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Longsleeve vs Bug and Tick Repellent

Both use Picaridin 20%. Longsleeve is registered for more hours against mosquitoes and ticks. The biggest difference is the label: Longsleeve names all nine ingredients; Bug and Tick Repellent names only the active.

Longsleevemade by usBug and Tick Repellent
Active ingredientSamePicaridin 20%Picaridin 20%
MosquitoesLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 12 hours
TicksLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 12 hours
Other biting pestsSameUp to 8 h · flies, gnats, chiggers, no-see-umsUp to 8 h · flies, no-see-ums, chiggers, gnats
Ingredients namedMore namedAll nine ingredients namedOnly the active is namedThe other 80% is one figure, as federal rules allow.
FragranceNot on the labelFragrance-freeNot on the label

Bug and Tick Repellent is a Picaridin 20% skin-applied insect repellent from Clean Control Corp., EPA Reg. No. 66243-4. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 12 hours against mosquitoes and up to 12 against ticks. The same registered formula is sold under 2 different product names. 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.

The detailed comparison

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

Longsleeve Repellent made by usBug and Tick Repellent
Made by
Hour 72, Inc.
Clean Control Corp.
Active ingredient
Picaridin 20%
Picaridin 20%
Mosquitoes
14hrs

4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them.

12hrs
Ticks
14hrs
12hrs
Also covers
flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h
flies 8hno-see-ums 8hchiggers 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: Picaridin20%
Other ingredients80%
the ingredient panel format on the product’s federal label

Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “Picaridin , 1-Methylpropyl-2-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperidine carboxylate” Master labels list what a company MAY print; the tube on the shelf may not carry it.

Formula identity
One formula, one nameEPA registration-number format
This formula is sold under 2 namesEPA registration-number format
Federal label
on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System
on file since 2015 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.
101457-1
66243-4

Same name, different product

Products with closely related names span 20%. 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.

ProductActiveEPA Reg. No.
L Bug and Tick RepellentPicaridin 20%66243-4

All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.

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We make one of the products. No house score, no weighting, just the labels. When another product has the better number, we show that too. Methodology

EPA data retrieved 2026-08-18. Registrations and labels change, and our reading of a scanned label can be wrong. Always check the product label you actually have before you buy or apply anything. If you spot a mistake here, email hello@longsleeve.com and we will correct it. Published by Longsleeve, not affiliated with or endorsed by EPA.

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. Methodology.

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