tesa Insect Stop – Adhesive Fly Screen for Use in Holiday or Rented Home

We’ve written several articles already on mosquito repellents and how to stop mosquito bites from itching. Better still is to keep mosquitoes and other annoying insects out of your home, a fly screen being the best solution to achieve this. When you spend your vacation in a rented home or a hotel, however, you’re not going to install framed fly screens when they’re not already installed. Now tesa has a solution for you with the adhesive “Insect Stop” and its Easy On / Easy Off feature.

Why It’s Clever and Easy

In our home we’ve installed fly screens in all but the least frequently used windows, and we rarely get insects in our house, except for one or two overly zealous flies or an occasional mosquito. But every year, on vacation, we rent a home or mobile home. I guess that about 80% of all those we’ve been in weren’t equipped with fly screens, promoting us to blood donors for hungry insects. But with this tesa Insect Stop, we can fight back next vacation. It comes with a tesa textile hook-and-loop fastening tape, allowing you to attach the adhesive fly screen to the windows without needing a separate frame. Simply stick it to the window frame itself, and the screen can be cut to any size you want. At the end of the vacation, you can easily remove the fastening tape from aluminum, PVC and most wooden window frames without leaving adhesive residues.

The tesa Insect Stop range comes in a range of variants:

The tesa Insect Stop Standard combines reliable insect protection with easy installation.
The tesa Insect Stop Comfort for skylights is an elastic fly screen permitting the opening of bottom-hung windows.
The tesa Insect Stop Open/Close is suitable for windows equipped with shutters or flower boxes. Because of the special hook-and-loop system, they can be opened and closed anytime.
The tesa Insect Stop Sun Protect shields both from insects and from the sun. The netting is aluminum coated, forming a glare shield and reducing the heat inside the room – great for your next vacation rental in Death Valley.

All the screens are available in anthracite color for optimal visibility and in white, acting as a blind.

Summary

tesa Insect Stop adhesive fly screen can be easily attached to any window
Easy On / Easy Off installation system
Good for temporary installations, e.g. in second/holiday homes
Range of versions available, protecting against insects, heat and curious glances
Elastic version for skylights
Can be removed without a trace from most window frames.

Tips

When you rent your next vacation home, first try it out on a small spot before attaching it to the whole window frame, just to make sure that it comes off without leaving a trace – or you might end up paying for any damage.

If you’re looking for an outdoor solution instead, take a look at these insect- and mosquito-repellent solutions.