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Best brand of flyspray?

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#1 ·
So, I'm going to be purchasing my grooming supplies before getting my horse so that I don't have to spend much money once I get him/her. Does fly spray ever go bad?

What is the best brand of fly spray out there? One that works strong and stays strong longest.
 
#4 ·
The best fly spray I've used is Tri Tec 14, but there are several good ones out there. Our vet recommended Dura Guard. None of them last as long as they say they do though, and none of them seem to keep "all" of the flies off. Sometimes we will spray the horses every day or even twice a day if the flies are particularly heavy.

The best way to manage flies though is through a thorough fly management program... I.e., manure cleanup, fly predators, fly traps.... The most important aspect would be manure cleanup. If the flies do not have an adequate place to reproduce, this will greatly lower your fly population.

Good luck!
 
#5 ·
Tri Tech 14 is the only one that I have found to work at all for my horse. I believe he just sweats alot so the cheaper stuff doesn't work AT ALL. Tri Tech 14 is expensive but I think it is well worth it.

Ajegberg is defiantly right though, manure management and other practices are the best way to really manage flies.
 
#6 ·
I use Endure. Though it costs about $18.00 around here it's the best working fly spray I've used. It usually lasts me a long time and I do spray my horse before a ride and after the ride(before I turn her out). Flies are really bad in Wisconsin tight now so I try to keep her protected as much as possible.
 
#9 ·
So theres Repel-X, Endure, Tri-Tech 14, Ultrashield by Absorbine.

Anything else? I'll probably try and make a poll to see which one of these has the best reviews by people. I think when i had Samson I used Bronco Gold (or something along those lines?) and I know Dixie Stampede uses Pyranha which is just completely useless.
 
#16 ·
Bronco doesn't work that well for me. It is great at first but if I go for a ride and they get sweaty, it's like I never sprayed them. Plus we have got everything from gnats, noseeums, mosquitos, face flies, regular flies, horse flies, deer flies, and some other type that is like over an inch long. I am glad you started this post because I also need to find something that will work well and for a long time.

Fly management is not the issue with me as I ride lots of trails through trees, along creeks, and amongst cattle so i pick up flies everywhere and bring them home with me. LOL.
 
#19 ·
The SOS was worthless here in MI. Sure the flies left when I sprayed, but were back less than a minute later. The lady who keeps my horse for me as one of just about everything in her garage for fly spray and none of them work.

Most days I spray and don't make it down the driveway before we're both covered in flies and mosquitoes. :?
 
#21 ·
I like Ultra Shield X and Super Shield Red, but they're hella expensive. Country Vet works pretty good, too.

I heard that you should switch sprays every so often because the flies get used to it. I think it's true, too, because the Country Vet worked really well for a while and now not so much.
 
#22 ·
I have used endure for the last 2 summers , I love it and even when the horses get sweaty it still seems to work. It was suggested to me by my fave tack store owner who owns 5 horses .
It is expensive but I try to buy it when I see it on sale, yesterday I bought a bottle at a horse show vendor who had it for 20percent off which cost me roughly 16.00 ....I do love the smell of bronco but it didnt seem to work very well for me.
 
#25 ·
Oh, another good one, especially for horses with sensitive skin, is V.I.P. (VIP Products) In my area, it's hard to find (only one store sells it!), but I used it on Dante when he was young and I didn't want to use weird chemicals on him, and I hear a lot of people say they use it on their horses with allergies and sensitive skin. It smells fruity, too! The site says to use it twice a day, but I've got away with spritzing a horse down just once and it worked maybe a day and a half.
 
#31 ·
Good luck with that. It's never worked. I bought a giant jug of it two summers ago since it was so cheap.

I think I ended up just throwing it away.

I thought there was a thread here for homemade fly sprays. I make my own, and it's cheap and works really well. Some local 4H instructors shared their secrets with us.
 
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