Are Fly Screens worth the money?

I am going to issue an apology now so listen up all you campervanners.

SORRY.

Whenever we have found ourselves next to a camper van on a club site we always seemed to be woken either last thing at night or very early in the morning and came to curse "the slidey door" and cursed them not so silently under our breath.

We never had a fly screen that came with the caravan so made our own but used velcro to fasten them. It was only 5-6 years ago when we acquired a pull over fly screen did we start to see how easy it was to make a noise when opening and closing it, especially one that clicks into place.

So a double apology, one to Campervans with slidey fly screens and another to those other members on site who always curse hearing our door. At least we don't do it early in the morning or late at night!.

😱😂😂

That's the wee electronic device I meant 😀. The slide in refills contain permethrin I think.

In principle a flyscreen on the main door is worthwhile especially if you are going to go to "buggy" places as it seems you are. However a full blown fitting is liable to cost several hundred pounds. 

We have had the two different iterations of the same van since 2012. Initially we could not find a suitable screen (although there are various available now) so we got our convertor to fit a small sized curtain rail above the sliding door and fitted a cloth screen. (£10 from Dunelm if I remember rightly) which has been transferred to our current van and does the job (as well as being a privacy screen when needed).

On the general subject of accessories I would counsel you to resist the temptation to buy lots of things initially but rather to use your van a bit and see what accessories you really need.Accessories are big business, for example in the German Movera catalogue for example there are literally 100s of things you can buy.

We love the compactness and agility of our campervan but a trade off is that space and payload need to be managed so that is another reason to hasten slowly in the accessories department. 

Above should read 100s of pages in the Movera catalogue 

Hi

Thank you to everyone that has taken the time and effort to respond to my initial question. Our van has fly screens on all the windows and vents so it is just the sliding door that I am looking to cover; and as the only responses are very much in favour of having the protection of fly screens, I am now researching the option available.

If anyone can recommend a supplier it would be appreciated and once again thank you for your help it is greatly appreciated.

Alan

It can be a problem finding a ready made sliding screen in a cassette that will fit in the narrow space between the door and kitchen unit. Perhaps if you measure the available gap it will help when checking out the offerings from the likes of Remis. You may need to revert to something held up with magnets or the like.

I have found a recent online copy of the Movera catalogue in English (its actually the Swiss version). It lists a Remis flyscreen for a Sprinter/Crafter 2006 on. I think your new style Crafter is an exclusively VW/Man version but the body/door dimensions may be the same, I say that because Rimor say 2006--on with no cut off.

There is a company called Nova Leisure who distribute Accessories. Their website says they are strictly wholesale only so I doubt if they will supply supply you but they might help you with product availability and/or direct you to a retailer who can. The attached screenshot if visible shows the product. I cant find any UK dealers for the link but there must be Remis suppliers in the UK 

Your van looks very similar to ours, we also don't have a fixed fly screen on the big door. We have looked into it and found we cannot get one fitted as the kitchen cabinet sits to close to the door opening thus no room for a cassette type screen.

I have made my own screen using a rail at the top and fixing small magnets down the sides and bottom that cling to the metal sides of the opening. 

Having said that a cassette type won't fit there are other types that may do with a little adjustment.