location: North Dakota | I log a lot of miles in my barrel saddles keeping horses legged up so I need a padded seat. My butt bones don't like me very much otherwise, haha.
As far as roughout or smooth, I can do either. My saddles happen to be roughout, but was more-or-less because the saddle fit my horse and that was more important.
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Location: TN | Longneck - 2016-03-02 9:33 AM I had a hard seat on my Crown C. It wasn't bad, but I disliked how the saddle rode. I think that was just more the way the saddle was built and not because of the lack of padding. I have had elephant print (with padding) on my last two Double Js and I really like that, but considering going with a hard seat on my Purdy. I think there is enough padding on my bum to make up for a lack of it on the actual saddle.
That's what I was thinking about for a Purdy saddle too... possibly a hard seat (he said that is his personal favorite). |
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Location: TN | r_beau - 2016-03-02 9:51 AM I log a lot of miles in my barrel saddles keeping horses legged up so I need a padded seat. My butt bones don't like me very much otherwise, haha.
As far as roughout or smooth, I can do either. My saddles happen to be roughout, but was more-or-less because the saddle fit my horse and that was more important.
See that's what I thought about a hard seat too, but from what I've read they are actually more comfortable for long days (a lot of ranch hands have hard seat saddles). I wonder if you feel any closer to your horse since you have less padding? |
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Location: TN | SmokinGirlie - 2016-03-02 9:22 AM If these help at all....
Both very nice! The inlay is pretty! |
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | I have a hard seat JJ PRO and an alligator Pozzi. I love them both. The hard seat is definitely much stickier. The alligator is slick, but I don't mind it so much because it has roughout jockies. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I like the padded seats, I have no padding on my butt so need it somewhere, lol. 
I dont like the hide covered, they are slicker, but like the rough out jockeys  |
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| I don't have enough padding (I have noassatall) for a hard seat, so I prefer cushioned.
I also like to have that little extra grab on the fenders, so rough out for me.
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