Our Pro-Complete Pads are made of Pro-Lite foam. We chose it and continue to use it in our Adjustable Pad System because:
It is soft enough to provide the horse with protective cushioning and comfort, even when only ¼ inch thick.It’s light enough not to drag down on the horse as used to be the case with the older gel type pads.The gel-like property protects against shear forces and therefore offers some protection from friction   (Our recommended pad combinations almost always include a pad with Wool-fleece next to the horse's skin, which also does the same job)It seems to continue to stay the same after many years of repeated and heavy use, which is unusual with a lot of foamsIts closed cell structure avoids absorbing sweat and waterIts closed cell structure also allows it to instantly recover and therefore keep up with the rapid muscle firing that is going on in the horse’s back step after step after step.  By contrast, open-cell foams collapse and are too slow to recover their depth between compressions, and slow recover foams end up yielding to high pressures, become ‘dead’ and stop providing protection.