Natrapel Sun vs Longsleeve
Natrapel Sun is a Citronella 4.2% skin-applied insect repellent from Tender Corp., EPA Reg. No. 1543-14-56575. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 1 hours against mosquitoes and up to 1 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 Natrapel Sun
- 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: Citronella 4.2%
- Mosquitoes up to 1 hours
- Ticks up to 1 hours
- An optional ingredient list appears in its EPA master label; whether the tube prints it is up to the company
- 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 | Natrapel Sun | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | Tender Corp. |
| Active ingredient | Picaridin 20% | Citronella 4.2% |
| Mosquitoes | 14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them. | 1hrs |
| Ticks | 14hrs | 1hrs |
| 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: Citronella4.2% Other ingredients95.8% Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Carbomer, CedafV” Master labels list what a company MAY print; the tube on the shelf may not carry it. |
| 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 1998 · view the federal label for EPA Reg. No. 1543-14 (PDF) This is a supplemental distribution of EPA Reg. No. 1543-14, so its federal labeling is the registrant’s accepted label and may carry a different brand name. The registrant of record is W.F. Young Ince. EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 1543-14-56575 |
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.
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