Damn Midges!!

[Lughnasadh]

After being eaten alive last night I am in the market for a mosquito net to hang under my tarp.

Ideally it would be a light weight cocoon style that is all enclosed (rather than an open bottom that tucks under the sleep mat) and the ends would fix up to the ridgeline of my tarp to create a living space.

Does anyone know if such a things exists?

[Bearbonesnorm]

There's a few bits out there that might suit but it depends what you want and how you set your tarp up.

Borah do a bug bivvy which has enough room to sleep in but not much else: http://borahgear.com/bugbivy.html

Luxe do a pyramid affair with a Tyvek bottom: http://www.highmobilitygear.com/PBSCCat ... D=12104969

RAB (or integral designs as was) do an Element inner, best suited to an 'A' frame tarp set up: http://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/ ... tent-p1135

BearPaw do quite a few, Minimilist 1 may suit: http://www.bearpawwd.com/

[Lughnasadh]

Thanks for the links Stan - doing some browsing now :)

[ScotRoutes]

Make sure it's suitable for midges and not just mosquitos. The latter are much larger and the mesh doesn't have to be as fine as for the former.

[Lughnasadh]

Make sure it's suitable for midges and not just mosquitos. The latter are much larger and the mesh doesn't have to be as fine as for the former.

Does both grades of no-see-um keep midges out do you know?

[Bearbonesnorm]

All the ones I've listed above should keep midges out.

Luxe say thier netting is mozzy proof but people have said that it keeps the midges out too. Most lightweight netting is something like 140 - 150 holes per cm, normal mozzy netting is 40 - 50 which as ScotRoutes says, won't keep the winged biting b'stards out.