Do they have a suggestion box? I would do a lot of shady things if they’d bring back their high neck blankets.
Shires blankets were always really good to me.
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Yeah, it seems Shires has gone towards focusing on lower-end blankets and limited models of their higher denier lines. I have a 400g StormCheeta with a full neck, and the high neck they were making for SmartPak. I don’t think either are available anymore. 
I tried a Turtleneck sheet several years ago and had problems with them leaking. They sent me a replacement and it leaked too. Disappointing because I really loved the outer fabric and the fit.
The turtleneck blankets rubbed half of my horses mane off. I had to roach his mane to recover.
I’d rather have a detachable hood than a high neck blanket.
Crazy how we all like different things.
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Yeh, so far the Horseware Rhino high necks seem to work ok with my current guy. I throw a Kensington fly sheet on to protect them.
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It is funny. Horses can be so different, preferences can be so different. 
I guess that is what it comes down to. I have had no problem either with leaking, or mane rubs, on a variety of horses, but what I love especially with the Turtleneck brand, are the design features, the softly stretchy neck, and the stretchy surcingles that undo on both sides… I love too that they send replacement leg straps and neck ‘sheepskin’ with the purchase.
As a long time blanket (cough) (hoarder) aficionado I find certain blankets fit our own preferences. I like my Rambos, and the other Horsewear lines, as well as my now ancient, much repaired Weathabeetas, Smartpaks, and closed front Schneider’s.
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Hopefully it is just the 1680 fabric. And the Autumn Series fabric. Adams told me Monday they are inundated with calls right now on the waterproof issue. I reached out to Jeffers same day and they have not gotten back to me. I must have multiple waterproof blankets so in quite a quandry in this moment and had to order another and because I’m so familiar w Rambo and they fit my guys so well and have so valued the quality in the past. So I ordered an Original.
Found this news article today. Interesting. 60% increase in profits? What I’ve seen in lighter hardware, thinner straps etc tells me cost cutting in materials.
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Ugh. Today it was 32 with a brisk wind. Frigging cold. Bring in my old guy-who is known to run hot-BUT-that wind is cold! And he’s sweating under his blankets. Chest and shoulders. Sigh…
His biggest exertion is walking to the hay pile.
Tomorrow we will try a different set of blankets. I’ve had him for 16 years. You would think I would have it figured out by now (slaps forehead)!
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Not sure what you have him in now, but this would be a good day for a 100g if I was blanketing my retired mare. She’s probably naked today (not much wind, high in the mid 30s) but was in a 250g medium last night (low in lower 20s, windy.) She’s outside 24/7, is 25 years old, and an easy keeper.
(Side note: last night was one of the rare times where I had to take her back to her paddock and blanket her when it was dark. I only had a cell phone for light, not the best with a spunky old girl who reallyreally wanted to get to her hay. Today we had a Yankee Swap at work, and I got a powerful head lamp and a hanging utility light!)
Yeah, we switched him to his 100gms. Tomorrow is supposed to be near 50 degrees. Come on Mother Nature-make up your mind!!!
I use my 100g blankets from the upper 20s through the mid 40s (dry weather).
I don’t purposely blanket in the 40s unless it is windy/rainy, but there are a lot of days this time of year where it is in the 20s overnight but the daytime temps get up into the 40s. I leave the house at 6am for work. I hate ripping their blankets off at the coldest point of the day when there are still hours before it starts warming up. I’ve found my herd doesn’t overheat in their 100g blankets even if it’s 40s and sunny, so I just let them be. This time of year, the daily high temperatures are for such a brief period of time.
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My new Original with Leg Arches is not waterproof, nor are the two Supreme 1680s, nor the Autumn Series. I’ve got a PSSM2 horse that is not stalled and stands out in the rain at times.
Who has ordered a Rambo or Rhino this fall and can confirm it’s waterproof? I’d really appreciate hearing. I cannot bring myself to order another Rambo right now given I believe it will take time to get their mess straightened out.
Plan to order a Bow Horse based on this thread and Premier out of the UK. And reluctant but drawn to try the Rhino Wug or Amigo XL but do we KNOW the new ones are waterproof?
I still have not heard back from Adams or Jeffers on the 4 blankets I’ve ordered this fall. I must have multiple waterproof blankets
And the liner under it.
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Thank you for this review and I’d like to order. My guy is 14.3 and built like a war horse. In a Rambo he wears a 75. Can you share your sizing experience please? It appears they would have me order much smaller.
They definitely run large. I typically order the same size as in other blankets, but on some horses that does end up running a bit large but I’ve not had them run so large as to be a problem. It hasn’t been my experience that I would need to order much smaller than their usual blankets. The horses I usually have in 80/81 wear a 6’9", 78s 6’6", 75s 6’3".
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Thank you. One more question. How quickly do they tend to arrive? I’m ordering the Titan 100g w snug neck as my test run. 
I figure with all the blanket brands you’ve ordered and experienced you definitely qualify as a Consumer Reports level blanketeer!
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I hope you love it as much as I do!!!
I’ve found their shipping to be exceptionally fast. I’m in California and I think every order has arrived within a week of ordering. It’s a running joke between some friends and I that my international blanket orders sometimes arrive before a domestic order I’d placed a week earlier.
And LOL! I try!! I definitely like to outfit my horses in wardrobes but also feel super strongly that they need to hold up well, and there is nothing that upsets me more than coming out to find my horses wet and shivering under their $$$ blankets.
I hope I love it as much too! I’ll post back when I receive and post a review. Oh yeah, I’m pretty irritated over here. We just had drenching rain overnight so pulled the brand new Rambos this morning which were drying under fans in my heated tack room since early am. . Put on dry ones that I just pulled and now drying. Tomorrow we get snow and drop to 20.
At least I can go to an old 200 gram Rambo and Tough One that I know will hold up to the wetness.
I just ordered and appreciate your input and review. Will post my thoughts for others when I receive it.
I’m very curious to hear more experiences with these.
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