Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Group Forum: BWCA Hanging :: Is there a secret to keeping mosquitoes at out of your hammock?
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Argo |
I cannot avoid getting up during the evening to pee once or twice. And the mosquitoes are right there in your face just clamouring for an invitation inside when you unzip the mesh. When I returned from doing my business I had a considerable job to do killing these buggers - even with my mosquito racket. In a tent I've normally observed only a couple get in. In the hammock it is multiples of that. Frenzying in the middle of the night is not conducive to gently falling back asleep. Any tips? By the way, I live in Canada and cannot obtain permethrin here. |
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mjmkjun |
Neither fabric is absorbent. An application of Natrapel (or permethrin) is a coating only and will wash or wear off in time. |
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TomT |
I’ve tried using the bottle inside the gathered end hammock but the first time I dripped ended that experiment. Better to be standing when said deed is done. For me personally I go in sept and the buggers are sluggish and usually not present during the colder nights. |
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Blackdogyak |
Argo: "One difference I noticed with hammock camping (to which I am new) is that your smaller quarters and proximity to the mesh vs tent camping really attracts the mosquitoes. Trade you some permethryn for some bear bangers, eh? |
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Savage Voyageur |
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Argo |
bhouse46: "To bad about the permethrin, it solves the mosquito problem. Apologies for the directness, but a pee bottle works pretty well... " I may give that a go. Pretty precarious in a hammock though, eh? |
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rxgac |
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Hammertime |
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Argo |
rxgac: "I have a bottom entry Hennessy. I've noticed the lack of bugs following me in as well." Even though it's too late for me, I'm curious as to how the bottom entry mode accomplishes this vs side entry. As an aside, we only had one very mosguitoey night in Quetico and it wasn't an issue for some reason. They were knockin' but they never really entered when I had to exit it the middle of the night for a pee break...a couple of times (Fireball helps that). But I had a pretty bad experience in June on a wet long weekend trip in The French River - my very first hammock trip - which is why I posed the question here. |
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Savage Voyageur |
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Us5Camp |
Argo: "rxgac: "I have a bottom entry Hennessy. I've noticed the lack of bugs following me in as well." The reason the bottom entry nets are (IMO) superior to zippered - integrated nets is that you do not have to zip/unzip the hammock when you get in and out. Simply drop your feet over the edge of the hammock and out the bottom entry oval - you're still protected, nothing's getting in or out. Slip on your boots or shoes. Grab the bottom entry opening and in less than a second, flip it up and over your head. Reverse process to get back in. You simply cannot get in and out w/ a zippered bug net as fast as with a Fronkey or Bottom-Entry net. My fav is from Simply Light Designs - all are good. |
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Argo |
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bhouse46 |
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jillpine |
Regarding the proximity to the mesh, are you using a hammock that has netting integral with the hammock? And does it also have some type of frame so that it isn't just draped over the hammock? It's helpful to have a small rod that creates a "hoop" to elevate integrated netting. Getting out/in is really no different than unzipping/zipping just enough of the tent door. I also have an ultralight set-up that has integrated netting with guy-lines that give the netting some outward lift as well as the ridgeline. Clark |
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Us5Camp |
I have both a Dutch Chameleon w/ integrated net and netless hammocks for which I use a bottom-entry net and it's a fraction of second to whip that bottom entry net up/over your head vs unzipping, getting out and zipping back up (multiple seconds). |