Bug Off! Insect Repellent vs Longsleeve
Bug Off! Insect Repellent is a DEET 15% skin-applied insect repellent from Arrow-Magnolia International, Inc., Inc., EPA Reg. No. 3862-102-82439. EPA’s consumer database shows no specific protection time for it; per EPA’s legend, the company chose not to have one displayed. The same registered formula is sold under 14 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.
Longsleeve Repellent vs Bug Off! Insect Repellent
- 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 15%
- No mosquitoes time shown in EPA’s consumer tool
- No ticks time shown in EPA’s consumer tool
- An optional ingredient list appears in its EPA master label; whether the tube prints it is up to the company
- No other pests mined from its label
- The same formula is sold under 14 names
The detailed comparison
Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.
| Longsleeve Repellent made by us | Bug Off! Insect Repellent | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | Arrow-Magnolia International, Inc., Inc. |
| Active ingredient | Picaridin 20% | DEET 15% |
| Mosquitoes | 14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them. | *hrs No time shown in EPA’s consumer tool. Per EPA’s legend, the company chose not to have a specific time shown. |
| 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. |
| Also covers | flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h | No pest details beyond the columns above were mined from this label. |
| Ingredients disclosed | Active ingredient: Picaridin20% Other ingredients, every one named80% Water, Squalane, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol | Active ingredient: DEET15% Other ingredients85% Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “Other Ingredients:...............................................................85.00%” 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 14 namesEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 1978 · view the federal label for EPA Reg. No. 3862-102 (PDF) This is a supplemental distribution of EPA Reg. No. 3862-102, so its federal labeling is the registrant’s accepted label and may carry a different brand name. The registrant of record is ABC Compounding Co., Inc.. EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 3862-102-82439 |
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 15% to 25%. 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Off! | DEET 25% | 51147-13-82439 |
| Delta Foremost 4888-Exs Bug Off! | DEET 25% | 51147-13-1203 |
All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.
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