RIP Kwik-Out Stirrups?? What to do now?

[2LaZ2race]

From all the info I could gather online Kwik out stirrups no longer exist. I can’t find them anywhere, and my local tack shop can’t even figure out who the manufacturer was.

I LOVE my Kwik outs, they look exactly like normal stirrups but break away if your foot gets caught. My 2 pairs are both very worn and the foot bed is totally gone. You can’t put another brand’s footbed on it because of the spring action.

What am I to do?? I really don’t want to ride in peacock stirrups.

[CaitlinandTheBay]

Super glue sand paper where the stirrup pad was?

[IronwoodFarm]

When I googled Kwik Out Stirrups, I got plenty of listings including this one:

http://equinenow.com/store-item-27608

They seem readily available through a number of tack stores. Perhaps their demise is premature.

[CrowneDragon]

What’s wrong with peacock stirrups? They’re so cool that even I use them!

For a mere $400 more you could buy FreeJumps.

[2LaZ2race]

[QUOTE=IronwoodFarm;7920553]
When I googled Kwik Out Stirrups, I got plenty of listings including this one:

http://equinenow.com/store-item-27608

They seem readily available through a number of tack stores. Perhaps their demise is premature.[/QUOTE]

When I try to actually BUY them it says they are sold out.

…and if you follow the link you posted they aren’t even actually listed for sale.

[sascha]

Regular stirrups with Swiss Clips. Go the the Waldhausen website, then horse, then saddle accessories. They are not cheap but they last, work really well, and are fairly unobtrusive.

ETA I don’t like Peacocks because they’re so badly balanced. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when Qwikouts came out. Then I bent 2 pairs. Then I found Swiss Clips and now know I’ve gone to stirrup heaven lol.

[brody]

Very interesting. Will have to find me some of those I think. Thanks.

[BigBayHanoMare]

I believe these types of stirrups caused a pretty horrific injury to an eventer’s horse when the quick-release part impaled her horse. If i’m not mistaken, it was covered here on COTH.

[Posting_Trot]

The Swiss Clips look great. Where do you get them?

[Simkie]

Try talking these guys into shipping?

http://boise.craigslist.org/grd/4779348814.html

Or get them here:

http://www.sprucewoodtack.com/kwik-out-safety-stirrups.html

http://www.vintagetack.com/?attachment_id=382

http://www.equestrianoutfitter.com/catalog_detail.epl?product_id=1662

[IronwoodFarm]

I saw that Another Turn Tack and Apparel in Purcellville, VA has a pair of 4 1/4 Kwik Outs for $49.

[RLastInstallment]

I was told by the manufacturer they are for sure done (maybe they’re working on improving the design somehow). I just sold my last pair, otherwise I’d have given you an awesome deal… they had been sitting on the shelf for a loooong time.

I’ve seen them in action (good luck for the girl who was using them), and they popped right open. I think the likelihood of them impaling the horse is pretty slim, but obviously not impossible.

I’m also interested in the Swiss Clips. Are they sold in the US anywhere?

[Simkie]

This tack store looks like a good place to start looking for the Swiss Clips:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Swiss-Clip-Patented-Quick-Release-Clip-for-Stirrup-Irons-/281486386126?nma=true&si=6EBoz93tEEadrU7MWHeWvCw3sqI%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Phone number at bottom of listing.

Oh, and website:

http://store.skylandssaddlery.com/

[Posting_Trot]

They had two to sell and they’ve sold them both, and none on the regular store website. Too bad!

[2LaZ2race]

I really like the Swiss Clips! It would be nice being able to use different stirrups (lighter ones or flex stirrups).

I’ve e-mailed a couple of tack shops to see if they’ll ship to the US.

[mountainbells]

I use the “Foot Free Stirrups” http://www.doversaddlery.com/foot-free%3F-stirrup-irons/p/X1-0702/

I actually like them better than the Kwik-Out types. Seems like a lot of Irish foxhunters use them as well as William Fox Pitt.

[cmdrcltr]

Someone on English Tack Trader on Facebook has 2 pair of 4 and 3/4 inch Kwik-out stirrups for sale right now.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204894162260041&set=gm.775829545816817&type=1&theater

[Simkie]

[QUOTE=Posting Trot;7922303]
They had two to sell and they’ve sold them both, and none on the regular store website. Too bad![/QUOTE]

Right, but they obviously CAN get them, so a call in to see if they can get more could be worthwhile

[Posting_Trot]

Thanks. It’s interesting because my local tack store is listed as a retailer on the manufacturer’s website, but they don’t have them in stock either. They’re looking into getting them in stock.

The Swiss Clips seem like such a great idea, but it looks as though they simply haven’t been marketed at all in the U.S.

[Cindyg]

I use this one. Not the same as Kwikout, but I am hoping that my foot will slide out in an emergency.