USA TODAY: Bugged by cicadas? Try walking around in your own personalized mesh pod

April 14, 2021. Alexander Coolidge of The Cincinnati Enquirer/USA TODAY wrote:

Worried about getting bugged by the pending swarm of cicadas this spring as Brood X emerges? An Ohio company wants to offer you a personal shelter from the swarm.

Based in Cincinnati, Under the Weather is selling a WalkingPod Mesh with Bug-Screens that fits over the head and torso. The company, which makes pop-up protective gear, typically sells small tent-like equipment for camping events.

Unlike its other protective equipment that is sold by popular retailers, Under the Weather is only selling the meshed pod from its website for $89.99.

The new product is a variation of one of its standby personal pods, only instead of see-through plastic screens to keep out the elements, it has fine mesh to keep out the cicadas – and mosquitoes and other bugs.

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