Rein Recommendations

[HafDressage]

I'm in desperate need of a new pair of reins for my snaffle. My last pair didn't have the stoppers and I like the idea of having those again...maybe stoppers and rubber?

Any recommendations? Brands? Links?

Thanks in advance!

[Fatcat]

I really like my Red Barn calfskin reins I got earlier this year, very supple and have stops of a sort. You can find them at smartpak.com or vtosaddlery.com

[Josette]

I like the KL Select Dressage reins with leather stoppers and 3/4" width.

[quinta]

I recently bought a Nunn Finer bridle with their Soft Grip rubber reins:

http://www.bitofbritain.com/Nunn-Finer-Soft-Grip-Rein-p/175.htm

I love them. They are really supple with good grippiness. I have small hands, so many rubber reins are far too bulky, but these are not. No stops, though (I think stops are uncommon with rubber?).

[Hayburner]

Do stops actually help you keep the same rein length? I use lace reins ( yes, a PITA to clean) and I do loose my reins.

[capstone]

Do stops actually help you keep the same rein length? I use lace reins ( yes, a PITA to clean) and I do loose my reins.

Not me. At least not in reality. My trainer will say "shorten your reins to the 4th stop" (for example) and so it does have some usefulness. But then I lose them anyway.

[Flight]

I like the soft leather padded type reins, as long as they don't have any stretch in them.

[StraightForward]

Do stops actually help you keep the same rein length? I use lace reins ( yes, a PITA to clean) and I do loose my reins.

I think they can help to give you the feel of equal length, but when I used them my hands would always end up right at the stops, so I wasn't making the minor adjustments that were probably appropriate, considering the stops are several inches apart. Shortening or lengthening a full stop is quite a bit, and I, at least, was unlikely to hold in between stops consistently.

[HafDressage]

Do stops actually help you keep the same rein length? I use lace reins ( yes, a PITA to clean) and I do loose my reins.

Not me. At least not in reality. My trainer will say "shorten your reins to the 4th stop" (for example) and so it does have some usefulness. But then I lose them anyway.

I tend to agree. I don't know that they do all that much to stop the reins from getting longer, but maybe a little and they are good for checking the evenness of your reins. So, I think they are useful.

[NancyP]

Do stops actually help you keep the same rein length? I use lace reins ( yes, a PITA to clean) and I do loose my reins.

LOVE stops!
No...they do not actually prevent the reins from slipping longer and longer, but they most certainly keep your reins even.
My 'perfect spot' has never been actually on one of the stoppers, so I put some hockey tape at the exact spot my hands needed to be. Works great!

My favourite reins are thin leather with rubber backing...and stops

However...I recently went to rubber reins ... my small arthritic hands cannot hold the thin leather reins any more
They have no stoppers, so I just put some tape at my perfect spot.

[Hayburner]

Oh, I like the idea of the tape !

OMG - Yesterday it was so hot and humid - that my reins were slipping due to my fingers being a sweated mess.....LOL

I may have to look into a different style of reins - though I do love the softness of my broken in laced ones....

[jaybird660]

Red Barn has the nice ones with padded bumps/stops unlike the little leather pieces for stops. I also like the Thinline reins for more arthritic type fingers and the Nunn Finer soft grip for easy to grip ones that don't slip.

[mld02004]

I love, love my thinline reins, although they don't have stops. They are so easy to grip. I've used medical tape to mark lengths in the past if needed.