I really like your curtains. Do you take them down in off season?

(Our lake mosquitos would pick up that little zapper and drop it in the water..)

(Our lake mosquitos would pick up that little zapper and drop it in the water..)

HA! Love the imagery. DH says New England mosquitos are so big they need to register with the FAA. Honestly as a mid-Atlantic girl I think they are all the same!

I really like your curtains. Do you take them down in off season?

Thank you, us too. Take a look at the gallery on their website, that was what helped me imagine how they'd look. Yes, we take them down in the Fall and store them in the winter Note that you need to have a good place to store them because they cannot be folded lengthwise (there are vertical rods in them). We keep them in our basement here.

They add to the charm, for sure. With the rods I don't suppose they are machine washable, but are they cleanable?

You can hose them off (which we do at the end of a season) or you can remove the rods and machine wash, line dry.

https://www.mosquitocurtains.com/mosquito-curtains-faq/

Those don't look bad at all. I'm probably going to jinx myself, but I have not had one mosquito bite thus far, this year. I don't know where the mosquitos are!

What a great solution for your porch. And I can certainly see why you didn't want to lose any of the gorgeous view!

I think they are supposedly worse in New England this year, as the heavy rainfall and flooding create more breeding grounds. I don't notice a difference.

The curtains look great!

Do you they would work for the miniscule Andes mosquito? This type of mosquito is so small, they are very hard to see. They prefer biting ankles, but will bite anywhere. I have even been bitten mid-day on more than one occasion. They love me. Thankfully no one else in the family is as attractive to them. I spend June - November spraying my legs with "Off", hate it.

Jill, I'd ask the compnay, but I wonder if this would work: Looking for a quality mesh fabric that will protect you from Noseeum biting flies? Our Noseeum netting has tiny holes (800 holes per sq inch) with a much denser weave to keep out the pesky, biting flies known as no-see-ums that are commonly found near water.

Those curtains are a really good solution to your mosquito problem— aesthetically pleasing, impermanent, and cost effective. Thanks for returning to give a review based on your experience. if they last ten years that’s very good value for money. I wish I could say that about all the mosquito ”solutions” we tried at our old house.

The curtains look much better than I expected-- really a pretty look AND it's effective!

I agree I think it's a pretty good product.

Better than citronella which doesn't work.

A few months ago our exterminator came to check on things - this is the house in the woods and we have to deal with the occasional unwanted creature in the house. This time a flying squirrel was in the attic and they installed an exclusion tube. I asked him what he thought about the devices that repel mosquitoes and gnats. We don't want to spray a pesticide because that will eliminate all the bugs. He recommended the Dyna Trap for large areas. I asked about the Thermacell for table tops on a patio and he said he's tried them but not sure if they are effective.

They look great! That porch is too perfect not to be able to enjoy it at all times of the day. Thanks for the repellent gadget. Sounds like a good thing to have.

Viewshed - I had to look it up and it makes sense but I've never heard it before,

Forgot to write that your curtains look perfect. We have new neighbors and they installed the black netting on their rear porch. I don't know which company or brand they used. Their porch is only open on 2 sides and the cedar siding is stained a deep brown so the black netting looks fine. When stacked they pull them all the way back to the siding so that they're less noticeable.

We have some of the thermacells, and I think they work.

Strangely, for the last 2 or 3 years, mosquitoes haven't been biting me. ::shrug:: Sometimes one or two will land on me, but they don't bite. I am not complaining. Hubs, they flock to him.

When the grandkids are going to be here, I mix up a concoction of equal parts beer, lysol mouthwash & epsom salt, put it in the hose sprayer and spray the yard, bushes & side of the house. (excluding windows) I know it sounds nuts, but it keeps them away, and doesn't kill the lightening bugs.

(Hubs says it's because the mosquitoes have clean breath, relaxed muscles & are drunk.)

(Hubs says it's because the mosquitoes have clean breath, relaxed muscles & are drunk.)

LOL

Hahaha....you reminded me of the time, when I was a young gal before my FIL was my FIL, he was rather drunk one night and we were sitting out on the back bench. A mosquito comes along and bites his hand. He says, watch this. The mosquito drank her fill and then proceeded to keel over. His blood alcohol level was high enough to do her in! I'll always remember that!

New England mosquitos are another breed. When I lived in the area, I had to run inside the moment it was dusk. I would have to wrap my body your drapes 😀

We have new neighbors and they installed the black netting on their rear porch. I don't know which company or brand they used. Their porch is only open on 2 sides and the cedar siding is stained a deep brown so the black netting looks fine. When stacked they pull them all the way back to the siding so that they're less noticeable.

That makes sense, a darker, lakehouse-y look home would look better with the black ones.

I like it!

DS’s house has a small screen porch off the back but has no door. They got the same (or at least looks the same) product in a door size, and it’s worked well for them. And their dogs are able to ”open” it to go out to the yard.