I have several Busy Snackers and like them; however, one has been damaged and may soon not be usable at all, due to an 'aggressive' eater. Also, the 'Snacker' really won't hold QUITE enough hay for the 'overnight' feeding for this horse, so I am looking at one of the 'Nibblenets', the 'Small and Smaller', I think it's called, which is an 'all-web' bag, with one side having 1 1/2" square openings and the other side, even smaller 1 1/4" openings. It is NOT recommended to try the smaller openings for a horse who has never used a slow feeder before, but it can be a good choice for a horse who has learned how to 'eat too fast' even from one w/ the 1 1/2" openings!
How long do the slow feeding net bags last? I've wondered if my aggressive eaters might 'chew them up' pretty quickly...?!!
Edited to add: I also worry about how high to hang a 'net' slow feeding bag. A lowered head position is best, but since net is much more 'flexible' than web, I have some concerns about even an adult mini pawing and getting a hoof stuck if the bag is hung 'low'.
Also..early on after I began using the Busy Snacker,I came home from the grocery store one day to find the Snacker on the ground outside in the run, along w/ the entire, heavy, 8'long full dimension 2 X 8
it had been hung off of inside the stall! The 'Snacker' has only one D ring in the center of each side of the top opening; I can only guess that the horse somehow got his foot into the opening and jerked the whole thing off the wall!! Since then, I use strong clamps on each side of the center D's(which I snap a double-end snap into to hang the bag, so as to not leave an 'opening' large enough for a hoof!
Margo