I’m endeavoring this year to do better at publicly thanking the people and businesses that really shine, fully believing that while we all like to share the horror stories and bad experiences (looking at you, State Line Tack) “the good guys” need more props. I’ve come to realize that we have some power as bloggers, and we can use it can make a difference for small businesses, so in the interest of supporting our community – let’s do it. Especially if it’s a woman-owned, US-based business like Equiluxe Tack. And no, before we even start this, I don’t have any affiliate links in this post. The links here are for your convenience only.

This store first caught my eye on Instagram, I think last year during my big Black Friday Sales List extravaganza. I’ve since been following them on Insta, and upon perusing their website I noticed they had a seriously extensive riding shirt collection. So many of the smaller brands that you don’t see in a ton of stores, unique designs, etc. I have a bit of an obsession with fun and interesting shirts, so they really reeled me in with that one. The variety of what they offer in general is really well-curated IMO, from larger brands to smaller ones, and from clothing to tack. Sometimes you get tired of seeing the same stuff over and over, ya know? Show me something cool! Equiluxe does that.

The next thing that caught my eye was the return policy. A lot of times I’m between sizes, and if it’s a brand I’ve never seen in person, usually I just have to guess. Because of that, in those instances I tend to always look closely at a store’s return policy before I do an online order. There are very few that are quite as good as the one Equiluxe offers, which for US customers includes free returns and exchanges for up to 120 days from purchase date for new items, a “fit guarantee” (free returns or exchanges until you get the perfect fit on whatever item you order – human or equine), lifetime returns for store credit if you mess up and go beyond the 120 days, and no restocking fees.

If you’re on the fence about something, this store is definitely a good “safe” option.

Free US shipping on all orders is freakin bomb, too. Most online stores have gone more and more towards higher dollar amount thresholds for orders to qualify for free shipping, but as of now Equiluxe has not done that. I am an absolute sucker for free shipping… that adds up!

Anyway, back to the goodies. Like I said, what caught my eye originally was the wide selection of smaller brands (they have a page where you can see all the brands here… I love it when websites do that). I went looking for the Equestrian Club Lenna Blaq shirt, because I’ve wanted an Equestrian Club shirt forever but am solidly in between sizes on their size chart.

I also needed some new rubber reins (y’all ever have that thing happen where all your rubber reins decide to die within like 6 months of each other? That was me in 2024. I’ve had to almost entirely revamp my reins collection…) and have had my eye on the Sixteen Cypress sheepskin pads forever. I was getting ready to start riding Rubes at that time, so I thought he deserved some non-sticky reins and a nice fluffy pad (he loves fluff even more than I do).

Anyway, I’m nothing if not an annoying person with questions, but they were great about helping me out. The Equestrian Club shipment was still en route to them and I did have to wait a few days for that to ship to me. They emailed to let me know and apologized for the delay, which I appreciated even though it wasn’t a big deal to me. Luckily the shirt fit so I didn’t have to exercise their return policy, but the communication I’ve had with the owner gave me faith that it wouldn’t have been a problem. They seem really dedicated to having happy customers and were incredibly nice.

As for the items themselves, I quite like everything and have been using/wearing for a while now. The Lenna Blaq shirt is right up my alley with the interesting half and half design plus perforations (this is Florida, gimme holey shirts), the Correct Connect thumb grip reins are bomb (I was on the fence about these before I got them – another reason why this store seemed like a good bet – but really like how they feel in my hands), and the Sixteen Cypress pad is incredibly good quality. I wasn’t sure if it would be cut forward enough for my extra-forward monoflap, but it works and is definitely one of the prettiest pads I have.

Thanks Equiluxe for being fabulous to work with… you’ll definitely be seeing more orders from me. If y’all are on the hunt for more good stores to order from, add them to the list!