I just seen an ad about rubber fencing and was wondering if anyone uses it. In the pictures it looks like they run wire as well. With looking at different properties, most are not fenced, so we’we looking for all sorts of options. If it is a great option, it does seem less expensive than wire or plank.
It was all the rage in my area maybe ~20 years ago. All I can say is that it has all since been ripped out.
Like anything that requires tension, it can start looking sloppy fast with a less-than-excellent install. It will also grow mold the same way vinyl does, although it’s far less noticeable on the darker color. Unless you luck out and get light mold. 
Horses WILL learn they can just shove through it, so two or three strands of electric is a must. It will not break if a horse gets tangled up in it.
It certainly, like any material, can be done quite nicely. But if I were going to go for budget fencing on a new property, I’d probably just do electric tape (possibly on wood posts with a top rail on any road frontage, for looks/security) and replace as budget/desire allowed.
There was just a thread about this. We have it for the 4-H arena. I would not be inclined to use it myself.
In a word NO!! It pulls the posts out of the ground…horses chew it and die and after the second day of construction it looks NASTY!!! Not a good investment of time and money. If you want something cheap and easy…Google Bayco, or Cameo Fencing, monofilament poly wire. Looks like white high tensil, but is NOT wire!! …really like giant fishing line. Almost impossible to wreck…and doesn’t cut/hurt horses. We’ve used it for decades and will use it on our new farm. Pennies a foot. Run top electric, two strands of poly wire ) not electric and bottom electric.
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Beg to differ…Hizzhonor was behind rubber fencing for 18 years. He did not die the second day, never chewed it and all I had to do is tighten it occasionally-and replace the posts every 5 years. 1 line of electric kept him from under grazing the bottom line.
nasty is in the eye of the beholder. If I got another horse he would also go in rubber in a heartbeat.
I bought it after watching one horse run another into 4 strand rubber and bounce it back like a rubber band. No injuries.
