winderen.com Reviews 

Just in love with Winderen stirrups! When it comes to safety then Winderen stirrups are my number 1 choice. I can ride pain-free. I remember the day when I posted a picture me in the ambulance after my knee injury. After that got my first Winderen stirrups and after that I never ride in other stirrups ever again ☀️💕🙏

I absolutely love my Winderen equipment! I’ve been using their saddle pad, half pad, and stirrups, and they’ve become an essential part of my tack. The quality is exceptional, my horses are comfortable, and I really notice the difference in both their movement and my own stability in the saddle. I couldn’t recommend Winderen enough!

The product does not work for me and creates an incredibly unstable leg. My trainer told me I could not use them any more. They have the WORST return policy 14-days, unused. That does not work in the horse world. When I told them the irons gave me an unstable leg they gaslit me saying I was the only person to have that issue ever.

Because I could not return I adjusted them and tried to make them work. I spent $400, told my self to figure it out.

I lost my balance and was unable to recover. I am normally always able to regain my balance in this fashion. I fell off my horse and got a concussion.

I too fell into the trap of buying these awfully expensice bits after getting excited by Winderen's extensive advertising. They claim their bits hold up to destructive chewing. The bit I purchased lasted approximately 2 weeks before my horse chewed through it. I managed to get a replacement (was still charged $80 NZD in freight!). I got the dentist out to do their regular visit and write a report before using the replacement bit (as like others on this site, Winderen blame the horse). However that bit also lasted less than a month. Winderen are refusing to do anything other than "discount" a replacement. A bunch of crooks if you ask me. Such blatant misleading advertising. I'm so upset I fell for it.

I bought a bit from this company and it split after just 3 months. When I told the company, they listed several (false) reasons why this was my fault (eg. that I don't have horses dental work up to date when the horse was seen six months prior and is checked every 8 months, that the bit wasn't fitted correctly when it was, etc). They did offer me a free replacement bit (funny when they said the damage was my fault) but wouldn't give me a refund. To get the replacement I'd have had to buy something else as well and pay carriage charges and import fees. They reckon they can't send a bit alone due to EU restrictions, but Kramer Equestrian in Germany (who I would recommend) don't seem to have this issue. I will never use this company again and recommend that no-one else does.

They have a terrible return policy and will not take back unused products still in packaging! Terrible, rude customer service.

I recently ordered the Swales Pehlam at the advice of my trainer. When it arrived I realized you cannot use it without a curbchain. I was fairly certain my highly sensitive mare would not tolerate the chain and didn't want to spend all that money on a bit she would reject. By the time I found a bit to try with a chain and realized it was outside the return window. But I still expect a company to accept unused, still in the packaging products. Is that unreasonable? I don't think so.

Our horses are very happy with the bits we bought. Our young horse however managed to damage the bit. I contacted customer service and, although it is probably our mistake, they proposed to replace the bit by a thinner version for free. Very fast and accurate feedback. They help to look for a solution.

Honestly I am surprised to see so few opinions. I am really happy with products themselves, as well as with the support team. I was unsure about the bit I should choose for my horse, and with the advice provided it was great success. Also the half pad I npurchased made huge difference both for my horse (he is so loose now <3) and for me - my back pain is gone!

Would recommend to everone.

mouthpieces started flaking off in first month, metal cheek pieces rusted, stirrups started peeling and do not provide any shock absorption as advertised, half pads just cheap foam in a nice cover. No returns or aftercare of any kind.

Update: looks like their solution is to throw a couple fake reviews on here rather than refund their scam products.

All of their products are cheap junk and fall apart. None of their claims are honest. Its a full blown scam company that puts money into Instagram advertising when it could be better spent refunding for faulty goods or perhaps actually making products that do what they claim.

I have two bits from them. They are both broken. I have a horse that chews a lot and bought this because it said on their website that it was suitable for it. But have now both broken within a year. My horse gets a dentist every 8 months. That's a lot of money to pay for such a bad product

Mouthpiece fell apart after a few months of only weekly use over the winter. When I told the company, they listed several (false) reasons why this was my fault (eg. that I don't have horses dental work up to date when the horse was seen six months prior and is checked annually, that the horse was fed alfalfa when they are not, etc). They refused any sort of compensation.

Cheekpieces rust and stick easily as they are overlapping metal. They do not seem to have been constructed with an actual horse in mind, as the proportions are wonky and not aimed at utility.

--Note that mouthpieces suffer from the same, as they are huge inside the horse's mouth. They were large on my draft cross, so I can only imagine how they might look on an average-sized horse.

Stirrups are just cheap plastic and not constructed with any impact mechanism as claimed on the website.

Half pads look pretty but claims made about them also appear inaccurate.

Products are overpriced, advertised with false claims and bogus research and not fit to purpose