getawayforward
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Hi all, normally a Crystalix block user but Supalyx seems a good bit cheaper local to myself. Is the Supalyx block as good a product or is it simply less money for a lesser product? Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
Crystalix vs Supalyx high energy
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- Montgomeryshire
Is Supalyx a baked/high DM product like Chrystalix? I may be wrong, but I thought they were just soft blocks like most other feed buckets.
A better comparison would by Chrystalix vs Rumenco Maxx (or Downland Optilix, which is the Rumenco product in a different tub). Wynnstay do their own branded version too, but I think it’s a tad lower DM/softer.
Chrystalix would be the dearest of all those options ime.
A better comparison would by Chrystalix vs Rumenco Maxx (or Downland Optilix, which is the Rumenco product in a different tub). Wynnstay do their own branded version too, but I think it’s a tad lower DM/softer.
Chrystalix would be the dearest of all those options ime.
getawayforward
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Aye fair point. Not really comparing like with like. Must get a few quotes for Rumenco Maxx/ Optilix. Cheers!
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- N.Lincs
Been through that process here already........
Crystalyx High Energy....................................£981.20/te
Downland Optilix..............................................£980.00/te
Wynnstay.............................................................£874.00/te
Rumevite Maxx Energy...................................£797.32/te
Rumevite Maxx last as long as Crystalyx - there's a pic on here somewhere in a thread from last year when we did a bit of a trial.https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/anyone-using-downland-optilix.307604/#post-6725016
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anyone using Downland Optilix ?
usually use a few crystalix for some stores on old grass this time of year , local Downland agency is pushing their optilix , anyone have experience if they last as long as crystalix , £1-2 cheaper and closer than MVF
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- West Wales
Had a delivery on Supalyx OFS (organic) the other day, didn’t bother asking crystalyx for a price as last year they were close to £1340/t and the Supalyx was £759.
Last year used ForFarmers (Dallas Keith) organic blocks which were under £850/t, did quite a few fields with 1 Dallas Keith and 1 Crystalyx Organyx the year before and they went down at the same rates. Also got half a tonne of Lifeline which was £866/t. Surprised it was more expensive than the organic?
Last year used ForFarmers (Dallas Keith) organic blocks which were under £850/t, did quite a few fields with 1 Dallas Keith and 1 Crystalyx Organyx the year before and they went down at the same rates. Also got half a tonne of Lifeline which was £866/t. Surprised it was more expensive than the organic?
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
One is for feeding and one is for supplementing. Cost per head per day is irrelevant as they are doing two different jobs.
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- Montgomeryshire
Been through that process here already........
Crystalyx High Energy....................................£981.20/te
Downland Optilix..............................................£980.00/te
Wynnstay.............................................................£874.00/te
Rumevite Maxx Energy...................................£797.32/te
Rumevite Maxx last as long as Crystalyx - there's a pic on here somewhere in a thread from last year when we did a bit of a trial.https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/anyone-using-downland-optilix.307604/#post-6725016
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post #18anyone using Downland Optilix ?
usually use a few crystalix for some stores on old grass this time of year , local Downland agency is pushing their optilix , anyone have experience if they last as long as crystalix , £1-2 cheaper and closer than MVF
I had a pallet of 80kg Optilix pre-tupping this year, at a little over £710/t iirc, around the same they’ve been for a couple of years. I’ve certainly never seen them, or any of the others, at anywhere near the price of (the original) Chrystalix.
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- N.Lincs
The Crystalyx and Optilix prices are from the same supplier. I think he's given up trying to sell me any, as his prices are always way out every year now
All prices are for 22.5kg (or in some cases 20kg) buckets.
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- Montgomeryshire
The Crystalyx and Optilix prices are from the same supplier. I think he's given up trying to sell me any, as his prices are always way out every year now
All prices are for 22.5kg (or in some cases 20kg) buckets.
Just double checked the invoice. The 80kg Optilix worked out at £738/t (£59/80kg). I was quoted £736/t for the 20kg ones in August.
Your man was having a laugh!
Pistonbroke
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I find these last longer than anything else,years in fact.https://images.app.goo.gl/7KoFo4dw4srrUQJD7
Joking apart, as others have said there's horses for courses and they're all around 16ish me so if they're lasting longer the sheep aren't getting as much energy out of them. Long lasting for maintenance,softer for improvement
Joking apart, as others have said there's horses for courses and they're all around 16ish me so if they're lasting longer the sheep aren't getting as much energy out of them. Long lasting for maintenance,softer for improvement
£740 per t for crstalyx high energy delivered yesterday. I believe them to be a superior product and last longer. Never fed any concentrate last year through lambing, few lifeline buckets in as well at lambing.
Sorry correction it was £800
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- West Wales
Checked a tub of Supalyx GP OFS (White with green lid) this morning, not glass like crystalyx, I thought it would be same consistency as lifeline but it’s softer. Tasted alright
Just hope the ewes don’t hammer through them now
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- N.Lincs
I think he's stopped trying to be honest.
Have gone with Rumevite Maxx for the last 2 years and haven't noticed any difference from when we used Crystalyx..........
........except their buckets have a handle This year's buckets are a new shape - squarer with rounded corners. Probably just so they won't stack into last year's when we use 'em in the lambing pens
Have gone with Rumevite Maxx for the last 2 years and haven't noticed any difference from when we used Crystalyx..........
........except their buckets have a handle
This year's buckets are a new shape - squarer with rounded corners. Probably just so they won't stack into last year's when we use 'em in the lambing pens 
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- N W Snowdonia
I use blocks not tubs, less plastic. I see Burnhills in Yorkshire is advertising Rumevite High Energy at 600 per tonne.
TFM, West Mids has sheep super energy at 530, cheap as chips!
TFM, West Mids has sheep super energy at 530, cheap as chips!
Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Chips are only £1.80 at our chippy
It’s ok saying cheap until they shift it twice as fast.
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- Montgomeryshire
As above, Rumevite blocks are for feeding, Chrystalix/hard blocks are for supplementing. They are doing 2 different jobs.
A Rumevite block is essentially just a high quality ewe concentrate pressed into a block for convenience of feeding. They certainly are convenient, but that convenience comes at a cost of £200-250/t over buying those concentrates in a bag.