I tend to go through a lot of bell boots for my boys. I am wondering if anyone has a good source for inexpensive bells. I don’t like the pull-on boots. I’m not coordinated enough to use them. 
Since they go through them rather quickly, I prefer cheap.
Chicks had several for under $10 a pair. I’ve been using the cheap double velcro ones for the last couple years. They last several months worn 24/7 out on pasture.
One of mine wears these. The sewing on the Velcro goes before anything else does.
Thanks!!
Mine tears the Velcro, but I take them to an Amish nylon shop and get them fixed for a couple of dollars.
If you can find someone with a heavy duty sewing machine it’s pretty easy the replace the Velcro.
Good idea, thanks. 
I recently switched to these https://www.doversaddlery.com/ds-pvc-hookloop-bell-boots/p/X1-041893/
My favorites are Davis but I can’t stomach shelling out $50 for bell boots and they’re going out of business anyway. The Dover ones aren’t phenomenal or anything but they seem to last about 2 months for my horse (who is pretty hard on bell boots). And there’s a hot pink option 
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I’ve done the Dover ones too. I have a few in a lovely shade of brown. ( 
). It’s easier for me to find cheap ones since I have ponies with little feet. BigD’s has some that aren’t super expensive either. I think ~$15.
My bell boot destroyer did well for years with Davis until they closed down production. I’d get about two months of 24/7 wearing out of them. I’ve finally settled of the $29.95 black rubber LeMieux brand after trying some less expensive brands that failed the two month test. Finding XXL’s in stock has been the drawback, just like I encountered with Davis. You didn’t quantify inexpensive so LeMieux may be out of your price range.
Thanks, all. I have a big 17.2 boy, and when I buy XL, they are too small. So size is also an issue. Do they have size charts?? One place I looked said to check sizes, yet they had no chart. One man’s XL is another’s XXL!
I recently purchased a pair of Shires Arma from Chicks Saddlery. I haven’t put them on yet, but I like the way the velcro attachment is designed. It seems like it will hold up well. I love my Davis boots, but like everyone else they are going out of business and I just can’t spend that kind of money anymore.
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Thanks! And they actually have a size chart! Awesome. I’ll measure mine so I know if these will fit the big boy.
Another vote for the ARMA’s!
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