Question about my horse wearing a "tail guard/wrap outside in turnout/ maintaing a long tail and advice!!!

This is what I used 30 years ago because I couldn't afford anything else, it worked so well that I have continued to use it, and nothing else. I use two pairs of pantyhose (support hose is the best) and lay one leg of the hose over your shoulder to use later, leaving 3 nice, nylon sacks to separate the tail into..wet the tail and separate it into 3 equal parts, fold them up and drop them in the top , and when you have done this with all three parts,.then just braid the tail while it is in the pantyhose...you can stop the braid anywhere, leaving enough for the flies and with the piece that is lying on your shoulder, run it through the top of the tail where your braid started, back under and through and over again and tie it off, you can make it as tight as you want, you are below the tail bone and you still have the 3 pieces full of hair hanging that you haven't braided..take the bottom or the toe end of each of the pantyhose that have the hair inside and shake it until the hair falls to the bottom, .they can wear this all of the time, as the hair isn't being damaged, it's light and doesn't bother them, isn't tight anywhere that it matters and it's inexpensive. The pantyhose is slick, so it slides easier over anything that might catch it, like the fence, branches, etc, but it is capable of ripping out right where it is caught too, so your horse doesn't get caught up in something and panics... You can actually rinse the tail out with the water hose without undoing the pantyhose. Also, as far as the hair that is on the tailbone, I just water it with the hose every day, sometimes twice a day, just like watering flowers...and while I'm at it, I go ahead and rinse out the rest of the tail that is in the pantyhose...it all dries quickly, but it get the dirt out without adding any products that attract the dirt...that is the culprit, just like in your carpet, it wears out the tail hair. I like those tail protectors in the photo, and they work well with just what they are listed for...yes, you can use them for everyday use, although they get a little warm under them...you don't want to apply them too tightly, just after you have it arranged around the tail, as high up as you can get it, take a strand of hair and put it right in the velcro strip, then close it up in it...that will keep from slipping down...I like to use a bit of hair from two different places so that any weight that might be on that hair, is equally distributed from two places on the tail...that I take off every night in the stall, as it needs air to it and those strands of hair release for a while...get different strands each time that you do this.