I had one of these and got another for my crew of 3 fjords, who destroy everything. I had the first one clipped into the bottom of an empty water trough which was attached to the wall, it worked but was very awkward to fill and I was worried they would break the wall the trough was attached to. The cinch rope was getting hard to tie and undo everyday to fill, so I built a frame and installed it into the wall and I can fill easily from outside. I have to hang them high enough that they can’t paw holes into them (they destroyed a smaller one). If I put it on the ground it gets dragged away into the mud. So I made a frame from electrical conduit for this recent one and flip it up against the wall to close it - very easy to fill and has more capacity than my through the wall design (same size net but none lost in the window), I don’t have to use the cinch rope which is a plus (less hassle and fits way more hay) but I have to carry hay in to fill it vs fill from outside.
Nice to have a convenient way to weigh hay, seems accurate.
We now have 3 of these hay nets in various hole size to work for different horses. Small for greedy good doers, Shetland and Conny. Medium for Greedy Warmblood and large for picky Warmblood. Soft but very hard wearing. Although Greedy Warmblood has made a small hole in his plenty of wear left.