SmartPak Deluxe Fly Mask Without Ears is rated
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Rated 4 out of
5
by
Suess from
Nicely-made, fleece solved rub associated w/ other
Excellent mask for the one horse who get rubs from another good brand fly mask; however, like most (all?) long-nose masks, the nose is far too long compared to the rest of the horses' heads (e.g. overly-long nose compared to the diameter of the jaw/head/poll), particularly for a horse at liberty who can lower his head and/or graze (e.g., about 4inches past the noses of our horses, even those who wear the warmblood size. We fold-up the nose to keep it even with the nares, and repeat the fold during the day, periodically because for some, the long nose impairs grazing/prehension of hay, and we think it might even increase respiratory effort.
Normally, we avoid fleece in turnout masks since 1) it is 90-107F and humid ~6mos of the year and 2) a few grass-burs do invade the pastures, despite intense management, and fleece attracts grass-burs; however, one of the six horses gets a small bald spot between the ear and eyebrow from our otherwise-favorite brand of fly mask -- the Smartpak Deluxe mask solved the rubbing issue for that horse.
Date published: 2024-06-04
Rated 2 out of
5
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Jns95 from
Incorrect & Damaged
Purchased mask as a replacement for the WAY to big “Horse” sized mask that should’ve fit my 15hh Paint but instead fit the Belgian Draft. When I revived this mask it was discolored and did not match the mask in the picture. There was a zipper on the nose and no forelock hole. Will be returning for a full refund.
Date published: 2023-05-06
Rated 3 out of
5
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horse caretaker from
My horse and his pasture mates love the zipper on the noseflap-it is great fun to pull it off and leave it somewhere in the pasture. Since I bought the mask to protect his nose from the sun, I am not as thrilled with this feature. He has gone through two masks in less than a month.
Date published: 2022-10-11
Rated 5 out of
5
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Casper from
Great Fly Mask
Great fly mask! It's well made, the velour is wide and sticks well. The personalization looks really nice. I just wish my horse could keep it on!
Date published: 2022-09-29
Rated 1 out of
5
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Ducky from
Zipper on nose piece
This would be a great fly mask IF the nose bit didn’t zipper off. If you have pasture mates that are at all mouthy/ playful it will get taken off and lost, heck it starts to unzip all on its own because there’s no mechanism to keep it from doing so.
Also 3 days in and it’s rubbing to the point of sore because there’s ZERO padding to keep the zipper from rubbing. So now this otherwise nice fly mask is completely useless
Date published: 2022-07-14
Rated 4 out of
5
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JBC2956 from
Beautiful but HUGE mask!
I was so excited when it arrived, but when I tried it on my mare-it pretty much swallowed up her head! I called and the wonderful young lady I spoke with gave me my money back and asked me to donate it to another horse owner-which I did-our barn manager has a wonderful buckskin gelding that looks great in it!!!
Date published: 2022-06-22
Rated 2 out of
5
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Maryvos from
Zipper Keeps Breaking
I want to love this fly mask. I like the fit, material, and the length of the extended nose piece. However, change the zipper dor velcro! Horses pull at the mask when they are playing and the zipper breaks.
Date published: 2022-05-16
Rated 5 out of
5
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Rylee from
Great protection!
Got this for my white nosed paint horse and he hasn’t managed to slip out of it yet
Date published: 2022-05-12
Rated 5 out of
5
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MamaHeart from
Well made!
Such good quality stitching, padded lining around the ears and forelock. For the price I couldn’t be happier with this fly mask!
Date published: 2022-04-27
Rated 3 out of
5
by
2 many horses from
Almost Great
I really like this well put together substantial mask.However, it has a major design flaw in not accommodating the forelock with a cut out. Probably won’t buy again bc of it. If the mask had a cut out option for horses with lux locks I would have given it five stars and bought them for everyone. Mesh could be a bit thicker as well. The mask sort of colapses onto the face and eyes. I so wanted these masks to work and they were oh SO close.
Date published: 2021-06-07