Defy the Fly Horse Collar 30" to 38"

Here in south Florida, it’s fly season almost all year long, and at a horse farm it’s almost unbearable. I’ve tried sprays, fly masks, fly traps, wipes, dietary supplements - all with little to no effect. I saw this and figured “how bad can it be?” And ordered one. I was suprised at how thick it was but very impressed with the quality. It does of course have a very heavy odor, much like the sprays, and my first thought was “my horse will never let me put this on” because he is petrified of the sprays, and I always thought it was because of the smell. I did have someone help me get it on him the first time but once on, he was fine. I stayed at the farm for a few hours and noticed after a bit that even though the horses next to him in the barn were being bothered by flies, there were only one or two near him and they weren’t landing on him, they were apparently being repelled as this promised. I was astounded to say the least! I showed this to the barn manager and he was amazed. He saw this thing in action and said he had never heard of this before. Depending on the tack you use when you ride you may need to remove this. So last week when I rode I let a friend there put the collar on her horse for about an hour while I was gone. She couldn’t wait for me to return to tell me this was the best hour her horse has had in a year - no flies really bothered him. She ordered one immediately.

This collar lasted about 2 weeks on 2 of 3 horses. The collar’s pulled apart with no way to re-attach. The efficacy of facial fly control was better than I expected for the short term they were able to be used. The 3rd collar appears to be ok.

Only lasted 2 weeks before it broke and didn’t keep flys away as good as fly spray

I think the product is a great idea. I did not notice an overwhelming smell, and the function seemed to be good. Good a good price point. However my colt was fixated on the collar I had on my mare so it only lasted a couple hours. But seemed to help keep the mosquitos away while it lasted. So in general not super durable.

Purchased for my horse in the past, they work great why she's in her stall or out for a ride

Save your money. We're on night turn out for summer, and there's not a morning yet my mare has come up to the barn with it still on. I've taped it up so many times, that there's not much collar left exposed to really have an effect. I gave up hunting the pasture every morning for the missing collar. Don't buy this if you're planning to put it on a horse that's turned out.

The Defy the Fly collar works great to repel flies. However, my mare has brown the collar twice. I had to staple the collar back together

We liked the fly collar very much and we saw an imediate change in the horses behaviour. He stopped throwing his head during riding and that facilitated a much calmer ride and the possibility to concentrate on the riding pattern and not on the flies on his head. Very big improvement , definetely. Unfortunately , the horse rubbed the collar off in the stable after 2 weeks but that has nothing to do with the FLY HORSE COLLAR itself. I find it maybe a bit tight for a Dutch Warmblood but after rubbing it off we could still fix it and now it is on the neck of a smaller horse.