Repel Insect Repellent Towelette vs Longsleeve
Repel Insect Repellent Towelette is a DEET 55% skin-applied insect repellent from WPC Brands, Inc., EPA Reg. No. 305-29. 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 5 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 Towelette
- 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
- The other 45% is not itemized, even on its EPA master label
- Also covers chiggers 5h (per label)
- The same formula is sold under 5 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 Towelette | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | chiggers 5h |
| 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% The 45% 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 5 namesEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 1981 · view the federal label (PDF)EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 305-29 |
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 10% to 55% 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Repel Camp Lotion for Families 10% DEET | DEET 10% | 305-42 |
| Repel Insect Repellent Family Dry | DEET 10% | 121-65-305 |
| B & G Repel Personal Insect Repellent Spray | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-73255 |
| Chem Serv-Repel | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-51136 |
| Repel | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-37258 |
| Repel | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-37401 |
| Repel | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-43194 |
| Repel | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-58362 |
| Repel Em | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-39798 |
| Repel Personal Insect Repellent | DEET 14.25% | 44446-30-52702 |
| Repel 15 Insect Repellent | DEET 15% | 305-48 |
| Repel Insect Repellent Scented Family Formula 15% DEET | DEET 15% | 305-48 |
| Repel Insect Repellent Sprotsman Gear Smart Formula 15% Picaridin | Picaridin 15% | 121-92-305 |
| Repel Insect Repellent Sportsman Formula 20% DEET | DEET 20% | 305-44 |
All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.
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