How to Seal your Bed from Scorpions

Trivia question of the day – which is the most venomous scorpion in North America? Ding, ding, ding… you guessed it, it’s the bark scorpion!  Its venom is so painful that many victims have described sensations of electric jolts after being stung.  It is the only scorpion in the southwest that can climb walls and […]

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Freestanding Mosquito Nets

  In disaster and conflict zones, you need dependable gear.  Gear that is easy to use, convenient, and quick to set up, for example a freestanding mosquito net that pops open instantly. Here are 3 aspects where the SansBug is superior to regular mosquito nets: The mesh is ultra-fine so not even bed bug nymphs […]

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Camp Sequassen

Hello SansBug, Our leaders and I would like to thank you for helping us out with such a great product. The mosquito tents kept the bugs out at Camp Sequassen and saved the leaders from having to do bug sweeps each night. We did a overnight canoe trip to Curatole Island in which we had […]

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Snake Proof Tent

Who remembers the Great Winter of 2013-14?  Now that the weather has warmed up, the ice storms and polar vertexes have become a hazy memory.  Wouldn’t it be nice to have this kind of weather all year round?  But a tropical climate will come with it’s own fauna like the bothrops atrox, a venomous pit […]

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Bed Tent for Autistic Children

Here’s an email about using the SansBug as a bed tent for an autistic child with Down Syndrome: The SansBug bed tent has been a God send to us regarding the safety of our son. Our son has Down Syndrome and autism, and as such he has no awareness of danger and has many sensory […]

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Tarp or Poly?

You talked.  We listened.  You mentioned that the tarp makes noise when you move in your sleep, so we came up with a with a 1-person poly floor version.  The poly is the same material as the roof.  It is also 5oz. lighter and not as bulky as the tarp.  So if you’re using the […]

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Africa Overlanding

London – Cape Town – Cairo in 39 WEEKS…  that’s like 9 months!  Traveling with 25 other people in an 18-ton bright-yellow truck through 28 countries all around Africa is not your typical overlanding trip.  You will trace the rugged Atlantic coast skirting the Sahara desert, cut through the Congo forest, make your way over […]

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O Haiti, how art thou?

Haiti mosquito nets

In a couple of weeks, it’s going to be 4 years since the earthquake struck.  The media’s attention is no longer focused on Haiti… but some people haven’t forgotten.  Here’s part of an email from Karen about using the mosquito net tent for disaster response: I used your mosquito net tent I when I was […]

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Tropical Décor

When you are traveling to the tropics with your family, and especially with kids, you want to make sure the mosquito nets are mosquito-proof!  If you arrive at the destination to find that the mosquito nets are torn or too small for the bed, you will be scrambling to purchase new mosquito nets, which in […]

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Small Pet Tent: Bonding with your Pet Bird

meditation tent

How do you spend time and bond with your small pets?  The SansBug full-screen tent works great as a small pet tent since it needs no assembly (literally pops open into shape), it’s light, portable and affordable! Here’s an email from Kirah who uses it to spend time with her pet parrot: My bird and […]

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