OFF! Familycare Insect Repellent VI vs Longsleeve

OFF! Familycare Insect Repellent VI is a DEET 5.6% skin-applied insect repellent from S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., EPA Reg. No. 4822-552. 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.

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Longsleeve Repellent vs OFF! Familycare Insect Repellent VI

LONGSLEEVE

OFF! Familycare Insect Repellent VI

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 5.6%
Mosquitoes up to 2 hours
Ticks up to 2 hours
An optional ingredient list appears in its EPA master label; whether the tube prints it is up to the company
Also covers flies 2h, gnats 2h, chiggers 2h, no-see-ums 2h (per label)
The same formula is sold under 2 names

Every line is computed from EPA’s database or the product’s own federal label. ✓ on the register ✕ absent from the register – a lower figure, partial, or shared. Details and sources below.

The detailed comparison

Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.

	Longsleeve Repellent made by us	OFF! Familycare Insect Repellent VI
Made by	Hour 72, Inc.	S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Active ingredient	Picaridin 20%	DEET 5.6%
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	flies 2hgnats 2hchiggers 2hno-see-ums 2h
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: DEET5.6% Other ingredients94.4% the ingredient panel format on the product’s federal label Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “OTHER INGREDIENTS: ............... 94.4%” 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 2009 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.	101457-1	4822-552

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 5% to 15% 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! FamilyCare Insect Repellent II	Picaridin 5%	4822-536
Off! FamilyCare Insect Repellent I	DEET 15%	4822-543

All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.

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