I found a company that will ship Swiss Clips to the US!
The guy was great and got back to me fast. I think this could be my answer, I could use joined stirrups or lighter weight stirrups and still be safe!
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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.[/QUOTE]
This looks like an advanced version of the peacock stirrup, says it’s specially balanced and stuff: Safestyle Stirrup
Glad you found the and I hope you love them as much as I do 
The Safestyles looks interesting, but I’ll stick with my clips since I already have them.
Someone just posted a pair of Kwik-Outs on the Cincinnati Area Equestrian Facebook page, fyi (although apparently the stirrups themselves are in TX)
It looks like the “Swiss clips” wouldn’t be legal to show in Canada. Check your rule books. Ours says: no attachments of any kind.
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It looks like the “Swiss clips” wouldn’t be legal to show in Canada. Check your rule books. Ours says: no attachments of any kind.[/QUOTE]
Thanks @gumshoe ! I rarely get down the road to Fair Hill to show let alone Canada, but good to know!
I show in them and haven’t had a dressage steward so much as notice them.
If such a rule should ever come up here and I should ever get pulled up on it, y’all will hear the ruckus I raise in Key West.
I wonder if the rule you are referring to is similar to the Canadian rule of not attaching stirrups to anything (girth, saddle flap) that prohibits them from swinging free? If so, that’s totally different and a safety concern.
Just looked up the USEF rules out of curiosity and it definitely says “without attachments” I’d be wanting clarity on that phrasing since it could mean just about anything.
