AUTOWN Cargo Net for Pickup Truck Bed with 8 Metal Carabiners & Storage Bag

Why it's worth it

The AUTOWN net has a 1-by-1-inch mesh — far tighter than anything else here — and stretches from 4-by-4 to 7-by-7 feet. It's the one to buy if you haul hand tools, hardware, or kindling that would slip through a normal net.

The tight mesh is the whole point, and nothing else here comes close. Standard cargo nets use roughly four-inch openings, which means anything smaller than four inches is free to leave. A one-inch mesh stops drill bits, a spool of zip ties, work gloves, a water bottle, small firewood rounds. If you've ever lost something out of the bed and only noticed at the job site, this is the fix.

It stretches from 4 by 4 feet up to 7 by 7, which covers a lot of vehicles — pickup beds, roof racks, ATV and UTV cargo areas, boat decks. Owners report it working well on a 6-foot bed and on roof racks in the low 80-inch range. Eight metal carabiners are included, and the mesh joints where they attach are reinforced.

From our review of 7 truck bed cargo nets, by Ben Carter, Tech Editor

What we like

• +The tight mesh is the whole point, and nothing else here comes close
• +It stretches from 4 by 4 feet up to 7 by 7, which covers a lot of vehicles — pickup beds, roof racks, ATV and UTV cargo areas,…
• +It weighs barely over a pound and folds down small enough to live in a door pocket
• +This is also the least demanding net here to get right

What to know

• –The carabiners are the weak spot, and owners say so repeatedly — clips arriving broken, or snapping the first time out
• –Fine mesh catches everything
• –It's single-layer consumer construction with no working load limit, so keep it to moderate distributed loads