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Mosquito nets for the bed
A bed net is a physical barrier. The mesh keeps the mosquito on the outside, so there is no spray, no plug-in and nothing burning in the room where you sleep. Choosing one is really three decisions: how the net hangs, what size your bed is, and whether you want a coated net or a plain one.
Choose by how the net hangs
The Cubo is a box canopy. It drops over the bed from four corners and tensions into a rectangle, so it suits a four-poster frame or four ceiling or corner hooks. The mesh falls as four walls and a flat roof around the whole mattress.
The Rondo is conical. It suspends from a single ceiling point above the centre of the bed and opens into a circle. That makes it the easier mount in a room with an exposed beam or one existing hook, and it leaves the corners free.
The Materasso is an envelope. The mattress slides inside it like a pillow into a pillowcase, so nothing hangs above the bed and no ceiling is needed. It is the one for a bunk, a cabin, an attic bedroom or a camper, where there is no headroom for a canopy.
Match the net to the mattress
The Cubo comes in three sizes. Cubo Uno is 200 × 90 × 180 cm for a single bed, Cubo Due is 200 × 180 × 180 cm for a double, and Cubo Tre is 200 × 220 × 200 cm for a king or super-king bed. Packed weights run from 425 g to 745 g.
The Rondo comes in two. Rondo Uno fits a single mattress, and Rondo Due fits a European queen mattress up to about 160 × 200 cm.
The Materasso comes in two. Materasso Uno fits a single mattress up to 220 × 110 cm, and Materasso Due fits a double up to 220 × 220 cm. It packs from 90 g, light enough to move with the bed.
Coated or uncoated
The Cubo and the Rondo are sold as permethrin-coated nets, and also as a repellent-free version you can choose on the product page. The coating is bound into the polyester fibre during manufacture rather than sprayed on afterwards.
Either way, the barrier is the mesh. A coated net adds a treated surface at the point of contact; an uncoated net relies on the weave alone. Both use the same 156-count polyester mesh and carry a three-year effective lifecycle.
Hanging it well
Tuck the hem under the mattress on both sides, or let it puddle to the floor around the frame. Inspect the mesh at the start of each summer and repair small damage before the mosquitoes arrive.
Do not wash a coated net. Washing strips the coating from the fibre and into wastewater. When the net reaches the end of its protective life, replace it.
The products in this guide
Use biocides safely. Always read the label and product information before use.