It’s not always obvious which is better because sometimes gear that seems to be a better alternative does in fact impose more limitations on a horse’s choices than gear that might seem a harsher choice at first.
About Snaffle Bits
Choice of Equipment
Spurs
Gadgets in Horse Training
Training horses well is a skill that is learned over a long time. It is not possible to circumvent the process by taking short cuts. The behaviour that gadgets are intended to shape is something that good horse people learn along the way to becoming good horse people. A person cannot learn to be a talent with a horse by resorting to gadgets because they undermine the process of becoming a good horse person.