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Hi Laney,

Now I can agree with you, or at leased agree in part. With the earlier gages 
a part of the operation instruction of the gage was to keep the gage parts 
perpendicular to the horse. If done the gage operator would note asymmetries 
when if main frame was perpendicular. By keeping the sides of the gauge 
perpendicular it would read and compensate for a downhill back. This could 
leave room for an untrained operator to error. The newest models  will have 
an adjustable level on the gage that will make it more user friendly. I have 
referred to the system and not just the gage, as the gage in just one tool 
in the saddle fit problem. Deviation not picked up by the operator are 
picked up by the pressure pad and further adjustments can be made. The 
entire system creates the saddle not just the gage.

The inventor could explain this far better than me. I have spoke to him. He 
seems like a nice guy who cares about horses. Sadly he does come off like a 
little bit of a techno, computer geek. (Robert if your reading this, sorry, 
that is the way you come off.) We would all rather buy a saddle from someone 
who looks and sounds like a been there endurance rider. Or at lease a crusty 
old, shucks mama, cowboy. The one with the calibrated eyeball that can fit a 
saddle with a glance at a picture of a horse. That calibrated eyeball 
doesn't exist. If it will help my horses or mules, I say bring on the geeks.

Rob and Annabelle

PS - Sorry if I cause offence. I understand that opinion are opinion, but 
when it come to technology some things are black and white. 1 + 1 = 2, not 
10 that is a fact. Unless your using a binary mathematic system as used in 
computers. In that case 1 + 1 = 10.


From: "Laney Humphrey" <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Rob,
> You're right that my two statements didn't match.  I was referring to what 
> appears to be a matching system to hooking up a buyer with the right 
> saddle (made by any of a variety of makers) for his/horse when I said I 
> had just scanned the website.  I have known about the gauge for years. 
> And, as I said, unless he has changed it, back when I was more actively 
> involved in saddle fit, according to a person I consider extremely 
> knowledgeable about saddle fit and horse anatomy and also about the gauge, 
> it could not measure lateral asymmetries because the two sides of the 
> gauge did not move independently.  It's an engineering marvel, and 
> unfortunately, horses (& mules) aren't.
> Laney


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