RE: Re: Saddle Fit - Impression Pad

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Bad fit is not always seen from just looking at the saddle.  After
going thru 5 saddles last year and having them been fitted "expertly",
I would say that any help we can get from any pressure measuring
device would be real useful information.

K.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dolores Arste [mailto:darste@emi.com]
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 4:05 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Re: Saddle Fit - Impression Pad


You know this stuff about the Impression pad is seeming to be an awful
lot
like advertising. I for one am getting tied of hearing that it walks and
chews gum at the same time especially from someone signed on as a guest.
This pad, while it is a very nice idea, does nothing to correct the fit.
It
only tells you if it doesn't fit and why isn't anyone asking how it
measures
how off the fit is. We all know if there is no putty at a certain spot
that
the saddle doesn't fit. But, that bad a fit may also be seen by looking
at
the saddle. How do you measure if there is 1/4 inch of putty in one spot
and
1/8 elsewhere. That's enough to cause imbalance or pressure. How come
I'm
the only one asking these questions.

Dolores (flame retardant  ready)
----- Original Message -----
From: <guest@endurance.net>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: RC: Saddle Fit - Impression Pad


> Lynda Townsend Arabians4u@hotmail.com
> You probably need a crouper, to help hold your saddle back.
> You should try the impression pad first, to make sure that your
> western saddle is fitting, if it is fitting perfectly you don't
> need another saddle.  If not, then borrow the saddle that you would
> like to buy, put the impression pad on and find out how the saddle
> fits before you spend your hard earned money.  Our saddles should
> fit better then gloves, and be far more comfortable for the horse.
> Most saddle shops hate to see you come in with this pad, and ask
> to try their saddles, because they can't give you the line, that
> this saddle fits most horses.  And it sure does keep customers
> from wasting their money.  (With the exception of Reactor Panel
> Saddles because they too use the Impression Pad, to be sure that
> you get a perfect fit.)
> Good Luck
> Lynda    (Obsessed with saddle fit)
>
>
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Dolores Arste
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