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| I like my 5 stars over any other pad. I've tried quite a few of them and got a saddle right to try but didn't like it. Was too thick and I felt perched on my horse rather than close contact. I'm sure they'd probably last forever, maybe even longer than a 5 star, but I just couldn't get used to the feel and how it made my saddle fit my horse. |
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Location: Iowa | I love my 5 star pads. Had a SaddleRight but didn't care for it. Sold it. Just personal preference. Many people love them. |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| I have both, I ride a 5 Star on one horse, saddle right on the other -both feel great- which is no help to you-sorry. I do like how it is easier to keep the saddle right clean. I wash my 5 Star all the time but it is still getting stiff from the sweat and dirt |
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  Whack and Roll
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Location: NE Texas | I prefer a saddleright, but some saddles don't work well with the rigidity of the saddleright or are too narrow and end up being perchy with the saddleright. I have both, but I prefer the saddleright if saddle works with it.
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 Straight Shooter
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Location: SW North Dakota | Questions like this are difficult, as there are so many variables and personal opinions. You are matching the shape of a particular horse, a saddle (we will assume the saddle fits well), and your preference for "feel."
If possible, see if you can try each pad. That way, you can discover which feels best to you, and integrates best with your horse and saddle.
It's safe to say that both brands are well made and popular. The Saddlerights may be more expensive initially, but they have a lifetime warranty and good resale value. Both have good reputations and both have LARGE volumes of people who swear their favorite is the best.
We have mostly Saddlerights in our tack room (like 10-12 of them). My son prefers a 1" 5 Star on his calf horse, and my daughter likes the feel of a felt/wool Reinsman on her barrel horse.
To summarize all this babble: The best option is the one that "feels" best to you and matches your current budget. JMHO... 
Edited by ND3canAddict 2018-01-31 9:32 AM
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| We have a 5 Star in about every thickness, more than 1 in some. They’re our hand down favorite for most.
We have a CSI we use on some and an ESP we like on some. I had a saddleright and didn’t care for it on the saddle/horse combo I had at the time so I sold it, probably should have kept it but oh well I guess. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ND3canAddict - 2018-01-31 9:30 AM
Questions like this are difficult, as there are so many variables and personal opinions. You are matching the shape of a particular horse, a saddle (we will assume the saddle fits well), and your preference for "feel."
If possible, see if you can try each pad. That way, you can discover which feels best to you, and integrates best with your horse and saddle.
It's safe to say that both brands are well made and popular. The Saddlerights may be more expensive initially, but they have a lifetime warranty and good resale value. Both have good reputations and both have LARGE volumes of people who swear their favorite is the best.
We have mostly Saddlerights in our tack room (like 10-12 of them). My son prefers a 1" 5 Star on his calf horse, and my daughter likes the feel of a felt/wool Reinsman on her barrel horse.
To summarize all this babble: The best option is the one that "feels" best to you and matches your current budget. JMHO...
Very well said, this is the best response yet to this thread..Use what works best for you and your horse. My 5 Stars works for me but a saddleright may work for you but it didnt for me. |
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 The best bad guy on the internet
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Location: Arizona | I have both as well. I use my saddleright pad on my mutton withered/round back horses, I find it works better than the 5 star. I love my 5 star's on all my other horses. They last a super long time. |
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Location: in the ozone | We've had the best luck with 5 Stars. The Saddlerights were too hard/rigid for what we like. |
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Location: Wisconsin | 5 Star- the horse I bought the SaddleRight for ended up getting a sore back towards the end of the summer. Went back to my 5 Star and no more sore back.
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | Neither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either. |
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I just read the headlines
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| I love the feel of the 5 Star, but my horse sure didn't. He likes the saddleright pad better. How do I know? When I put the 5 Star on his back, he mean-mugged me. When I put the saddleright on him, he didn't and he works good in it. I ride in a Meleeta Brown barrel saddle if that makes any difference. |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-02-01 1:03 PM Neither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either.
huh?? My horse's backs have been in great shape with 5 stars for many years!
Just for curiosity sake....what would you recommend?? |
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Straight Shooter
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Location: SW North Dakota | cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-02-01 12:03 PM Neither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either.
I'll disagree with this opinion. 20 years ago, I had one Saddleright pad I'd bought used. My husband took it that fall when he went to gather to wean. 3 days of 10 hour/day riding in rough country. When he came back, he asked what kind of pad it was that he swiped. He told me to order one for him. At the time, we didn't have a lot of extra money. I told him they were expensive and he said he didn't care- his rotten mare wasn't a bit back sore after all that riding and didn't flinch from the brush like she usually did. SR is all he's used since then and still swears by them. A few of his old cowboy friends even have one now.
Certainly, everyone has their own experiences, and that's fair. I just don't think your blanket statement is factual across the board. |
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Location: in the ozone | cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-02-01 12:03 PM
Neither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either.
Think you need to do your research |
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Shelter Dog Lover
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| slipperyslope - 2018-02-01 2:10 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-02-01 12:03 PM Neither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either. Think you need to do your research
Ditto, I ride in both and both horse are regularly checked by my chiro, they are never sore in their back. No saddle pad will fully compensate for an ill fitting saddle or sore hocks etc. contributing to a sore back. I do agree though that the wrong pad can make one sore. |
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Gettin Jiggy Wit It
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| cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-02-01 1:03 PMNeither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either. Anddd what does????.... Neoprene??????? :D
Edited by WetSaddleBlankets 2018-02-01 8:56 PM
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-02-01 1:03 PM
Neither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either.
How do you know this?  |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | cavyrunsbarrels - 2018-02-01 1:03 PM
Neither do much to absorb shock and protect the horse's back. I would never buy either.
I'm very interested to hear your reasoning. I personally think you're misinformed. |
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