I was curious if anyone can definitively say that these bridles or their equivalents made a difference with their sensitive “princess and the pea” horses. 
Contemplating them for their function, don’t care about looks or leather quality at this point. thanks!
I don’t have a full bridle from them but the PSoS paragon noseband made a difference for my very sensitive boy. He does not like pressure across his lower molars and that noseband was the only one I could find for a double bridle for him that could avoid his weird spots. I’m a firm believer that most other anatomical nosebands are expensive ways to make a drop look better. I have never seen a crown piece make a difference in a horse.
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My horses have all really loved the crown piece, I noticed a difference from that alone.
I haven’t had it long enough to be able to say for sure, and I’m also experimenting with bits to find the right one, but I bought a used Pioneer off ebay about a month ago and my mare seems to love it, she practically shoves the bridle on her head herself and gets really impatient with me when I take too long trying to warm the bit up. I love the way it fits her, and she does seem a bit happier with it than the cheap one I was using before.
It made a difference in that my horse HATED it and it made him virtually unrideable. Clearly it put pressure or hurt him in some way. We couldn’t figure our where or why - it looked to fit him just fine, but he let us know he wasn’t happy at all.
A cut-back crown needs a bigger browband. I don’t think manufacturers have caught onto that until recently. So, if you aren’t seeing a difference when you expected one, see if you can go up a browband size. The reason cut-backs need bigger browbands is because they are supposed to sit in a place further back on the horse’s crown – but a browband will prevent the crownpiece from sitting where it was designed to if it is too short.
I don’t have a PS of Swden but I like to clean tack, and clean barn-mates’ tack for cash. A lot of them have PS of Swedens and I’ve had conversations with them, they all think that the bridles have made a difference.
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