Cutter All Family Mosquito Wipes vs Longsleeve
Cutter All Family Mosquito Wipes is a DEET 7.15% skin-applied insect repellent from Spectrum, A Div Of United Industries Corp., EPA Reg. No. 121-56. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 2 hours against mosquitoes and up to 2 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.
Longsleeve Repellent vs Cutter All Family Mosquito Wipes
- 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 7.15%
- Mosquitoes up to 2 hours
- Ticks up to 2 hours
- The other 92.85% is not itemized, even on its EPA master label
- No other pests mined from its label
- The same formula is sold under 2 names
The detailed comparison
Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.
| Longsleeve Repellent made by us | Cutter All Family Mosquito Wipes | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | Spectrum, A Div Of United Industries Corp. |
| Active ingredient | Picaridin 20% | DEET 7.15% |
| Mosquitoes | 14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them. | 2hrs |
| Ticks | 14hrs | 2hrs |
| 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 | Active ingredient: DEET7.15% Other ingredients92.85% The 92.85% 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 2 namesEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 1992 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 121-56 |
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 7% to 98.11%. 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Cutter Insect Repellent All Family | DEET 7% | 121-77 |
| Unscented Backwoods Cutter Mosquito Wipes | DEET 23% | 121-87 |
| Unscented Backwoods Cutter Mosquito Wipes | DEET 30% | 121-86 |
| Cutter Max 100 Mosquito Repellent | DEET 98.11% | 305-30-121 |
All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.
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