I use a detachable bugnet "sock" in the warmer months. I like to be able to hang my feet out of the hammock when I'm hot, throw a quilt off me, etc. and still be enclosed in it. In cooler bugfree weather I go netless.
I use a detachable bugnet "sock" in the warmer months. I like to be able to hang my feet out of the hammock when I'm hot, throw a quilt off me, etc. and still be enclosed in it. In cooler bugfree weather I go netless.
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
attached bugnet, then if it's hot, I just throw it over one side. Usually during the evening, I'll zip it back up. Just sitting around, I like being able to unzip one side and just hang out, if the skeeters aren't hungry!!
I've looked at the bug nets that go all around a bugnetless hammock and for me I don't think it'd work out at all. Around about 2-3 am I sometimes need to despretly get out of my hammock to pee. I can just see myself getting tangled up in all that bug netting and leading to a not very pretty picture!!
My bugnet sock has a zipper, so it's no different in getting out than a zip up attached bugnet. You just unzip and you're out!Originally Posted by TinaLouise
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities." - Mark Twain
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” - John Burroughs
I have a DIY chiffon 'envelope'- it hangs over the ridge and down both sides, and is sewn closed along the 2 short sides. generally I hang low enough that it touches the ground, so enclosure is created but no zipper needed to get in/out. structurally is it not 100% bug proof, but very difficult for flying bugs to get in, they must land, find a way to crawl under the edge, then re launch. there is a very small opening at each top point for the Amsteel suspension to pass through. KM (who actually got to sleep in her rig last Sat night. very breezy and nice.)
For the summer I really like the attached bug net. Somehow it just seems more secure than a separate enclosure. When there are no bugs I switch to another hammock. (One advantage to DIM is that I can have as many hammocks as I want.)
Here is where the Clark really shines. Bug net most of the year here in Georgia but in late fall and winter I can unzip it and stuff it in the pocket at the bottom end of the hammock. It is really the best of both worlds.
I've come to like a detached bug net for any season. Main reason is I can easily reach around on any side to feel the fit of my under quilt and adjust as necessary.
Knotty
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I prefer a separate bug net.
Ditto what Knotty said.
All my gear is DIY. In my opinion, simple is better - fewer things to foul up. No attached net and definitely no zippers. Easy in, easy out, easy UQ adjustment.
Sweet!
I have a WBBB and Traveler. I use the WBBB in skeeter months which are hot and humid and the traveler during the cooler no bug season.
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