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[Stalking Light]

We use a Themacell Backpacker mosquito repeller that works pretty well and if flies are bad either a fly strip or trap. Everytime I go into a screen house I think of something that I need that's outside the screen house. ;-)

[takesiteasy]

Thanks, takesiteasy, you make a good point.

For the trip I'm considering, I'll be tent-camping out of my car (when not in lodgings), and so I will be cooking outside.  So...now that I think of it, maybe I should have something bigger than just for hanging out.

 

What brand/model do you have?

 

We made our own, sorta. You can read about it here: http://travelswithro...new-awning.html

[Squatch]

For super simple you might try a skeeter net. Like in the safari movies.

 

A couple of years back we had an Asian Stink bug epidemic here in the east. Hundreds of them got into houses. We bought a couple of very large skeeter nets to hang over the beds to keep them off of us when we were asleep. There is almost nothing to them and one made for a 4 poster bed might work well. 

 

http://www.mosquiton...ASAAEgJQpfD_BwE

 

I also saw this.  http://www.plowheart...BSABEgJgyfD_BwE

[MarkBC]

This has been a good discussion for me.  It got me to see that I probably want something big enough to cook and eat in and not just for sitting in -- something big enough to put over a campground picnic table, or my own portable table.  And then that made me realize that I'd want one without a floor, so the screen can be erected/placed over an existing table.

 

Good stuff -- more ideas/input welcome.

Thanks.

[nikonron]

I like the 6' x 6' size, not too small not too large.   Ron

[Tuff Guy 62]

We use a Coleman 15'X13' Screen Tent. The unit does not have a floor and fits easily over a large campground picnic table.

 

Weighs about 18lbs, piece of cake to set up and take down and its less than $100.00 at Walmart On-line. It works for us and we leave it in the camper full time just in case.

Edited by Tuff Guy 62, 02 September 2017 - 09:54 PM.

[MarkBC]

Maybe I'm gonna need two sizes:

 

a bird cage:

 

AND a tiger cage:

 

I may have to buy the tiny one just because of how funny it looks -- and the reaction it would get if I was sitting in it camped in bayou country among the Cajuns...

 

[MarkBC]

Two years later and I hadn't got any screen house/shelter -- until last week!

 

  

 

Turns out that the one I ended up with, the Quick-Set "Traveler" by Clam, is the one that Captm recommended... though I'd forgotten about this thread and "discovered it" on my own.

 

Took me a while to get to this point, and a couple of days before I ordered this Clam shelter I'd already ordered a larger one.  But then I discovered the Clam, and decided its smaller footprint -- though almost the same usable standing space -- made more sense for me and my purpose.  And reviews are great.

 

My very first time setting it up I did it -- from storage bag to as-shown -- in one minute.

 

And I found a local friend who wanted the larger one and bought it from me for full price, so I didn't have to return it.

[WjColdWater]

Two years later and I hadn't got any screen house/shelter -- until last week!
 
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Turns out that the one I ended up with, the Quick-Set "Traveler" by Clam, is the one that Captm recommended... though I'd forgotten about this thread and "discovered it" on my own.
 
Took me a while to get to this point, and a couple of days before I ordered this Clam shelter I'd already ordered a larger one.  But then I discovered the Clam, and decided its smaller footprint -- though almost the same usable standing space -- made more sense for me and my purpose.  And reviews are great.
 
My very first time setting it up I did it -- from storage bag to as-shown -- in one minute.
 
And I found a local friend who wanted the larger one and bought it from me for full price, so I didn't have to return it.

Purchased this for MN. fishing trips. It’s the state bird!

[takesiteasy]

Purchased this for MN. fishing trips. It’s the state bird!

 

Speaking of Minnesota, we would have been miserable this past week without our new Clam screen house due to the mosquitos. Sounds like an ad for the Clam but we really like it. Easy to put up and take down.

 

We have the larger version which covers the large picnic tables found in the USFS campsites around here. The downside is it is a very large package when packed up. But we have lately been using our trailer to carry our gear so it is not an issue.