Best Bug Net for a 14 foot Mayan Hammock

[Brady]

Okay folks, I tried the search with no luck. Does anyone know and/or have used a bug net that will work on a 14 foot Mayan hammock? I'm baking in the heat and humidity since moving to Mexico and while I've only gotten a handful of mosquito bits in 5 months, apparently the real mosquito season is about to begin.

Most of the bug nets I've seen look too small.

What does the brain trust have to say?

Best, Brady

[Jd1983]

I would check with Simply Light Designs, I bet you could have one custom made.

[dscotthep]

If you're handy with a sewing machine (or know someone who is), you can custom make your own. I recommend a fronkey bug net. It has 360° protection but requires a lot of netting (especially for a 14' hammock!). There are other options for minimalist nets (called the "hug" I think) and built in nets. A little searching should turn up several options.

[WV]

Ask HF member Ewker. He lives in Yucatan.

[Brady]

Ask HF member Ewker. He lives in Yucatan.

Thank you!

And thanks to all those that replied!

[LowTech]

The only problem I find w/ a fronkey net (which I do use) on a Mayan style hammock is that it doesn't totally close on the bottom and normally uses your hammock to act as a "plug" for the bottom hole.
In the summer when I use my Mayan I found that an UQP loose on the outside of the net prevented the biters from getting to me from the bottom. The downfall was that it also cut any breeze.
If I had to make the perfect one it would go all the way to the ground/floor and be weighed enough at the bottom to not blow open from the breeze that I was hoping to cool me.

[SilvrSurfr]

The only problem I find w/ a fronkey net (which I do use) on a Mayan style hammock is that it doesn't totally close on the bottom and normally uses your hammock to act as a "plug" for the bottom hole.

The reason a Fronkey bugnet works is because mosquitoes are just inherently incapable of attacking from the bottom - they can't figure out how to come from below and then attack your nether regions. Mosquitoes smell blood and they attack blood straight on. The Fronkey bugnet just boggles their mind and they can't figure it out.

It really doesn't matter if a Fronkey bugnet is "tight" to the hammock. It's the fact that mosquitoes can't vertically attack that makes the Fronkey so effective.

[LowTech]

The reason a Fronkey bugnet works is because mosquitoes are just inherently incapable of attacking from the bottom - they can't figure out how to come from below and then attack your nether regions. Mosquitoes smell blood and they attack blood straight on. The Fronkey bugnet just boggles their mind and they can't figure it out.

It really doesn't matter if a Fronkey bugnet is "tight" to the hammock. It's the fact that mosquitoes can't vertically attack that makes the Fronkey so effective.

I would have to disagree w/ you on this. Right here in Arizona we have mosquitoes that everyone refers to as "ankle biters" as they tend to keep low to the ground and will definitely eat up your lower legs and ankles.
When I slept in my Mayan last summer w/ a fronkey (the only nets I have) they had no trouble biting the crap out of my back in till I, out of frustration, put my UQP on it over the net and loose enough to not be right up against the hammock. Not something I would choose to do on 90°+ nights unless I had to.

I also got totally eaten through my camping hammock in Florida when it was hot enough that I didn't use an UQ and just had a fronkey net.
Now I take a UQP everywhere and decided if I need it per situation.

Real world experience.

[Shug]

Maybe something like this but may have to modify.
https://www.grandtrunk.com/products/...et-shelter-new
Otherwise for 14 feet it may require making one or having one made.
Shug

[Brady]

The only problem I find w/ a fronkey net (which I do use) on a Mayan style hammock is that it doesn't totally close on the bottom and normally uses your hammock to act as a "plug" for the bottom hole.
In the summer when I use my Mayan I found that an UQP loose on the outside of the net prevented the biters from getting to me from the bottom. The downfall was that it also cut any breeze.
If I had to make the perfect one it would go all the way to the ground/floor and be weighed enough at the bottom to not blow open from the breeze that I was hoping to cool me.

Good to know! I typically don't work about bug nets except on the hammock body, at least when I lived in Canada but we didn't have all these tropical diseases...

Maybe something like this but may have to modify.
https://www.grandtrunk.com/products/...et-shelter-new
Otherwise for 14 feet it may require making one or having one made.
Shug

Thanks, I will check it out and see if I can make it work!