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Compare Premium Screen Materials for Your Porch Screening Projects

Posted on by David Tisdale
07
Jul
Not all screen mesh is created equal. Depending on what you’re trying to accomplish — a wide-open view with maximum airflow, or a mesh tough enough to survive a dog, a golf ball, or years of Florida sun — the right material makes all the difference.
 
Two options that Screen Tight is proud to represent are Transpatec and Super Screen. Here’s how they stack up.
 

Transpatec: The Screen You Almost Can’t See

Transpatec is a fine, high-performance insect screen mesh engineered around one goal: disappearing. It’s designed for anyone who wants a screened space to feel as open and unobstructed as possible.
 

What makes Transpatec stand out:

  • Nearly invisible from both sides. With an open area of over 80%, Transpatec preserves your view — a garden, a lake, or just natural light — without the hazy “screen curtain” look that heavier mesh can create.
  • Serious airflow. Transpatec moves air roughly 140% better than a standard fiberglass screen, especially in light-breeze conditions, thanks to a weave designed to break up air turbulence.
  • Self-cleaning surface. A water-based, solvent-free anti-soiling coating helps keep dust and fiber particles from sticking to the mesh over time, meaning less scrubbing and longer-lasting clarity.
  • Fine but effective protection. Despite its high openness, the individual apertures are smaller than a conventional standard mesh, so insect protection doesn’t get sacrificed for visibility.
  • Built to last. A specialized binding thread construction gives this fine, sheer mesh unusual strength and tear resistance for its weight.

Best for: Spaces where the priority is view, light, and airflow — sunrooms, dining porches, three-season rooms, or any screened area where you want the mesh to visually vanish.

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Super Screen®: The Screen Built for Life

Super Screen is all about durability first. It’s a PVC-coated polyester mesh made through a proprietary extrusion process, and it comes in several mesh densities depending on what — or who — you’re screening against.
 

What makes Super Screen stand out:

  • Pet and pest tough. Super Screen® is engineered to resist tearing and puncturing from dogs, cats, and determined critters — with tear strength up to 300% greater than standard fiberglass screen.
  • Genuinely long-lasting. Backed by a 10-year limited warranty, with a coating that resists UV fading, mold, and mildew so it keeps its “new screen” look for years.
  • Family-safe materials. Certified to Greenguard Gold standards — lead-free, phthalate-free, and free of harmful VOCs.
  • A mesh for every job. Super Screen® comes in several variants – Pool & Patio Mesh, No-See-Um Screen and Super Pet Guard.
Best for: Pool cages, patio enclosures, screen doors with heavy pet or foot traffic, golf-adjacent yards, and any application where impact resistance and long-term toughness matter more than disappearing visibility.
 
 

Choosing Between Them

If your goal is an open, light-filled, barely-there view, Transpatec delivers a level of clarity and airflow that’s hard to match.

If your screen needs to survive daily wear from pets, foot traffic, golf balls, or years of intense sun exposure, Super Screen is built for exactly that.

There’s no single “best” screen material — just the best one for the space it’s protecting.