Guides
Mosquito head nets
A net over the bed covers the hours of sleep. The head net covers everything else: the garden at dusk, the walk back from the water, the field shift that runs into the evening. It is worn over a hat or a hood and keeps the mosquito and the biting midge off the face, neck and ears while your hands stay free.
Which Volto to wear
The Volto Medio is the compact one. It is 45 × 30 cm and packs to 20 g, a drawstring hood that folds into a pocket or a field-vest loop and goes on over any hat. It suits a short session, a dusk walk or a stop at a viewpoint.
The Volto Pop is the structured one. It is 55 × 30 cm and packs to 100 g, with an internal sprung rim that holds the mesh clear of the face during a long session of gardening, surveying, fishing or walking. When the mesh touching the skin becomes a distraction after an hour, the Pop is the one that stays comfortable.
Why it carries no coating
The Volto is knitted as a mesh 900 weave, far finer than a standard bed net, fine enough to stop mosquitoes and the biting midges that slip through a coarser mesh. The tighter weave also keeps out the no-see-ums that find their way through the gaps in an ordinary net.
Neither variant is coated with permethrin or any other insecticide. There is nothing on the fabric that rests against your face, and nothing to rub into your eyes while you work. The barrier is the mesh and nothing else.
Because there is nothing on the mesh, nothing wears off, and there is no three-year lifecycle. Looked after, and with the mesh kept free of tears, a Volto keeps working for as long as the weave is intact. When the mesh is finally damaged beyond repair, replace the net.
Wearing it well
Wear it over a wide-brim hat or a hood, never bareheaded, and close the neck against a shirt collar or a pulled-up hood. Mosquitoes will find the gap at the neck if it is left open, however fine the mesh above it.
Rinse it by hand in cool water only if it needs it and air-dry it in shade. The mesh does not get dirty in normal use, so washing is rarely needed. Inspect it for snags before each outing and repair small damage rather than replacing the net.
