Repel Plus vs Longsleeve
Repel Plus is a DEET 22.6% skin-applied insect repellent from Tru Tek Specialty Products, Inc., EPA Reg. No. 44446-48-65825. EPA’s consumer database shows no specific protection time for it; per EPA’s legend, the company chose not to have one displayed. The same registered formula is sold under 52 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 Plus
- 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 22.6%
- No mosquitoes time shown in EPA’s consumer tool
- No ticks time shown in EPA’s consumer tool
- 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 52 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 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | Tru Tek Specialty Products, Inc. |
| Active ingredient | Picaridin 20% | DEET 22.6% |
| 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 | Active ingredient: DEET22.6% Other ingredients77.4% Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “OTHER INGREDIENTS: 69.94%” 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 52 namesEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 1990 · view the federal label for EPA Reg. No. 44446-48 (PDF) This is a supplemental distribution of EPA Reg. No. 44446-48, so its federal labeling is the registrant’s accepted label and may carry a different brand name. The registrant of record is Quest Chemical Corp.. EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 44446-48-65825 |
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 22.6% 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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