Coleman 25% DEET Insect Repellent Dry Spray vs Longsleeve

Name: Coleman 25% DEET Insect Repellent Dry Spray
Brand: Wisconsin Pharmacal Company, LLC

Longsleeve is Picaridin. Coleman 25% DEET 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 usColeman 25% DEET

Active ingredientDifferent activesPicaridin 20%DEET 25%

MosquitoesLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 8 hours

TicksLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 8 hoursFrom its label; EPA lists no time.

Other biting pestsSameUp to 8 h · flies, gnats, chiggers, no-see-umsUp to 8 h · flies, chiggers, fleas, gnats, no-see-ums

Ingredients namedNot on the labelAll nine ingredients namedNot on the label

FragranceNot on the labelFragrance-freeNot on the label

Coleman 25% DEET Insect Repellent Dry Spray is a DEET 25% skin-applied insect repellent from Wisconsin Pharmacal Company, LLC, EPA Reg. No. 79533-6. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 8 hours against mosquitoes. The same registered formula is sold under 5 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 us	Coleman 25% DEET Insect Repellent Dry Spray
Made by	Hour 72, Inc.	Wisconsin Pharmacal Company, 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.	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 8hno-see-ums 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	This formula is sold under 5 names. Search the full databaseEPA registration-number format
Federal label	on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System	on file since 2004 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.	101457-1	79533-6

Same name, different product

Products with closely related names span 25% to 40%. 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.
Coleman Insect Repellent 25% DEET	DEET 25%	79533-6
Coleman Insect Repellent High & Dry 25% DEET	DEET 25%	79533-6
Aquapel 25% DEET Insect Repellent Pump Spray 27411	DEET 25%	51147-15
Express Wipes Beat-It 25% DEET	DEET 25%	10088-117-44446
Repel Insect Repellent Sportsman Formula 25% DEET	DEET 25%	305-61
Up & Up 25% DEET Insect Repellent	DEET 25%	305-51-9688
Coleman Insect Repellent 40% DEET Sportsmen	DEET 40%	79533-5

All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.

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Listed alphabetically. Every figure comes from the same EPA 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.

More on this active ingredient in our Journal: Picaridin vs DEET: Duration, Kids, Ticks, and Materials.

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