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Longsleeve vs PIC X-100 Insect Repellent

Longsleeve is Picaridin. PIC X-100 is DEET. No protection time is on file with EPA for it, so there is nothing to compare on hours. The biggest difference is the label: Longsleeve names all nine ingredients; PIC X-100 names only the active.

Longsleevemade by usPIC X-100
Active ingredientDifferent activesPicaridin 20%DEET 98.11%
MosquitoesNot on fileUp to 14 hoursNo time on file
TicksNot on fileUp to 14 hoursNo time on file
Other biting pestsNot on the labelUp to 8 h · flies, gnats, chiggers, no-see-umsNot on the label
Ingredients namedMore namedAll nine ingredients namedOnly the active is namedThe other 1.89% is one figure, as federal rules allow.
FragranceNot on the labelFragrance-freeNot on the label

PIC X-100 Insect Repellent is a DEET 98.11% skin-applied insect repellent from PIC Corp., EPA Reg. No. 3095-27. EPA’s consumer database shows no specific protection time for it; per EPA’s legend, the company chose not to have one displayed. 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 usPIC X-100 Insect Repellent
Made by
Hour 72, Inc.
PIC Corp.
Active ingredient
Picaridin 20%
DEET 98.11%
Mosquitoes
14hrs

4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them.

*hrs

No time shown in EPA’s consumer tool. Per EPA’s legend, the company chose not to have a specific time shown.

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.

Also covers
flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h

No pest details beyond the columns above were mined from this label.

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: DEET98.11%
Other ingredients1.89%
the ingredient panel format on the product’s federal label

Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “Active Ingredient: DEET ....................................... 98.11 % Other Ingredients: ................................................. 1.89% TotaL .......... : .................................................. 100” 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
One formula, one nameEPA registration-number format
Federal label
on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System
on file since 1984 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.
101457-1
3095-27

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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.

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