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Best electric fence posts

Updated: October 2026

The highest star line in this amazon.co.uk set sits on a short economy post, and several taller packs share one rating between a box of ten and a box of twenty. A search for the best electric fence posts does not produce one winner for every horse, sheep and garden job. You need a listing that matches the height, the clip and a review sample you can read. Peter F. scored the twelve packs on the [electric fence posts](/hub/fencing-and-wire/electric-fence-posts) comparison on 19 October 2026. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. This page says who each pack is for, and who should leave it.

The highest star line in this amazon.co.uk set sits on a short economy post, and several taller packs share one rating between a box of ten and a box of twenty.

Our top picks

Rutland Rutland Economy 84 cm poly post, green, 10

Best overall

Rutland Rutland Economy 84 cm poly post, green, 10
7.3/10about £27.99
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Doblit Doblit 156 cm poly post, white, 20

Rank 2

Doblit Doblit 156 cm poly post, white, 20
6.6/10about £63.99
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Doblit Doblit 105 cm poly post, green, 20

Best value

Doblit Doblit 105 cm poly post, green, 20
6.7/10about £38.00
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On this page
  1. 1.There is no single best post in this set
  2. 2.Short plastic when the fence is low
  3. 3.Tall Doblit posts when you need clip height
  4. 4.Fibreglass and the 50-packs

There is no single best post in this set

Rutland’s Economy pack is 4.7 from 262 reviews at about £27.99, with 44 UK reviews in the listing notes. That is the largest unique UK sample here, and the title length is 84 cm. British Horse Society guidance puts a horse fence at about 1.08 m to 1.38 m. An 84 cm post cannot put the top conductor in that band. The technical block also prints 108 cm and size 10 inch. Doblit’s white 156 cm posts are 4.6 from 171, and the green 156 cm posts are 4.4 from 144. In both colours the pack of ten and the pack of twenty repeat the same review text. Reading 171 twice does not make 342 opinions. These are line posts, not anchors.

Short plastic when the fence is low

Hotline’s Value ECO pack is ten charcoal posts at about £19.99, and 4.5 from 124 of its own reviews. One buyer could not get electric wire through the gaps. A 2016 review calls them really bendy. Skip this pack if you need 40 mm tape, a known standing height, or a horse line. Rutland at about £27.99 states polywire and 12/20 mm tape. Skip it when you need 40 mm tape or a top line near 1.08 m. A pony track in the reviews is not a horse boundary. It is the short-line pack with the longest unique UK record. The buying guide sets the 84 cm conflict beside the other titles.
Rutland Rutland Economy 84 cm poly post, green, 10

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Rutland Rutland Economy 84 cm poly post, green, 10
7.3/10about £27.99
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Tall Doblit posts when you need clip height

The 156 cm Doblit posts state 14 clips, 40 mm tape, and a 23 cm spike. If the spike is fully buried, 133 cm stands, and a reviewer of the white posts says about 4 ft 4 in. The white packs are about £34.99 for ten and about £63.99 for twenty. Shared reviews include three poles that arrived broken. The green 156 cm packs are 4.4 from 144, shared, and one reviewer says a pony pushed the tape up. The pink pack of ten is about £34.99, with its own 4.4 from 40. The horse limit is on the horse paddock page. The 105 cm green posts are about £22.00 for ten or about £38.00 for twenty, both at 4.6 from 72. About £1.90 a post makes the twenty-pack the best value if you need twenty line posts and you are not using the 10 mm rope one buyer could not fit.

Fibreglass and the 50-packs

FENSMILE’s fibreglass pack is twenty posts at about £66.99. A bullet says 37 inches above ground. Three movable clips are the fixing system, and tape width is not stated. The one UK review prefers them to plastic that bends. US notes about popped tabs are not a UK failure rate. Skip this pack if you need a large UK sample or a stated 40 mm slot. The comparison is on the plastic or fibreglass page. The plastic fifty-packs are about £119.99, with 97 cm above ground stated and no UK review. US text mentions broken teeth and tops that break if you hammer them. Skip both until you are willing to buy without a UK comment in this set.

Common questions

Which pack is the best value if I only need a short line?
If you need about twenty 105 cm posts, the Doblit pack at about £38.00 is about £1.90 each, with eight clips and an 18 cm spike stated, and the 4.6 from 72 is shared with the pack of ten. If you only need ten posts and a low line, Hotline at about £19.99 has its own 124 reviews. Rutland at about £27.99 has more reviews and a narrower tape claim. Best value here means that twenty-pack.
Which tall plastic pack has its own reviews?
The pink Doblit pack of ten, about £34.99, at 4.4 from 40. The white 156 cm posts share 4.6 from 171 across ten and twenty. The green 156 cm posts share 4.4 from 144 the same way. Nine UK reviews on the pink listing include one Dartmoor hill-pony comment and no repeated break. That is a real separate sample, and it is a small one.
Is the fibreglass pack the one to buy for horses?
Not on this evidence. It has one UK review, three clips, and no stated tape width. The above-ground bullet says 37 inches, which you should compare with the horse band before you treat flex as safety. A single preference for fibreglass over bending plastic is an opinion, not a paddock trial.
Why are the 50-packs a weak pick on this evidence?
They cost about £119.99, they share 4.1 from 89, and the captured reviews are from the United States. The specification is unusually complete, including 97 cm above ground and eight clip heights, and that still is not a UK verdict. A low unit price does not repair a missing UK comment.
Which listing should I skip for a horse strip?
Skip the Rutland 84 cm title and the Hotline 1 m pack for the top conductor. Treat the 105 cm Doblit posts as a strip-grazing maybe, not as a large-horse line. On the 156 cm green posts, skip them if you cannot accept a clip a pony has already pushed tape through. Keep a physical boundary either way.

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Sources

Public UK sources listed below, checked on 19 October 2026. amazon.co.uk prices and review counts are taken from the listings in this comparison and can change.

  1. AHDB: Components of an electric fence (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  2. AHDB: Types of electric fencing for cattle and sheep (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  3. Highways Act 1980, section 162 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  4. GOV.UK: public rights of way, landowner responsibilities (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  5. British Horse Society: fencing (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  6. British Horse Society: electric fencing near bridleways (March 2026) (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  7. Voltimum UK on BS EN 60335-2-76 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  8. Cornwall Council: electric fence notes for landowners (retrieved 19 October 2026)