Can anyone tell me more about these bridles?
TIA
Some people love them. I was curious about them and saw them as a vendor at a show. A friend and I went to the tent and talked to Charles Tota about them for a few minutes. He was standoffish/uncomfortable when we asked him about the product and became rude when it became clear I wasn’t about to cough up $500 for a bridle no questions asked. He didn’t want us touching anything on the table. We left without buying anything.
Yes well that kinda makes sense. I stopped into their store when I was in Wellington a week or so ago because I was told they sold bridles w/o a flash, then realized all of them were the ergonomic type, so I was asking questions and the woman’s attitude was really snippy, she made me feel real stupid. My horse is super sensitive in the nose band area so that’s why I had some questions. Needless to say I did not purchase one. I sent an email a while ago and it still hasn’t been answered!
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I have a custom drop noseband from them. I love the product, but I also had a very poor experience with the ordering process.
I have used them as got them from someone who would custom fit them which was nice as my horses do not fit most regular bridles. In the long run, I was not fond of them. They are very heavy. The noseband fits in such a way that a metal piece is snug against the cheek. It caused problems for a horse that had some sharp points (despite having been floated less than six months). Overall, it is much better to buy a bridle and then measure and have the cheek pieces shortened, which is what I have come to do. That is if you can find someone who does such thing but many good cobblers will do it.
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He used to offer trials on the nosebands.
my horse seems to go better in the ergo bridles, and after borrowing a double for a rather long time I realized I needed to really purchase my own.
I had been borrowing a tota, so i figured I would buy the same - and hopeful to not spend the full purchase price, I was looking for used or sale
around thanksgiving-christmas there was a double on sale for a great price, so i went ahead and purchased. What I ordered was an OS with crank noseband… what I received was a mix and match OS headstall with FS noseband (and NOT a crank) - and the noseband was so small it wouldn’t buckle. After a bit back and forth, to the point I was going to just send the stupid thing back and get a refund they “found” an OS crank noseband (which was REALLY OS, WAY outside of their specs) to exchange - which ended up being too big.
I ended up buying an OS passier crank strap replacement so it would fit.
Overall, yes i like the bridle, my horse likes the bridle. The nosebands are not interchangeable between bridles (you need the whole headstall), and i do like the quick change browband.
Their customer service was not at all good, I would probably hesitate purchasing anything from them again, its a lot of money (for me at least!) and if something isn’t right (as in, blatantly wrong!) they were really unwilling to fix it
