Midge Headnet Faff

[Mikey P]

I have been a nob so you don't have to be.

Took mosquito headnet to Skye last week. Put it on. Took dog out. Watched with alarm as midges climbed through holes in headnet and ate my face.

Top tip: mosquito headnets may have a large weave which is no use whatsoever against v small midges. Make sure you get a midge net (or midge jacket) for Scotland, not a mosquito net.

£5.50 later and a proper midge headnet with tight weave (like midge jacket). Happy camper.

 

[bilmo-p5]

This is the stuff you need to stop the midgie...



You can get it here.

Satisfied customer.

 

[Mikey P]

That looks very much like the one I got.

 

[Robbi]

can you see through it ? or does everyone blunder about trying to stick tails on highland donkeys ?

 

[Harvestman]

This is the stuff you need to stop the midgie...

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You can get it here.

Satisfied customer.

I'm another satisfied customer. Got some of their green netting and then got the wife to sew it to my hammock inside the mozzie netting. Hammock now midge proof, unlike previously.

 

[bilmo-p5]

can you see through it ?

Spot the midgie net...

 

[Harvestman]

can you see through it ?

Here's 2 shots taken from inside my hammock, though 2 layers of netting (1 midge, 1 mozzie). Late in the day, so low sun makes it worse.

 

[Shewie]

Beatons midge jacket is where it's at

 

[Mikey P]

can you see through it ? or does everyone blunder about trying to stick tails on highland donkeys ?

Who said that?

 

[Mikey P]

Beatons midge jackets rule. It's what I should have had it on but I left it in my room as I thought it wasn't worth putting on just for a couple of minutes. Fail!

The jackets are brilliant but sometimes you just want to stick a headset on briefly.

 

[bilmo-p5]

The jackets are brilliant but sometimes you just want to stick a headset on briefly.

Nowt wrong with just a headnet, IF it's made of midgie mesh.

 

[Mikey P]

Nowt wrong with just a headnet, IF it's made of midgie mesh.

Exactly!!! I learnt the hard way. I will be checking the mesh on my Hennessey too! I think it's the no-see-um mesh which is small enough to repel midge invaders.

 

[tartanferret]

Are the WB Blackbird hammocks midge proof? I was considering getting one at some point

Ukhammocks have an alternative that is midge proof

help !

 

[Shewie]

Are the WB Blackbird hammocks midge proof? I was considering getting one at some point

Ukhammocks have an alternative that is midge proof

help !

I sent some midge net over to Brandon to use in my last BB. The stuff he used to use definitely wasn't midge proof, I laid in horror watching the little b'stards drag themselves through the netting once.

It's nano-see-um you want rather than no-see-um, I got my midge net from the folks in blimo's link

 

[Mikey P]

According to the website, Hennessy use 30D no-see-um mesh. Is that too big for midges? If so, will just have to bathe in feet and wear headnet or bug-jacket.

 

[Mikey P]

The info I've seen on nano-see-um seems to say that it is the same holes/inch but lighter in weight. Is that the case or are the hole sizes different too? Everything I've read on no-see-um seems to suggest it's designed for midge-sized insects.

 

[Dave]

I recently got a mosquito net direct from pyramid. I think its a leftover from one the MK group buys. I just rang them and asked if they had any. Am planning on using it in Scotland soon, but Im not sure whether it will be midge proof?

Heres a photo with a pound coin under the mesh for scale:

Holes look pretty big?

 

[widu13]

Too open bud= midge food.

Soak it in some anti midge stuff and it should be okay though.

 

[Dave]

Too open bud= midge food.

Soak it in some anti midge stuff and it should be okay though.

Yeh thats what I thought.

 

[Mikey P]

Does permethrin really work? I've got clothes and kit that have been treated but it's hard to know sometimes how effective it is!