Please share your experience with me on this brand.
Brand of what?
I’m assuming she wants feedback on Erreplus, which appears to be a saddle maker. https://www.erreplus.com/
OP- I’ve not heard of them, but hopefully someone else can help. Maybe you can find a fitter that has some demo models in stock to try?
I don’t have any experience with them. Sagmae carries them and tried to get me to look at them instead of a Butet. Sagmae has a Facebook page which may give you some information.
I really like mine. They’re built on the same tree as Prestige I believe. The one son of the founder of prestige is the one who started Erreplus.
I love mine. I have the shoulder free panel with no actual panel along the shoulder and my mare loves it. When I was looking, I had the Sagmae rep out and we tried numerous Butets, but I would have had to of ordered an XXWide without trying it, and after an awful experience with CWD, I just couldn’t commit without sitting in it. She had this in stock so I was able to try it for a week, and I was actually able to buy the demo. Loved it ever since. You can change the tree to a degree, and obviously since the panels are wool, they can be fitted to your horse. I can’t say enough good things about it, but like every brand, it really depends on the rep that helps fit you and your horse.
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These saddles are extremely well made. It’s all about the horse’s comfort. Here is the rep that I use:
www.erreplusmidwestusa.com
I’ve seen a few out and about at horse shows. They have all been poorly fitted (wagging and flapping as the horse moves) or the rider is using a mountain of half pads. I wouldn’t ever put one on my horse’s back.
I have the eventing saddle, so it’s a monoflap, but I love mine. I’m seconding Sagmae as a great company to work with if you’re interested in an Erreplus, as I got mine from them like @Libby416 and they’ve been awesome. I also have the shoulder-free model, and given that I have a three-year-old (nearly four) whose back is changing as he grows and gains muscle, it’s worked out really well for us. It’s the first time in my life that I’ve ever had a saddle that fit me as well as it fit my horse and I’m honestly just waiting until I can afford to buy a dressage saddle from them as well because of how much I’ve loved riding in my jump saddle (I’ve had mine for almost a year and been riding in it since about June of last year, courtesy of when I actually started riding my horse after he turned three).
If there are poorly-fitted models out there (and I’m sure there are, like with any brand), I put that on the rep or the fitter, because I’ve had absolutely no trouble with mine. It’s super comfortable to ride in, it fits my horse, and it puts me in such a good and balanced position that I’ve barely moved the couple of times that he’s decided to throw a buck in when we’ve tried to school in the field outside in recent months (and no, the bucking isn’t due to saddle fit - he’s an absolute angel in the arena, which is where we are 95% of the time, he just hasn’t figured out yet that he can trot out in the field without playing like he does in the pasture). I would absolutely recommend their saddles provided you have a good rep.
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