Repel Insect Repellent Deerhunter Formula vs Longsleeve
Repel Insect Repellent Deerhunter Formula is a DEET 55% skin-applied insect repellent from WPC Brands, Inc., EPA Reg. No. 305-28. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 8 hours against mosquitoes and up to 5 against ticks. The same registered formula is sold under 3 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 Repel Insect Repellent Deerhunter Formula
- 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 55%
- Mosquitoes up to 8 hours
- Ticks up to 5 hours
- An optional ingredient list appears in its EPA master label; whether the tube prints it is up to the company
- Also covers gnats 6h, no-see-ums 6h, flies 3h (per label)
- The same formula is sold under 3 names
The detailed comparison
Every line from EPA’s database or the products’ own federal labels, quoted and linked.
| Longsleeve Repellent made by us | Repel Insect Repellent Deerhunter Formula | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | WPC Brands, Inc. |
| Active ingredient | Picaridin 20% | DEET 55% |
| Mosquitoes | 14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them. | 8hrs |
| Ticks | 14hrs | 5hrs |
| Also covers | flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h | gnats 6hno-see-ums 6hflies 3h |
| Ingredients disclosed | Active ingredient: Picaridin20% Other ingredients, every one named80% Water, Squalane, Glycerin, Alcohol Denat., Acrylates Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Hydroxide, Caprylyl Glycol | Active ingredient: DEET55% Other ingredients45% Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “OTHER INGREDIENTS:” 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 3 namesEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 1989 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 305-28 |
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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