Insect Mesh Face Mask.

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Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby Dalmeny Mark » Fri 04 Oct, 2019 8:07 pm

Just back from some day walking in the Pilliga and Warrumbungles. First time I have ever considered some type of noseeum mesh to keep flies of my face. Never have I had so many of the blighters for so long on a walk. What do others do, and any recommendations as to best of type?
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby ChrisJHC » Fri 04 Oct, 2019 9:18 pm

Pretty much every camping store will carry fly nets. They’re all pretty much the same and will do the job.
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby north-north-west » Sat 05 Oct, 2019 7:30 am

They seem to be worse than usual this year. I thought we were in the midst of a massive insectageddon, with the things disappearing right, left and centre. Why can't the flies be the first to go instead of the survivors?
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby CBee » Sat 05 Oct, 2019 8:20 am

Fly nets are as annoying as flies.
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby ribuck » Sat 05 Oct, 2019 3:40 pm

CBee wrote:Fly nets are as annoying as flies.

Not when you have 300 flies buzzing around your face, all wanting to get into your eyes, mouth, nostrils and ears.

Sea to Summit makes a really compact one with a super fine mesh that's not annoying at all.

They can also be worn at night if you're sleeping in the open and the mozzies come out.
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby crollsurf » Sat 05 Oct, 2019 5:50 pm

I find walking, flies tend not to get in your face so much but when you stop, Holly Molly.

I got the STS one and agree with ribucks, most of the time I have it sitting on the brim of my hat and just pull it down when required.

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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby ribuck » Sun 06 Oct, 2019 1:48 am

This is the smallest of the Sea to Summit fly nets. It only weighs 12 grams.

One downside is that my phone won't unlock using facial recognition if I'm wearing the fly net.
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby Mark F » Fri 11 Oct, 2019 3:23 pm

"Perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove".
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby slparker » Fri 11 Oct, 2019 4:18 pm

what are the sunscreen properties of the s2s flynet? I have one that I have rarely used - tends to sit in my daypack but I was thinking might make a good sunshield.
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby ribuck » Fri 11 Oct, 2019 6:11 pm

It definitely cuts down the sun, perhaps by a quarter to a half. When I'm in central Australia with my fly net on and wearing a hat, I forego the sunblock and don't get burned despite having pale skin.

Also, the adjustable elastic closure at the bottom is enough to hold my hat on if I come over a ridge and get an unexpected blast of strong wind.

And, in a pinch, I can use it to filter slime out of drinking water prior to further treatment.
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby ChrisJHC » Sat 12 Oct, 2019 8:44 am

As an aside, while on the Larapinta in June I came across a group of women doing a guided tour.
I was wearing my fly net and comfortable while they were without fly nets and spending all the time we talked swatting flies.
I asked whether the tour guides had recommended fly nets and one of the said: “we have them but we don’t like the way we look while wearing them”!
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby north-north-west » Sat 12 Oct, 2019 10:26 am

ChrisJHC wrote:“we have them but we don’t like the way we look while wearing them”!


Society values women first and foremost for their appearance. This is one inevitable minor result.

I think they look stupid and dorky and they make eating or drinking while you're walking a real pain, but that's still better than spending so much energy swatting flies. Those buggers are relentless.
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby peregrinator » Sat 12 Oct, 2019 10:54 am

I don't know how much UV radiation protection is provided by a net, but mine certainly reduces the amount of glare from the sun. I greatly prefer it to sunglasses, which I almost never wear. I find them very annoying when walking from sun to shade to sun to shade . . .

Yes, anything is better than being driven crazy by those bugs/buggers doing their relentless thing. So if we take the photograph above, I'd simply say that ribuck looks perfectly prepared for the conditions. That's the opposite of stupid, isn't it?
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby Neo » Sat 12 Oct, 2019 7:25 pm

north-north-west wrote:
ChrisJHC wrote:“we have them but we don’t like the way we look while wearing them”!


Society values women first and foremost for their appearance. This is one inevitable minor result.

I think they look stupid and dorky and they make eating or drinking while you're walking a real pain, but that's still better than spending so much energy swatting flies. Those buggers are relentless.


The indiviual responds to society as they feel...
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Re: Insect Mesh Face Mask.

Postby north-north-west » Sun 13 Oct, 2019 5:59 am

Neo wrote:
north-north-west wrote:
ChrisJHC wrote:“we have them but we don’t like the way we look while wearing them”!


Society values women first and foremost for their appearance. This is one inevitable minor result.


The individual responds to society as they feel...


The vast majority of individuals respond to society as they have been taught.
Your attitude is evidence of this (ie: speaking from a position of privilege).
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