I recently contacted John at Bear Paw Wilderness Designs to attach perimeter netting and a custom full zippered door to my MLD Supermid. I thought I would quickly post the pictures he took and offer my praise of BearPaw's work. There have been a few threads about his custom work, quick turnaround times and great service. I echo those feelings completely.
I originally was going to use an inner net for the Supermid, but didn't like how the use-able space of the mid decreased considerably with the inner net. I really just wanted bug protection, but to be able to still sleep with the front doors open to provide maximum ventilation, views, etc. John said he hadn't done a full front zippered door like this on a 'mid before, but after a series of emails he sounded confident that it would work. I know a lot of 'mid users out there might not like this permanent attachment to the mid, but I am more in line with the 'light weight' setups as opposed to 'ultra-light.' The netting added 10oz. to the weight of the Supermid, and since I will be using the Supermid only when sharing it (and splitting the weight of the 'mid), the weight penalty is merely 5oz. Total weight of the Supermid with guy lines and stuff sack is now 36oz.
Anyway here are the two pics John put up on his site under 'custom work.'
