Attached or unattached bug net?

[Woodsie8]

All three of my hammocks do not have a net attached. I do have a gigantic military net, I picked up at a surplus store. Now I am wondering what to do about the bugs. Go buy one, that will go around my hammocks, or cut and sew the net I have, or what?

[GadgetUK437]

Keep the biggie, never know when you might need a big bug-hut!
Buy 7 yards of nanoseeum at $3 a yard.
For 30 minutes of sewing and 21 bucks you could have yourself a Fronkey bugnet!
(or cheat, and buy Dutch's version for $57)

[strigidae]

I may be mistaken but the milspec ones are mosquito only and let noseeums through. I had the same thought and when it arrived its way heavier than noseeum netting my buddy has. At some point ill be going the diy fronkey route.

[SnrMoment]

Fronkey for all mine. Love that rig.

[Scarab]

Fronkey bug net as well for most of mine. I go even cheaper and get the tulle fabric @1.33/yrd at Joann's. All my bug nets are under 2oz. We don't have no seeums here in Utah, so the slightly larger holes are not an issue.

[jcblough]

I would vote unattached - my reasoning is that under 50 degrees, you won't care, so why carry it on times when you don't need to?

[JasonACraft]

Ha! I love the reasoning of "there's no mosquitos in sub 50s" logic, except for when it's 45 in March and I see them flying all over the place...

Fronkey for me too. I unexpectedly got a new Dutch xl hammock a couple months ago (Whoo!) And didn't have to worry about getting a new net

[Pyrogen]

My first hammock is an ENO Junglenest with integrated bug net. It's easy to put up, but when you don't want the bug net in place, it flops around in your face and is kind of bothersome. I'll be getting/making a fronkey for the Dutchware so I can get rid of it completely when I don't want it.

(I might also try to build an upper-torso only net since my lower half is coocooned in a bag and underquilt anyhow. Less fabric = lighter and cheaper.)

[SilvrSurfr]

Ha! I love the reasoning of "there's no mosquitos in sub 50s" logic, except for when it's 45 in March and I see them flying all over the place...

You'll be hard pressed to find any scientific evidence that mosquitoes are a threat at 45* F. Mosquitoes are lethargic at 60* F, and downright immobile at 50* F. This is true of all mosquitoes worldwide.

I doubt Indiana mosquitoes have evolved differently.

[JasonACraft]

Doubt all you want, the bites on my legs call your bluff