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profdant139
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May 13, 2017

DIY portable screen room for bugs? Or buy one?

We are heading up to Wyoming this summer -- there will be mosquitoes, without a doubt. I've been looking for a very bare-bones, light, easy to deploy screen room, but I have come up empty -- almost all of the commercial items are bulky, heavy, and "un-minimal." (There is no such word, but there should be -- what is the opposite of mininalism?)

I know I can get mosquito netting and make my own room -- maybe stick some poles in the ground and drape the netting over them, or string up some rope and put the netting over the rope. I don't want to hook anything to my awning - I need a free-standing unit.

But before I re-invent the wheel, has anyone come up with a good DIY solution? Or is there a commercial product that you have used that will do the job? I'm not opposed to spending money to get something that is easy to deploy and is not too bulky.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
  • PamfromVA wrote:
    we like this one.
    Here is the same one but it is 15 X 13 - the one I have. Very easy setup and take down. I store it in the same packaging it came in - a long cardboard box inside a zippered canvas case with a handle.

    I set it up myself and drag in the CG picnic table - has plenty of room.

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