Equilibrium Tri-Zone Over Reach Boots

Equilibrium Tri-Zone Over Reach Boots

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Description

The Equilibrium Tri-Zone Over Reach Boots have been developed to provide an extremely hard wearing boot that offers safe protection from over reach injuries. The carefully designed shape of this innovative boot minimizes the risk of an accident resulting from the horse treading on the boot.

  • Carefully designed and shaped for the perfect fit
  • Super tough strike guard to protect the heel area.
  • Anti-spin heel button
  • Waterproof and rot proof
  • Easy to wash, easy to wear
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It’s the little design features that makes Equilibrium Tri-Zone Over Reach boots a market leader and popular tack room staple with an anti-spin heel button, a robust Kevlar type material strike pad and shaped heel areas for the perfect fit.

Carefully designed and long lasting, Equilibrium Tri-Zone Over Reach boots are now the preferred choice of many international riders. Suitable for a wide range of uses from show jumping, cross country, hacking and turnout.

By selecting hard wearing materials known for their advanced technical properties the Tri-Zone Over Reach boot is robust and highly protective.

Available in two adjustable sizes to suit a vast array of horses and ponies.

They are easy to wash and easy to wear.

Materials & Testing

Tested to the Limits

As riders, we protect our most vital areas (head and torso) with riding hats, body protectors and more recently air jackets. Rider protective equipment is subjected to extensive testing to meet standards and regulations and we believe that as a vital part of your horse, protective boots for your horse’s legs should undergo a similar testing process.

Tri-Zone Over Reach boots go through a unique 3-phase testing process giving you confidence that you are choosing the best leg protection for your horse. Materials are carefully selected to provide maximum protection but without being bulky, heavy and not make your horses legs hot and sweaty. Each individual layer in the Tri-Zone Over Reach boot is researched and sourced for their advanced technical properties and tested in an independent laboratory before it goes anywhere near a horse’s leg.

 

What Materials Do We Use?

Materials:

  • 1680D Nylon with PU Coating.
  • STRIKE PAD – Kevlar TYPE of fabric, (PVC Free)
  • EVA foam.
  • 9mm NRB tube.
  • 5mm neoprene lined with black nylon.

Trimmings:

  • 1680D Nylon with PU Coating, edge binding.
  • 10mm x 5cm pull tab on hook fastening.

Protection is concentrated where it is needed, at the heel. This area is made from non-PVC Kevlar type fabric, which is exceptionally tough and highly resistant to abrasion.

The outer fabric is ballistic PU Nylon, which is very hard-wearing, waterproof and rot-proof.

The inner layer of EVA foam is used as a shock absorber in the Tri-Zone Over Reach boot.

EVA (Ethylene-vinyl acetate) is a material which is tough and flexible even at low temperatures. It has a number of uses in various different states and forms including in ski boots, bicycle saddles, hockey pads, wakeboard boots and shock absorbers in sports shoes.

 

What is the Testing Process?

Testing Phase 1

In the same laboratory that test standards of riding hats and body protectors, Tri-Zone Over Reach boots are safety tested to their limits for their ability to withstand concussion and penetration.

For concussion and penetration the testing is carried out using a custom made test rig consisting of a tower from which either a blunt hammer or a cutting blade is dropped onto the boots in a controlled fashion. The weight of the blade and hammer are fixed and different forces are applied to the boots by varying the height from which they were dropped onto the boots. Boots were hit with forces ranging from 1.25 to 20 Joules. These forces were chosen as being those likely to occur in the horse during exercise, for example when hitting obstacles or over-reaching. Equilibrium used a carrot at 5 joules to replicate the soft tissue in a horses’ leg hitting an obstacle.

Adding even small amounts of weight to the end of the leg in the form of a boot significantly increases the effort the horse must make to run and can also alter the stride characteristics. Some boots can double in weight if the horse is being exercised in the rain, on wet ground or going through water. This can seriously affect stamina and performance. We design and test our boots to minimise water absorption, excess weight but without compromising on protection.

Testing Phase 2

The boots then undergo trials by an extensive tester panel of horse owners and riders who test them for the fit, comfort, ease of use and washing to ensure Equilibrium have not only a safe product but one that people can easily use and trust.

Testing Phase 3

Finally the boots go through the rigorous test of being used all day, every day on busy competition yards by teams of professional riders. The Tri-Zone Over Reach boots are worn either at home or at competitions by an array of Olympic riders, world champions and top producers.

Returns
You are welcome to return your item for refund within 30 days of purchase (excluding underwear and made to order products). The item should be in perfect condition and complete with the original packaging. Please note UK returns and exchanges can be made using our Parcelforce returns label at a cost of £7.95, or using your own alternative method.
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Not all items are currently stocked in our Taunton Store. Please call or email us before your visit, so we can request the items from our warehouse, if in stock.

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Standard Delivery via Parcelforce

Please allow approximately 2-3 working days for dispatch and 2 working days for delivery (total 5 working days). For full details please visit our delivery information page.

In Store Collection

Local to us? You can also arrange to collect your items. Once you've placed your order, you will be emailed when we have the item(s) ready for collection. Delivery Services are selected at the Checkout.

Product Features
Black Waterproof
  • Colour: Black
  • Features: Waterproof
Customer Reviews
said...
"fit really well and do not spin!"
Star Rating 5
said...
"These are the best xc boots on the market."
Star Rating 5
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