Registered: Dec 2013
Location: Calgary AB
Posts: 21

My team owns all EQ synthetic Balance Plus brooms and we were considering of getting one or two horse head brooms to cope with frost when the ice is frosty and such. Any suggestions on what companies make a good hair broom?

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Registered: Dec 2012
Location: BC, Ontario (and a few other places too...)
Posts: 268

If you like the Balance Plus handles, just get one (or two) with the Transformer Connector Handle:

http://www.balanceplus.com/catalog/...&products_id=57

Then you can use whatever Transformer Brush Head you want (I use the 8 inch Horsehair Brush Head). Balance Plus sells a variety of the Transformer Brush Heads.

The other option is to get a horsehair faceplate:

http://www.balanceplus.com/catalog/...&products_id=44

I don't like those though... I prefer the Transformer style hair brush myself if I'm going to use hair. But your mileage may vary...

Almost all the curling broom manufacturers make a variation of their broom handle designed for the Transformer Brush Head. So if you want a different one (Asham, Goldline, etc.) go take a look at their websites.

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Registered: Jan 2009
Location: nova scotia
Posts: 5

I've used the 10" transformer horse hair brush for about 25 years as a competitive curler and they are as good as it gets. You've got to be in good shape to use them as they are heavy. They are great on frosty Curling Club ice and they do not destroy pebble and are very effective on Arena ice. They are very difficult to find - the only luck I had was the company that actually made them for Asham - the Swiffer brush people. The 8" ones can be had from distributors, but Swiffer doesn't make the 10" ones any more. I lucked out by calling the Swiffer company in Winnipeg about 18 months ago. They had about 10 in stock, so I had them ship a few to me for future use.

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Registered: Jan 2009
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Tickmeister,
I believe you are referring to Furgale Industries that owns 8-ender brushes. I just checked their website to see the 10" is not listed, but that doesn't mean a phone call wouldn't get different results. So, it is worth a try. I will agree that you have to be an animal to work that 10" for an entire weekend and not feel like you have Jello arms on Sunday.

I have used about every horse hair head out there. When I started curling, a lot of clubs here in North Dakota had pretty frosty ice. My favorite now, is to use the Goldline Element composite handle with the "performance style" oval horse hair head. Since the Element has a fixed head position, I find it to work similar to the transformer brooms. I particularly like the short dense bristles on those heads over the 8-ender heads though.

And if you scoff at using a composite handle instead of carbon fiber, you could buy an additional carbon handled broom from Goldline and swap the handle with the composite one from the Element brush. Then put the pivoting head on the composite shaft and sell that to a curler at your club.

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Registered: Jan 2009
Location: nova scotia
Posts: 5

Thanks, Youngen. I had forgotten that Furgale is the Winnipeg producer of the Duke transformer 10", but Asham were the people who referred me to them. I too like the short thick bristles. They have to be given a haircut often as heavy use will loosen individual hairs. But the lifetime is good and its a quality product. I would not be interested in it on a swivel head - I think it would make it even harder to get the best result. Right now I have an 8 ender carbon fibre handle but it too is heavy and probably not good for recreational use.

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