The sensor syncs with the app when near the sensor, sometimes it was hard to connect up at my yard but I did always managed to get the results transferred. You can connect other people to the sensor so if your horse is on full livery they can sync up and you can read the results from home.
So the concept is to make you more aware of just how warm/cold your horse is under their rugs, monitoring temperature and humidity. Let's face it, so many of us horse owners over rug however myself I thought I was a bit tight with rugs but this little sensor proved me wrong! After about a week of using the app I eventually managed to get within the right temperatures for Silk to be classed as comfortable. I had been following the apps guide which advised rug weights as per the weather and it was only when I went lower than this that I found the right weight for her.
But seriously who would have known to put a Thoroughbred in an 100g rug at minus 2.5degrees! I'd only been putting her 100g liner under her 100g rug which to me is just a medium weight and that's what was suggested. Just comes to show that each horse is different!
So the concept is to make you more aware of just how warm/cold your horse is under their rugs, monitoring temperature and humidity. Let's face it, so many of us horse owners over rug however myself I thought I was a bit tight with rugs but this little sensor proved me wrong! After about a week of using the app I eventually managed to get within the right temperatures for Silk to be classed as comfortable. I had been following the apps guide which advised rug weights as per the weather and it was only when I went lower than this that I found the right weight for her.
But seriously who would have known to put a Thoroughbred in an 100g rug at minus 2.5degrees! I'd only been putting her 100g liner under her 100g rug which to me is just a medium weight and that's what was suggested. Just comes to show that each horse is different!
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| A screenshot of the readings from the app |
The sensor I believe is still not available from the shops but will be around £60 which I think is an affordable amount for such a great item. I only found one major negative for the sensor and that is that mine is currently in a waterlogged field somewhere, the fasten to the rug just isn't strong enough. I used the advised way to fasten it to the rug which was through the rugs lining with the ring clip but Silk managed to loose it twice! Luckily the first time was in her stable so I managed to find it again but the second time being in the field it's long gone. :(
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