Mosticare Bambino Dorme, Cot Mosquito Net
The uncoated version, a pure physical barrier.
Uncoated: a pure physical barrier, no permethrin and zero chemicals on the fibre. Washable, with no biocidal claim of any kind.
Standard EU delivery.
- Pure physical barrier, zero chemicals on the mesh
- Washable, gently, there is no coating to strip out
- Ships with recycled-cotton carry sachet and deployment card
A WHO-standard cot mosquito net, factory-coated with permethrin and risk-assessed as safe for infants under WHO risk-calculation guidelines. Polyester mesh at 156-count density, 250 g, three-year effective lifecycle, a clean canopy over the cot, cradle, or bassinet that stops mosquitoes before they reach the sleeping child, without spraying, burning, or diffusing anything into the nursery air.
The uncoated version of this net: the same 156-count polyester mesh, with no coating on the fibre. A pure physical barrier.
The short guidance, one tap per note.
- WHO guidance
The World Health Organization lists insecticide-treated nets among the core tools for preventing malaria. The coated version of this net carries that permethrin, bound into the fibre.
WHO malaria factsheet - How it works
The permethrin bound into a coated net repels and disables the mosquitoes that settle on it, a working layer that an uncoated mesh cannot add.
WHO malaria programme - Long-lasting
In a coated net the permethrin is fixed into the fibre during manufacture, so it stays through years of normal use rather than washing away with the first clean.
WHO malaria programme
- The short answer
Every model is the same idea in a different shape: mesh between you and the mosquito. Pick the shape first, then the size.
- Fixed bedRondo, Cubo, Materasso
- Cot and pramBambino, Igloo Bambino
- Travel and campTraccia, Amaca, Domo, Igloo
- Windows and doorsApertura, Porta
- Garden tableTerrazza
- Worn on the moveVolto
- Why a barrier
A mesh barrier does not fade by morning and cannot miss a patch of skin. It stands between you and the mosquito for as long as it hangs, with nothing on your skin.
WHO malaria factsheet - Sprays, plainly
DEET and picaridin work, and we say so. But a spray is a supplement with a clock on it: hours of cover, then nothing, and never reapplied in your sleep. A mesh does not ask you to remember it.
Fradin and Day, NEJM 2002
The uncoated version
This is the same Mosticare mesh with no coating on the fibre, a pure physical barrier you can wash. For an added active layer against mosquitoes, switch to the coated mesh version above.
The nursery is the one room in a European home where "protection" should never be a compromise. A child sleeps twelve to sixteen hours a day in the first year of life, almost all of it in the cot. For those hours, every decision about what is in the air of the room, what's been sprayed, burned, plugged in, or left on, is a decision made on the child's behalf. The Mosticare Bambino Dorme is a cot mosquito net engineered around that principle: a clean canopy over the cot, cradle, or bassinet that stops mosquitoes at the mesh before they reach the sleeping child, and does its protective job without releasing anything into the nursery air.
What this net is, exactly
The Bambino Dorme is a rectangular cot canopy measuring 150 × 100 × 100 cm (L × W × H), sized precisely to European standard cot and cradle footprints with a full metre of headroom above the mattress. Its mesh is knitted from 75-denier polyester at a 156-count density (25 holes per cm²), the same WHO-standard mesh used across the full Mosticare range.
The fibre is factory-coated with permethrin at 9 g/kg (0.9% w/w), a WHO-recommended pyrethroid bound into the yarn during manufacture rather than sprayed on, so it stays locked into the fibre, does not leach meaningfully onto skin, and does not release into the air of the nursery.
Crucially, Mosticare assessed infant safety for this product family using the World Health Organization's risk-calculation methodology to confirm suitability for cot and stroller use, the calculated permethrin exposure for an infant under the net sits well within WHO's safety margins. The Bambino Dorme is not an adult specification stretched to fit children, its permethrin dose and exposure were evaluated specifically for infant use. The Dorme is WHO-standard as a long-lasting insecticidal net and authorized for European Union market release under the EU Biocidal Products Regulation (authorization EU-0026815-0000 2032). Packed weight is 250 g inside a recycled-cotton sachet. Deployment is instant: the canopy drops over the cot frame or suspends from a single ceiling point above the cradle.
Why a physical barrier is the right approach for a nursery
The nursery has historically been the room with the worst protection options. Repellent creams and sprays are contraindicated for infants under three months and carefully rationed thereafter. Citronella candles burn open flame in a room with a sleeping child. Plug-in diffusers pump pyrethroid continuously into the air the baby breathes through an eight-hour nap. Coils smoulder. All of these options put chemistry into the air of the room where the child is sleeping, the exact opposite of what an infant's respiratory system needs.
The Bambino Dorme replaces the whole dilemma with a physical barrier: a certified mesh between the mosquito and the child. The permethrin coating reinforces the barrier at the point of contact, bound into the yarn at a deliberately minimal dose and never diffused into the air, so the chemistry stays on the outside of the net and the air the child breathes remains nursery air.
Who it's for
The Bambino Dorme is for new parents, grandparents, carers, and nursery staff outfitting a cot, cradle, or bassinet in a European home during the mosquito season, from the Provençal longère with the open window, to the Athens apartment with the balcony door, to the Algarve holiday rental where the cot came with the cottage, to a second home along the Italian or Spanish coast.
For stroller and pram protection during daytime walks, pick the Mosticare Bambino Carello. For a toddler bed that has outgrown the cot (typically from 24-36 months, bed sized 140 × 70 cm or larger), step up to the Mosticare Cubo Uno. For a family travelling to tropical regions with a fold-out travel cot, the Bambino Dorme goes into the luggage, 250 g is luggage-negligible.
How to use it well
The Bambino Dorme installs in minutes and lives above the cot for three years.
- Suspend from a single ceiling hook above the cradle, or drape over the cot frame's four corner posts; the architecture tensions into a clean rectangle.
- Fully tuck the hem under the cot mattress on all sides to create a sealed envelope around the sleeping child.
- Inspect the mesh visually at the start of each summer season; repair small damage with the Mosticare Net Repair Kit before the mosquitoes arrive.
- Don't wash it, by design. In normal use the mesh doesn't get dirty, it just ages. Washing strips permethrin out of the fibre and into wastewater, which harms aquatic life and weakens the protection you bought. When the net reaches the end of its protective life, replace it rather than washing it.
- Pack down into the recycled-cotton sachet for travel cots or off-season storage.
- Expect a three-year effective protection lifecycle, typically outlasting the child's time in the cot.
Every claim on this page is traceable to a standard or an independent test.
- No coating, the uncoated version carries no permethrin and no biocide. It is not a coated article, so no biocidal-product authorization applies, by design.
- 156-count mesh / 25 holes per cm², the structural mesh density used across the WHO long-lasting-net category for mosquito bite prevention.
- Washable, gently, there is no permethrin to wash out. Rinse and air-dry in shade, and repair snags with the Mosticare Net Repair Kit.
Before you decide.
Is it safe for a baby to sleep under a permethrin-coated net every night?
Will it fit my cot, cradle, or bassinet?
Can I hang it from a single point above the cradle?
What about toddler beds?
Can I travel with it?
Mosticare exists to protect people from the world's deadliest animal without poisoning the room in which they sleep. The Bambino Dorme is a quiet, certified way to do that over the cot, cradle, or bassinet, risk-assessed specifically for the children it is built to protect, and engineered to outlast the nursery years.