This is the question I am posing to anyone that follows Five Star Tack. Whether you've been a customer or follow us on Facebook your opinion counts! One of the advantages of being a small company is the ability to change and evolve in order to respond to customer requests and changing market trends. Sort of like being the nimble thoroughbred as opposed to the big heavy Clydesdale (I am a sucker for TB's and I really need to stay off the CANTER site)! Anyway, we have been reworking some of our products as sometimes a design that looks good on paper isn't quite what you want when you actually hold it. I purposely did not order large quantities of anything for this very reason. Hence, we had a limited product roll out for our first year so that we could "tweak" each product until it was truly something special and met customer needs.
In that vein, I started thinking it would be great to get YOUR input regarding products. Is there a perfect bridle you can think of? Are there things you don't like about tack you've had? Is there anything you don't like about Five Star's products OR would like to see us make? While our website is a bit of a hodge podge at the moment since we are low in inventory in many items, are there things about the website you think we should change? What do you think of the bridles with benefits program? Let me know!
Consider yourself part of a focus group and feel free to post what you think. We have already responded to requests for additional leather colors and different nose bands. Your thoughts will definitely be considered and listened to and if it's a good idea it will be incorporated into our product line and/or website.
Thanks for your help in making Five Star Tack an even better company!
Jamie
4 comments:
Do you want us to do this here? Ideal bridle:
1) padded crown, browband and noseband
2) not crank noseband
3)option for figure 8, flash or regular
4) comes in brown or black in all options
5) option for colored padding in eventer-like colors (navy, hunter green, red, purple). OK if that costs extra
6) option of brass or silver buckles and option of buckles versus hook ends
7) protectors under buckles so they don't pinch
8) figure 8 sized so buckle doesn't fall at lip
9) comes in cob, full, warmblood sizes with option to interchange size pieces
10) mix and match rein options, cotton, leather , rubber lined leather, rubber
11) under $250 (ok, probably a dream if I get 1-10)
High quality leather is a given.
I have small hands, so I'm always looking for 1/2" rubber reins for jumper bridles. (I usually end up buying pony reins, but they can be too short.)
For the figure 8's, I really like having the slide and ring options for the noseband (like Nunn Finer does). Some horses just don't fit the ring figure 8s!
Also, as a draft x fan, a slightly bolder looking figure 8 would be cool (like the wide noseband trend in the hunters). Some bridles just make those big bold heads look clunky!
One more thing: nosebands that can be "swapped" e.g. if I have a hunter bridle from you already but want a figure 8, it'd be great to just buy the noseband instead of a whole new bridle.
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