3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent 8 vs Longsleeve

3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent 8 is a DEET 25% skin-applied insect repellent from 3M Company, EPA Reg. No. 58007-7. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 8 hours against mosquitoes. Longsleeve Repellent is 20% picaridin, listed at up to 14 hours for both mosquitoes and ticks. Every line below comes from EPA’s database or the two products’ own federal labels.

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Longsleeve Repellent vs 3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent 8

LONGSLEEVE

3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent 8

Active ingredient: Picaridin 20%
Mosquitoes up to 14 hours
Ticks up to 14 hours
All nine ingredients named on the tube
Fragrance free
Also covers flies, gnats, chiggers, no-see-ums up to 8 hours (per label)
One formula, one name

Active ingredient: DEET 25%
Mosquitoes up to 8 hours
Ticks up to 8 hours per its federal label; no time shown in EPA’s consumer tool
The other 75% is not itemized, even on its EPA master label
Also covers flies 8h, chiggers 8h, fleas 8h, gnats 8h (per label)
One formula, one name

Every line is computed from EPA’s database or the product’s own federal label. ✓ on the register ✕ absent from the register – a lower figure, partial, or shared. Details and sources below.

The detailed comparison

Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.

	Longsleeve Repellent made by us	3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent 8
Made by	Hour 72, Inc.	3M Company
Active ingredient	Picaridin 20%	DEET 25%
Mosquitoes	14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them.	8hrs
Ticks	14hrs	hrs No time shown in EPA’s consumer tool. Per EPA’s legend, the company chose not to have a specific time shown. Its federal label states up to 8 hours*. Both are shown; see methodology.
Also covers	flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h	flies 8hchiggers 8hfleas 8hgnats 8h
Ingredients disclosed	Active ingredient: Picaridin20% Other ingredients, every one named80% Water, Squalane, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol our EPA-accepted label; named to cosmetic-industry standards	Active ingredient: DEET25% Other ingredients75% the ingredient panel format on the product’s federal label The 75% is not itemized on the label. Federal rules require naming only the active.
Formula identity	One formula, one nameEPA registration-number format	One formula, one nameEPA registration-number format
Federal label	on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System	on file since 1995 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.	101457-1	58007-7

Every cell is EPA data or the product’s own federal label, retrieved 2026-08-18; registrations and labels change, so verify against the current product label. Published by Longsleeve, not affiliated with or endorsed by EPA. Methodology.

Same name, different product

Products with closely related names span 19% to 34.34%. The name on the front of a bottle is not a formula. Check the EPA registration number if you want to know what you are buying.

Product	Active	EPA Reg. No.
3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent Pump	DEET 19%	58007-9
3M Ultrathon Insect Repellent	DEET 34.34%	58007-1

All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.

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