Originally Posted by
BillyBob58
All this BMBH net talk reminded me to take mine on my day hike today, in the buggy MS woods. Though I still didn't see many bugs, as some of my clothes were treated with Permethrin plus I put on some Picaridin bug spray on exposed skin( walking through tall grassy areas in shorts, off trail). But, it worked pretty much as described above and was pretty quick and easy. After I got the hammock hung, I unhooked the net from the head end and folded towards the foot end enough for me to have room to get in. Sat down, took shoes off, laid down. Very quickly pulled the head end edge up and omni taped to head end of hammock.
Basically, done. Good enough anyway. I was attached more than good enough on the lower end sides and foot, and above my head. All the upper body side net I just let hang INSIDE the hammock. It was not as tightly sealed as a zipper. But still, no flying bugs were going to get inside, so, good enough. After awhile, I hooked the rest of the Omni Tape, like I would when going to sleep to keep crawling bugs out. Really not hard. Then quickly took it back down, TOO HOT!
If the Mossies are really flying, some are likely to come inside with you before you can get the net pulled up. But, a few are likely to get in with a zipper set up also. If it is that bad, I am going to have some Permethrin on my clothing and parts of the hammock anyway, plus some Picaridin or Deet on my skin.
But this net is really quite usable after you practice with it a bit. And in the winter it comes off. But if the flying bugs are really attacking, I think my favorite (for a speedy closure) is the HH bottom entry.
Murphy strikes: Zero rain forcaste. Two hammocks with me, but No tarp. As soon as I got the hammock hung and my pack hung off the ground on the suspension, it started raining! Light intermittent rain. I just ignored it, it helped me cool off during my break before I hiked back! The hammock dried quickly after the rain stopped.