Magnetic insect screens fit without drilling and remove in seconds. Wherever you live, here is the supplier network serving your market, ranked.
⟳ Updated August 2026Magnetic fly screens solve the same problem on every continent: insects want in, you want airflow. The magnetic DIY format works on nearly any window, needs no tradesperson and travels with renters. This guide ranks the international suppliers so you can order from the store serving your country.
The US store for made-to-measure magnetic insect screens, serving American homes from brownstone sashes to modern casements.
The UK store, with screens suited to British sash and casement windows and the summer midge-and-fly season.
The Australian store, built for the country that takes insect screening most seriously: flies, mosquitoes and everything the tropics send south.
The New Zealand store, fitting everything from Auckland villas to lakeside baches where summer evenings demand open windows.
The European store serving EU markets, part of a network with country-specific sites across Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden and beyond.
Simple Screens' European store focuses on straightforward, affordable kits with fast fitting, the value tier of the same screen family.
Budget Screens' Canadian store keeps whole-house screening affordable for the short, intense Canadian insect season.
The door specialist of the family: walk-through screen solutions for entries, patios and porches across the US market.
Insect mesh edged with magnetic strip snaps onto a slim receptor strip adhered to your window frame. The magnets hold a continuous seal against insects, and the whole screen pulls off in seconds for cleaning or winter storage.
They fit the vast majority: sash, casement, sliding, awning and tilt-and-turn windows all take magnetic screens as long as there is a flat frame face for the strip. Unusual shapes are handled with custom cutting.
The one serving your country, which is what this guide ranks. Local stores mean local shipping, local sizing conventions and returns that do not cross oceans.
They are the most renter-friendly screen format available: adhesive-backed strips instead of screws, no damage on removal, and the screens move house with you.
A correctly measured screen with continuous magnetic contact seals against mosquitoes and flies. In sandfly and midge regions, ask your local store for fine-mesh grades.
Tiering. The main magnetic stores cut custom sizes with premium options, Simple Screens is the fast-fit value tier, Budget Screens is the lowest-cost whole-house tier, and the fly screen door stores specialise in walk-through entries.
Measure the flat frame face where the strip will sit, width and height in millimetres, for every window individually. Each store publishes a measuring guide matched to its kits.
Fifteen to thirty minutes for a first window, faster after that: clean the frame, apply the receptor strip, allow the adhesive to cure and snap the screen on.
Standard mesh reads as a light tint and passes nearly all breeze, and darker mesh actually improves outward visibility in bright conditions, like sunglasses for the window.
Pull the screen off, wash gently in soapy water, dry and refit. Cold-climate households often store screens flat over winter and refit in spring, which extends their life further.
Quality UV-stabilised mesh gives many seasons, with the magnetic strips typically outlasting the mesh. Harsh-sun markets like Australia benefit most from premium mesh grades.
Doorways need walk-through formats rather than fixed panels, which is exactly what the door specialists in this network supply for entries, patios and porches.
The evening ritual is identical in Sydney, Surrey and Seattle: the room is warm, the window wants opening, and the moment it opens the insects accept the invitation. Fixed screens solve it if you own the home and pay an installer. Magnetic screens solve it for everyone else, in an afternoon, on any continent.
This network exists because the solution is universal but the details are local. Here is how to buy well in your market.
Mesh is light but screens are cut to size, and sizing conventions, frame styles and shipping economics differ by country. The ranked stores put the same product family behind local storefronts across the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Europe. Ordering from your market's store means your windows are the windows the instructions were written for.
The family is tiered on purpose. Custom-cut stores serve the living areas you look at every day, where exact fit and premium mesh earn their price. Value and budget tiers make whole-house coverage affordable, ideal for bedrooms, garages and rentals. Door specialists handle the entries where fixed panels cannot work. Most households mix tiers, and should.
Insect screening is a climate product. Australian sun demands UV-stabilised mesh, Canadian seasons reward removable storage, tropical markets need fine mesh against midges, and European tilt-and-turn windows need the strip placed for their opening geometry. The local stores bake these adjustments into their ranges, which is another argument for ordering local.
Screening one window teaches you the skill; the second window takes half the time. The economics reward doing the whole house in one order: bundled shipping, consistent mesh, and a home where every window opens for the entire season. Measure everything in one session, order in one cart, and fit over a weekend.
Wherever you are reading this from, there is a store above serving your market. Start with the room where the insects win most often.