Longsleeve vs Buggspray Insect Repellent

Longsleeve is Picaridin. Buggspray is DEET. Longsleeve is registered for more hours against mosquitoes and ticks. Its label does not say what is in the rest of the formula.

Longsleevemade by usBuggspray

Active ingredientDifferent activesPicaridin 20%DEET 25%

MosquitoesLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 4 hours

TicksNot on fileUp to 14 hoursNo time on file

Other biting pestsNot on the labelUp to 8 h · flies, gnats, chiggers, no-see-umsNot on the label

Ingredients namedNot on the labelAll nine ingredients namedNot on the label

FragranceNot on the labelFragrance-freeNot on the label

Buggspray Insect Repellent is a DEET 25% skin-applied insect repellent from Bugg Products LLC, EPA Reg. No. 67867-4. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 4 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.

The detailed comparison

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

	Longsleeve Repellent made by us	Buggspray Insect Repellent
Made by	Hour 72, Inc.	Bugg Products LLC
Active ingredient	Picaridin 20%	DEET 25%
Mosquitoes	14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them.	4hrs
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	Mosquitoes and ticks only, per the mined label text.
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 1998 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.	101457-1	67867-4

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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.

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