Wool vs Fleece
Angie Mikkelson
Kathy Sherman
shape of each individual fiber. It retains warmth even when wet, yet
allows cooling in the heat (I wear wool socks all year because of this
characteristic), and it is easier to clean and groom than synthetic
fibers, especially if you keep up the grooming and don't let it get
matted before you decide it needs some attention.
Kathy
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so far that has not constantly slipped with this saddle (tacky pads seemed
to stick more to the saddle than the horse and rubbed holes in my serge
panels). Synthetic fleece mats down more, is harder to rinse clean, and
seems to get really smelly. I just spray my saddle pad off with the hose
and spray nozzle and it cleans up very easily. This pad is wool fleece on
the bottom, wool fabric on top, with some felt in the middle.
I don't have a lot of experience, have only had my horses for 4 years, but
this is what I've found so far.
Kathy Mayeda
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Diana Peterson
They also are easy to get the sticky seeds of some weeds of of them . I had tryed woolback and came back from Oklahoma and had to sit for hours to get the little seedpots of and out of the wool pile. Since then i use 5 Star pads... They also make them Custom. I had one made for my dressage saddle and is awsome.
I just switched to a custom saddle ( endurance style ) and the first thing i did was order another 5 Star pad.
I do have an english version for sale. If i had not changed saddle typs i would never part with it.
my two cents :-)
Diana TX
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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:22:32 -0800
Subject: Re: [RC] Re: Wool vs Fleece
From: klma...@gmail.com
To: ride...@endurance.net
k s swigart
> Could someone tell me what the pros/cons of each
> of these are? Why would I want one vs the other?
It depends...on what you mean by fleece, and what you are using it for.
If what you mean by wool is the fibers shorn off a sheep and then processed into
some kind of material and what you mean by fleece a sheepskin with some of the
hair still on it, the answer will be quite different than if what you mean by
fleece is some synthetic fiber processed into some kind of material.
The word fleece can be used in either way.
And what are the pros and cons of each of these things depends upon what you are
planning to use them for. They can be used for all kinds of things for both
horses and humans.
I can so, however, no matter what you are using them for, some of the advantages
of synthetic "fleece" over wool fiber is that synthetic fleece is cheaper, and
usually easier to clean. And some of the advantages of wool fiber over
sheepskin is that wool fiber is cheaper and usually easier to clean.
kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)
Beth Walker
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Diana Peterson
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I used the synthetic fleece booties on an Ortho-Flex for years with good luck.
We bought wool booties from Slypner, not the Ortho-Flex official brand, the cheaper ones, I think they're called "Saddle Sox". After just a few uses the wool fell out and there is bare cloth in the area under the RF corner of the tree. I just got a big piece of synthetic fleece and I'm going to attempt to retread them with that since pads tend to not stay put under this particular saddle. :-P I have a really thick wool saddle cover that would have been a great surface for those booties but the wool that was on them was too thin to be much good even before it fell out.
Angie
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Kathy Sherman
easier to care for. I have used coolbacks and a woolback for 4 years
before getting a pad with sheepskin. I've only been using the
sheepskin (Grandeur Future pad) for about a year now.
Kathy
Mary K
bottom (rather than leather, wool felt, or that rubbery stuff that
makes cleaning easy). Later I bought a Skito pad for the saddle--the
pad also had a wool fleece bottom. The combination has been brilliant
for my mare and for my daughter's pony. The loft seems to help
disperse one's weight and heat shedding is pretty impressive. I like
how the whole thing sticks together, the pad to the saddle and to the
horse. Such a relief to find a good combination.
Here's what I've learned to do to clean the pad (saddle's fleece
doesn't touch the horse so doesn't need cleaning): I take out the
inserts and wash the pad which dries in about three hours. Then I use
a pin brush used normally for grooming dogs. I don't brush, I stick
and lift. The fleece lofts up as though it were brand new, none of it
comes off in the brush as long as one remembers not to brush.
I have zero patience for horse chores and am pleased by how little
maintenance the wool takes. I admit to washing it rarely--usually
before a big ride when I want to make sure the loft is as lofty as
possible.
Mary K.