Maximum Strength Pump Spray Deep Woods OFF! vs Longsleeve
Longsleeve is Picaridin. Maximum Strength Pump Spray Deep Woods… is DEET. Longsleeve is registered for more hours against mosquitoes and ticks. Maximum Strength Pump Spray Deep Woods… lists a longer time against flies, gnats. Its label does not say what is in the rest of the formula.
Maximum Strength Pump Spray Deep Woods OFF! is a DEET 98.3% skin-applied insect repellent from S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., EPA Reg. No. 4822-276. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 10 hours against mosquitoes and up to 10 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.
The detailed comparison
Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.
| Longsleeve Repellent made by us | Maximum Strength Pump Spray Deep Woods OFF! | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc. |
| Active ingredient | Picaridin 20% | DEET 98.3% |
| Mosquitoes | 14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them. | 10hrs |
| Ticks | 14hrs | 10hrs |
| Also covers | flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h | flies 10hgnats 10h |
| Ingredients disclosed | Active ingredient: Picaridin20% Other ingredients, every one named80% Water, Squalane, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol | Active ingredient: DEET98.3% Other ingredients1.7% The 1.7% 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 names. Search the full databaseEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 1991 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 4822-276 |
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. |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Woods Insect Repellent With Sunscreen | DEET 20% | 66306-1-4822 |
| OFF! Deep Woods Sportsmen Insect Repellent VI | Picaridin 20% | 4822-564 |
| Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent Towelettes | DEET 25% | 4822-258 |
| Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent VIII | DEET 25% | 4822-399 |
| 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 |
| Unscented Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent II | DEET 25% | 4822-399 |
| Unscented Deep Woods OFF! Insect Repellent II | DEET 25% | 4822-399 |
| Unscented Deep Woods OFF! Insect Repellent | DEET 30% | 4822-397 |
All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.
Compare another one
- Aquapel 25% DEET Insect Repellent Pump Spray 27411DEET 25%
- Aquapel Insect Repellent Pump Spray 27412DEET 15%
- Cutter Maximum Strength Insect Repellent Formula 100DEET 98.1%
- Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent TowelettesDEET 25%
- Deep Woods OFF! For Sportsmen Insect Repellent VIIIDEET 25%
- Deep Woods Off!DEET 20%
Other DEET products in the Index
Listed alphabetically. Every figure comes from the same EPA data.
The left column is ours. About Longsleeve
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.
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