The best fly screen sliding doors, compared.
Top pick: Diker magnetic 120 cm – Highest score: 4.6 from 11,765 reviews at about £19.98, with tape failures already deducted. Best value: Smaluck magnetic 90 cm – Lowest shelf price in the set, about £9.99, with a stated 90 × 210 cm cloth and 4.5 from 2,123 reviews. Updated October 2026.
A fly screen for a sliding door is usually a magnetic mesh curtain you tape across a patio or French opening, so the door can stay open and you can still walk through. A framed accordion screen is a different product and a higher price. None of the nine is a lock, and none prints a mesh count that would support a midge claim. A useful screen here is a size that overlaps the clear opening, magnets that meet along the centre, a hem that reaches the floor, and tape that holds on a clean uPVC face. Overlap rules for each cloth are in the [fly screen sliding door buying guide](/hub/door-and-window-security/fly-screen-sliding-door/sub/fly-screen-sliding-door-buying-guide). Scores use those listings and public UK sources. A smaller group of buyers want a framed accordion screen that folds aside, or a true sliding panel on a track.
A fly screen for a sliding door is usually a magnetic mesh curtain you tape across a patio or French opening, so the door can stay open and you can still walk through.
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Do you want to walk through the screen?
The Diker white curtain, model X001X8P9OX, is about £19.98 with 4.6 from 11,765 amazon.co.uk reviews, the largest sample in this set. The cloth is 120 × 200 cm polyester at 650 g, with a magnetic strip, hook-and-loop, and drawing pins. The listing says the screen should be 8 cm wider and 6 cm longer than the inner door. UK reviews praise the close on patio and French doors. They also describe tape that de-laminated within a month and a size that is tight if you skip that overlap. Open this listing first when the clear opening is in the 120 cm class and you want a walk-through curtain. Skip it for a bifold, for midges with no stated mesh count, or if you need a screen that locks.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a walk-through curtain for an opening that suits a 120 × 200 cm cloth, and you will clean the frame before the tape goes on.
Less suitable: The opening is much wider than 120 cm, or you need a tracked screen that keeps a cat in.
Specifications
Common questions
How wide a door is this 120 cm Diker cloth for?
The cloth is 120 × 200 cm. The listing says it should be 8 cm wider and 6 cm longer than the inner door, so measure that inner size before you order.
Does it need a drill?
The listing says no tools and no drilling. Drawing pins are in the box for a firmer hold. Pins are a poor idea in uPVC.
Will pets get through?
The listing and UK reviews describe pets pushing the magnetic seam, including large dogs. It is not sold as a way to keep an animal in.
The Hofudon curtain, model CAHD04-90-210-B-US, is about £22.99 with 4.6 from 1,722 reviews. The cloth is 90 × 210 cm and the listing states a maximum opening of 86 × 208 cm. It is fibreglass and polyester, 1.27 kg, with full-length magnets, a weighted hem, a manual, and tie-back hooks. UK reviews praise the weight and the continuous magnet. They also call it dearer than a basic curtain and too narrow if you ignore the overlap. Choose it for a standard single leaf when you want the listing itself to state the maximum frame. Skip it for anything wider than 86 cm.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You have a single doorway at or under 86 cm wide and 208 cm high and you want a heavier full-length magnet.
Less suitable: The clear width is over 86 cm, including most patio pairs.
Specifications
Common questions
Will the Hofudon 90 cm cloth fit an 86 cm door?
The listing says the 90 × 210 cm cloth fits a frame up to 86 cm wide and 208 cm high. Ordering the opening width as if it were the cloth size is how reviewers ended up short.
How is the magnet different from a row of pieces?
The listing says full-length magnetic strips run from top to bottom, rather than separate magnet pieces. Reviews describe a continuous close. A bad hang can still leave a gap.
Is the fire-retardant line a certificate?
The listing calls the fibreglass mesh fire-retardant. No standard number is printed. Do not treat it as a fire-door rating.
The TTMLED white curtain is about £17.99 with 4.6 from 678 reviews. The cloth is 140 × 200 cm polyester at 550 g, with sewn-in magnets, a weighted hem, magic tape, push pins, a manual, and tie-back hooks. UK reviews use it on patio doors, French doors, and a conservatory. They also report a short measure against the label, torn tape backing, not enough tape, and a light bottom hem. It is the mid-width cloth between Diker at 120 cm and TheFitLife at 158 cm. There is no separate maximum-opening figure, so measure before you trust the title.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a white curtain around 140 cm wide and you can stick tape to a flat frame.
Less suitable: The frame is bevelled or you need a stated maximum opening.
Specifications
Common questions
Can this 140 cm curtain come down for winter?
The listing says it is removable, foldable, and washable, and the box includes a storage hook. Reviews describe taking it down. The adhesive can be very sticky.
Does it fit a bevelled uPVC frame?
The listing says the tape suits flat frames and that uneven wood can be pinned. A review found a bevelled frame fiddly. Pins do not belong in uPVC.
Is there a separate maximum opening?
The specification gives the cloth as 140 × 200 cm and does not state a separate fits-up-to figure. Measure the flat frame, not only the glass.
TheFitLife model TFL-BLACK-SCREENDOOR-60X80 is the black curtain at about £28.99, 4.5 from 2,711 reviews. The cloth is 158 × 206 cm and the listing says it fits openings up to 152 × 203 cm, with 26 magnets, full-frame tape, pins, and a leaflet. UK reviews praise patio and conservatory use and repeat purchases. One buyer returned it because dogs left the centre open, and some buyers abandoned the adhesive for tacks. It is the curtain to open when the opening is in the 150 cm class. It is still a curtain, not a sliding panel, and 152 cm is the stated ceiling.
Pros
Cons
Best for: Your clear opening is wider than a 90 cm cloth and still within 152 × 203 cm.
Less suitable: You need a lockable frame, or the patio is wider than 152 cm.
Specifications
Common questions
What opening does this TheFitLife curtain claim?
The highlight says the cloth is 158 × 206 cm and fits doors up to 152 × 203 cm. That is one wide leaf, not a 3 m bifold.
Does it close after a dog walks through?
Many UK reviews say the magnets close behind people and dogs. One verified review says dogs left a gap and the curtain was returned. The hang has to let the seam meet.
Are tools required?
The listing says no tools, and the box includes a leaflet, hook-and-loop, and backup pins. Some reviewers replaced the adhesive with tacks.
TheFitLife's white double-door curtain is about £28.99 with 4.5 from 2,689 reviews. The cloth is 158 × 206 cm, stated to fit openings up to 152 × 203 cm, with 52 magnets and a weight of 1.04 kg. The material field says Glass and the bullets describe mesh, so the field is not glazing. UK reviews praise a back door, double patio use, and one high balcony in wind. They also mention a width shorter than expected, a missing lace header, and a magnet that did not hold. Choose it when you want the double-door layout inside the 152 cm limit. Do not buy it to span a bifold.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want the white double-door TheFitLife cloth and your opening is within 152 × 203 cm.
Less suitable: You need a stated parts list, a privacy mesh, or a wider opening.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the white TheFitLife curtain made of glass?
The material field says Glass. The bullets describe a mesh curtain with hook-and-loop and 52 sewn-in magnets, and the weight is 1.04 kg. Treat it as mesh.
How is it different from the black TheFitLife?
This one is the white double-door layout with 52 magnets at the same about £28.99 and the same stated maximum of 152 × 203 cm. The black listing states 26 magnets.
Will it cover a pair of patio doors?
Only if the opening you need to cover is within 152 cm wide and 203 cm high. A full wide slider or bifold is larger than that stated fit.
The Smaluck SD-01 is the about £9.99 black polyester curtain, 90 × 210 cm, 620 g, with 4.5 from 2,123 reviews and rank 2 in Screen Doors. It has a weighted hem, centre magnets, hook-and-loop, and push pins. The listing says the cloth should be about 2 inches larger than the door. UK reviews praise the close, the weight in wind, and dogs that learned the seam. A review says it cannot be trimmed, and another says glue residue remains. It is the listing to open when the door is a single leaf and the budget is the point. It is the wrong cloth for a wide patio and the wrong product if you need to cut it down.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You have a single door near 90 × 210 cm and you want the cheapest curtain in this set with a large review count.
Less suitable: You need to cut the cloth to an odd width, or the opening is a wide slider.
Specifications
Common questions
Can this Smaluck curtain be trimmed to width?
A UK review says it cannot be trimmed, after a pre-purchase answer had said it could. The listing question is unanswered. Buy the size that fits, and do not plan to cut it.
What size door is 90 × 210 cm aimed at?
The cloth is 90 × 210 cm. The listing says the screen should be about 2 inches larger than the door in width and in height. One review used it on a single leaf of French doors.
Does the tape come off cleanly?
The listing says it removes without marks. A UK review says glue residue stayed on the frame. Clean a test patch if the frame is rented.
The Urbzue black curtain is about £21.35 with 4.5 from 130 reviews. The cloth is 90 × 210 cm PET, 790 g, with 25 magnet pairs, a weighted hem, and hook-and-loop that is 4 cm at the top and 2 cm at the sides. The opening can be set left or right, and the listing says the cloth should be at least 4 cm wider and 2 cm taller than the frame. Reviews praise dogs and privacy, and they also mention blocked light, weak glue, and a short width. Choose it when a darker mesh is the point. Skip it if the open door is meant to stay bright.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a darker 90 cm curtain for a ground-floor door and you accept less daylight.
Less suitable: You want a clear view, or the opening is wider than this cloth can overlap.
Specifications
Common questions
Does the Urbzue curtain give privacy?
The listing sells it as privacy mesh that blocks prying eyes as well as insects. Reviews mention less sunlight. You lose some light and some view out.
How much larger should the cloth be than the frame?
The listing says at least 4 cm wider and 2 cm taller than the inner frame, on a 90 × 210 cm cloth with a tolerance of ±5 mm.
Is it pet friendly?
The listing says children and pets can pass. Reviews mention large dogs. One review says a side panel had no weight. It is not a pet gate.
The CESOF accordion is about £79.99, 10 kg, aluminium, with 4.4 from 31 reviews that are shared across the black and white ASINs. The listing offers a custom height up to 137 inches and a custom width, a lock, a low rail, and a no-drill claim that sits next to a basic-tools line. UK reviews praise a made-to-measure fit and, in a few reports, cats that could not get out. They also say instructions were missing, the slide was stiff, and the screen stopped the room door closing. Buy it only if you need a framed screen and you can send exact measurements. Do not read the lock as a security rating. This is the black frame.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want a black framed screen made to measurements you can supply, and you accept a thin review file.
Less suitable: You want a walk-through curtain near £10, or you cannot measure the reveal including skirting.
Specifications
Common questions
Is this a magnetic curtain?
No. The listing is an aluminium accordion screen that slides on a track, with a lock and a handle. It is the framed screen in this set, sold in black and white.
Does it really need no drill, and are there instructions?
The listing says no drilling and also says basic tools. It lists a mount manual. UK reviews say the paper instructions were not in the box.
Are the black and white review counts separate?
Both listings show 4.4 from 31 reviews and the same UK review texts. Count that pool once. One text is headed as reviewed in France.
The CESOF accordion is about £79.99, 10 kg, aluminium, with 4.4 from 31 reviews that are shared across the black and white ASINs. The listing offers a custom height up to 137 inches and a custom width, a lock, a low rail, and a no-drill claim that sits next to a basic-tools line. UK reviews praise a made-to-measure fit and, in a few reports, cats that could not get out. They also say instructions were missing, the slide was stiff, and the screen stopped the room door closing. Buy it only if you need a framed screen and you can send exact measurements. Do not read the lock as a security rating. This is the white frame. Nothing on the two listings shows it reviewed differently from the black one.
Pros
Cons
Best for: You want the white CESOF frame and you already know the black one is the same review file.
Less suitable: You are choosing a colour because you think the white one is better reviewed.
Specifications
Common questions
Is the white CESOF a separate test from the black one?
No. Both files show 4.4 from 31 reviews and the same UK review texts. Colour is the listed difference. Count that pool once.
Does it really need no drill, and are there instructions?
The listing says no drilling and also says basic tools. It lists a mount manual. UK reviews say the paper instructions were not in the box.
Is the lock a security rating?
The listing claims a lock and a handle on the frame. That is not a PAS 24 or forced-entry claim for the door. Do not treat the screen as a lock.
Nine fly screens are compared on this page. Scores use each amazon.co.uk listing and the review notes already on file. There is no lab test. The highest score is the top pick. Best value is the lowest shelf price that still states a curtain size and has a large review file. A mesh count for midges, and a fire-test report, are absent from every listing, so that gap is not scored as a small difference between the nine. VAT is not taken off the shelf price.
Amazon rating and review count
35%Stars count, then a thin file is marked down. A 4.4 from 31 reviews does not outrank a 4.5 from 2,000. Two ASINs that share one review text are not two samples.
A size you can check
25%The listing has to state a size, and that size has to be either the cloth or the maximum opening. Measuring the glass, or using another brand’s overlap, is how a curtain ends up short.
Closure
25%A full-length magnet strip, or a numbered magnet count, ranks above an unnamed strip. A lock is scored only on the framed screens.
Listing faults
15%Tape that lets go, glue residue, a curtain that cannot be trimmed, privacy mesh that reviewers say blocks air, a material field that says Glass, and a no-drill title that also mentions tools, are deductions.
Start with the clear opening, not with the star rating. A magnetic curtain only helps if the cloth overlaps that opening, the magnets meet, and the tape holds on the frame you actually have. The nine screens below are amazon.co.uk listings. Seven are curtains, one is a darker privacy mesh, and two ASINs are colour variants of one accordion frame. They are not a lab test, and they are not a lock for the patio door.
A fly screen for a sliding door is usually a magnetic mesh curtain. You fix it across a patio or French opening with hook-and-loop tape, leave the door open, and walk through the centre. The patio door can still slide behind the cloth. A smaller group of buyers want a framed accordion screen that folds aside, or a true sliding panel on a track. The accordion is in this set, as the CESOF frames at about £79.99.
The cloth has to overlap the clear opening and sit on a flat face. Diker, Hofudon, TheFitLife, Smaluck and Urbzue each print a different overlap. Using another brand’s rule, or the glass size, is how reviewers ended up short.
A Smaluck review says that cloth cannot be trimmed, after a pre-purchase answer had said it could. Buy the size that fits. Do not plan to cut a hem that holds the magnets.
Pet friendly means walk-through. A magnetic seam is meant to part. The CESOF lock is a catch on the frame, not a PAS 24 claim. Privacy mesh, on Urbzue, also cuts light and air.
Measure the clear opening and the flat face the tape or track needs, then use that listing’s overlap, not a rule copied from another brand. Diker says the cloth should be about 8 cm wider and 6 cm longer than the inner door, on a 120 × 200 cm curtain. Hofudon’s 90 × 210 cm cloth is stated for a door up to 86 cm wide and 208 cm high. TheFitLife’s 158 × 206 cm mesh is stated for doors up to 152 × 203 cm. Smaluck’s 90 × 210 cm bullets suggest about 2 inches over the door in each direction.
Prefer a full-length magnet strip, or a numbered magnet count, and a weighted hem if the door is used all day or faces a breeze. Reviewers treat short magnet pieces and a floating hem as gaps. Hofudon states full-length strips. Smaluck, Hofudon, TTMLED and Urbzue state a weighted hem. Diker and the black TheFitLife listing do not. The white TheFitLife states 52 magnets, and the black one states 26. A lock is scored only on the framed screens. The CESOF listing claims one.
Three typical situations, each with a recommendation from this comparison.
You want the door open in warm weather and the tape on clean uPVC. The Diker curtain is 120 × 200 cm, at about £19.98, with 4.6 from 11,765 reviews. The listing wants the cloth about 8 cm wider and 6 cm longer than the inner door.
The opening suits a 90 × 210 cm cloth and you do not plan to cut it. Smaluck is about £9.99, with 4.5 from 2,123 reviews and a weighted hem. A review says it cannot be trimmed, and another reports glue residue.
An accordion screen folds aside and the CESOF listing claims a lock and a custom size, at about £79.99. The black and white ASINs share 4.4 from 31 reviews. Send exact measurements, and do not read the lock as a security rating.
The top pick is the Diker magnetic 120 cm curtain. It has the highest score: 4.6 from 11,765 reviews, at about £19.98, on a 120 × 200 cm cloth. Tape that let go is already deducted. The best value is the Smaluck magnetic 90 cm curtain, at about £9.99, with 4.5 from 2,123 reviews and a stated 90 × 210 cm cloth. A review says it cannot be trimmed. Neither screen is a lock, and neither prints a midge mesh count.
Diker magnetic 120 cm
Highest score: 4.6 from 11,765 reviews at about £19.98, with tape failures already deducted.
Smaluck magnetic 90 cm
Lowest shelf price in the set, about £9.99, with a stated 90 × 210 cm cloth and 4.5 from 2,123 reviews.
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