Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent VIII vs Longsleeve
Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent VIII is a DEET 25% skin-applied insect repellent from S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., EPA Reg. No. 4822-399. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 8 hours against mosquitoes. The same registered formula is sold under 6 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 Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent VIII
- 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 25%
- Mosquitoes up to 8 hours
- Ticks up to 8 hours per its federal label; no time shown in EPA’s consumer tool
- The other 75% is not itemized, even on its EPA master label
- No other pests mined from its label
- The same formula is sold under 6 names
The detailed comparison
Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.
| Longsleeve Repellent made by us | Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent VIII | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. |
| 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 | 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: DEET25% Other ingredients75% 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 6 namesEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 2003 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 4822-399 |
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 20% to 98.3% across 2 different active ingredients. 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. |
|---|---|---|
| OFF! Deep Woods Sportsmen Insect Repellent VI | Picaridin 20% | 4822-564 |
| Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent Towelettes | DEET 25% | 4822-258 |
| Unscented Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent II | DEET 25% | 4822-399 |
| OFF! Deep Woods Sportsmen Insect Repellent II | DEET 31% | 4822-397 |
| OFF! Deep Woods Sportsmen Insect Repellent I | DEET 98.3% | 4822-276 |
| Deep Woods Off! | DEET 20% | 66306-1-4822 |
| Deep Woods Off! Insect Repellent With Sunscreen | DEET 20% | 66306-1-4822 |
| Johnson Wax Deep Woods Formula OFF! Fly & Mosquito Repellent | DEET 20% | 4822-119 |
| OFF! Deep Wood Sportsmen Insect Repellent V | Picaridin 20% | 4822-556 |
| Off! Deep Woods Insect Repellent With Sunscreen | DEET 20% | 66306-1-4822 |
| Deep Woods OFF! Insect Repellent VII | DEET 25% | 4822-399 |
| OFF! Deep Woods Insect Repellent Towelettes | DEET 25% | 4822-258 |
| OFF! Deep Woods Insect Repellent V | DEET 25% | 4822-167 |
| OFF! Deep Woods Insect Repellent VII | DEET 25% | 4822-399 |
All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.
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