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Best tesa Insect Stop

Updated: October 2026

You want one tesa listing to open, and the results treat a 100 cm square, a French window, and a patio door as the same job. This page names the best tesa Insect Stop for a stated opening. Prices and review counts are the amazon.co.uk figures on our [tesa fly screen](/hub/hedges-and-privacy-screens/tesa-fly-screen) comparison. The Products Compared editorial team compared those listings and did not run a laboratory test. A qualifying purchase can earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Size and tape sit on the [buying guide](/hub/hedges-and-privacy-screens/tesa-fly-screen/sub/tesa-fly-screen-buying-guide).

You want one tesa listing to open, and the results treat a 100 cm square, a French window, and a patio door as the same job. This page names the best tesa Insect Stop for a stated opening.

Our top picks

tesa tesa Insect Stop magnetic curtain 2.2 m x 1.0 m

Best overall

tesa tesa Insect Stop magnetic curtain 2.2 m x 1.0 m
7.5/10about £13.40
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tesa tesa Insect Stop Comfort French window 120 x 240 cm

Rank 2

tesa tesa Insect Stop Comfort French window 120 x 240 cm
8.8/10about £9.51
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tesa tesa Insect Stop Standard 130 x 150 cm white

Best value

tesa tesa Insect Stop Standard 130 x 150 cm white
8.6/10about £7.20
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On this page
  1. 1.A quiet bedroom window
  2. 2.A French window or a tall light
  3. 3.A patio door you walk through
  4. 4.You open the sash every day
  5. 5.Who should skip these
  6. 6.Which listing matches the opening

A quiet bedroom window

For one bedroom window you open on warm nights and then leave, the best value is the white Standard sheet of 130 cm x 150 cm. It is £7.20, fibreglass, and 4.3 out of 5 from 14,048 reviews. Reviews on the £2.56 anthracite 100 cm sheet say that size comes up short once tensioned, so it is a common skip near a 1 m frame. For dark mesh on a smaller opening, the anthracite 110 cm x 130 cm sheet at £6.97 (4.2 from 11,242 reviews) is the closer step up.

A French window or a tall light

The top pick is the anthracite Comfort sheet of 120 cm x 240 cm, at £9.51. It is 4.4 out of 5 from 17,369 reviews, the largest count of the twelve listings, and the title is for French windows. It is a poor buy for a small casement. Cut to size is not stated, so do not hack 240 cm of mesh down to a bathroom window. Reviews split on outward sashes: some peel a flap to the handle, and one says a fixed mesh stops the window being used. If you walk through the opening, use the magnetic curtain.
tesa tesa Insect Stop magnetic curtain 2.2 m x 1.0 m

Testsieger

tesa tesa Insect Stop magnetic curtain 2.2 m x 1.0 m
7.5/10about £13.40
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A patio door you walk through

The magnetic curtain here is 2.2 m x 1.0 m, model 55394, with 30 magnets, at £13.40. It is 4.5 out of 5 from 1,505 reviews, the highest stars in the set. Buy it only when one stock size covers the frame: 0.8 m x 2.0 m, 0.9 m x 2.1 m, 1.0 m x 2.2 m, or 1.2 m x 2.4 m. The listing says you cannot cut it. The do-not-cut rule is on window sheet or magnetic door curtain.

You open the sash every day

Open/Close Premium is the tesa window screen sold to roll aside. This listing is 130 cm x 150 cm, £23.99, 4.3 out of 5 from 1,057 reviews, with a pressing brush and a cutter. You pay about three times the £7.20 Standard sheet of the same cut. The title says anthracite and the colour field says Black. It is still adhesive mesh, not a cassette. A few evenings a week suit the best value Standard sheet instead.

Who should skip these

Skip a sealed sheet if the casement opens outwards and you cannot peel a flap back and still lock the window. The longer account is on fly screens for outward-opening windows. Skip every sheet here if you need a stated midge grade, a cat barrier, or a child barrier. None of these listings claims those jobs. If you cannot clear an escape window quickly, do not stick mesh across it.

Which listing matches the opening

If the light is a tall French window near 120 cm x 240 cm, the top pick is the anthracite Comfort sheet at £9.51. If you trim one ordinary window, the best value is the white 130 cm x 150 cm Standard sheet at £7.20. If you walk through a balcony or patio door, open the magnetic curtain only when a stock size covers the frame.

Common questions

Is Comfort worth more than Standard?
Only for the job on the listing. The white 130 cm Comfort square costs £14.61 and includes a pressing device, while the white 130 cm x 150 cm Standard sheet costs £7.20 and is larger. You pay more for the tool and get less fabric. The tall Comfort sheet is the other case: £9.51 for 120 cm x 240 cm and the largest review count.
What should I buy for a patio door?
Open the magnetic curtain, 2.2 m x 1.0 m at £13.40, only if one of the four stock sizes covers the frame. The listing says you cannot cut it. A window sheet, including the tall Comfort sheet, is still peeled back. It does not close itself with magnets. If the door falls between those sizes, this comparison has no curtain to trim.
Is Open/Close worth £23.99?
Only if you open that window every day and you accept adhesive mesh that rolls aside. The listing is 4.3 from 1,057 reviews, 130 cm x 150 cm, with a pressing brush and a cutter. The £7.20 Standard sheet is the same cut without that action. £23.99 does not buy a cassette, a midge grade, or a door curtain.
Which tesa fly screen has the most reviews?
The 120 cm x 240 cm Comfort sheet shows 4.4 out of 5 from 17,369 reviews, the largest count here, at £9.51. The magnetic curtain has the highest stars, 4.5, from 1,505 reviews. The counts 5,549 and 3,690 are each printed twice, so they are not extra samples.
Does a high review count mean it stops midges?
No. The largest count is 17,369 on the tall Comfort sheet, and that listing does not state a midge grade. Streme treats midge mesh as finer than ordinary insect mesh. Stars here describe fit, tape, and whether people could still use the window. They do not measure hole size.

Related pages

How to fit tesa Insect Stop

UK tesa fly screen

A tesa fly screen buying guide: size, tape and colour

Fly screen for outward opening windows: UK casements

Window or magnetic door: a tesa fly screen compared

Sources

Sources listed in the research digest. Listing prices are the amazon.co.uk figures stored for this set. A spot check on 15 October 2026 put one three-pack near £14.19, against £13.40 in the saved listing.

  1. tesa UK window fly screens (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  2. tesa UK Insect Stop Standard for windows (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  3. tesa UK Insect Stop Comfort for windows (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  4. tesa UK Insect Stop magnetic curtain (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  5. tesa PDF 55384, 55394, and 55374 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  6. Approved Document B, volume 1, dwellings (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  7. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 (retrieved 15 October 2026)
  8. Streme window and door screen help (retrieved 15 October 2026)