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Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent/Sawyer 30: 30% DEET vs Longsleeve

Longsleeve is Picaridin. Sawyer Premium is DEET. Longsleeve is registered for more hours against mosquitoes and ticks. Its label does not say what is in the rest of the formula.

Longsleevemade by usSawyer Premium
Active ingredientDifferent activesPicaridin 20%DEET 30%
MosquitoesLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 2 hoursLabel says up to 7 hours.
TicksLongsleeve longerUp to 14 hoursUp to 2 hours
Other biting pestsNot on the labelUp to 8 h · flies, gnats, chiggers, no-see-umsNot on the label
Ingredients namedNot on the labelAll nine ingredients namedNot on the label
FragranceNot on the labelFragrance-freeNot on the label

Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent/Sawyer 30: 30% DEET is a DEET 30% skin-applied insect repellent from Sawyer Products, EPA Reg. No. 56575-11-58188. 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 7 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.

The detailed comparison

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

Longsleeve Repellent made by usSawyer Premium Insect Repellent/Sawyer 30: 30% DEET
Made by
Hour 72, Inc.
Sawyer Products
Active ingredient
Picaridin 20%
DEET 30%
Mosquitoes
14hrs

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

2hrs

EPA’s tool and the current federal label differ: the label states up to 7 hours. Both are shown; neither is adjudicated.

Ticks
14hrs
2hrs
Also covers
flies 8hgnats 8hchiggers 8hno-see-ums 8h

Mosquitoes and ticks only, per the mined label text.

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: DEET30%
Other ingredients70%
the ingredient panel format on the product’s federal label

The 70% 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 7 names. Search the full databaseEPA registration-number format
Federal label
on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System
on file since 1998 · view the federal label for EPA Reg. No. 56575-11 (PDF)

This is a supplemental distribution of EPA Reg. No. 56575-11, so its federal labeling is the registrant’s accepted label and may carry a different brand name. The registrant of record is Tender Corp..

EPA Pesticide Product Label System
EPA Reg. No.
101457-1
56575-11-58188

Same name, different product

Products with closely related names span 17.5% to 98.1% across 3 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.

ProductActiveEPA Reg. No.
Sawyer Premium Maxi DEET Insect RepellentDEET 98.1%54287-2-58188
GoReady Insect Repellent With Sawyer 17.5% DEET Plus 5% MGK264, 2.5% MGK326DEET 17.5%54287-13-84176
Sawyer Equine Insect Repellent Premium Insect Repellent SprayDEET 17.5%54287-13-58188
Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent Broad SpectrumDEET 17.5%54287-13-58188
GoReady SPF 30 & Repellent With Sawyer Insect And Sun SprayIR3535 20%54287-20-84176
Sawyer Controller Release DEET FormulaDEET 20%50404-8-58188
Sawyer Premium 20% Picaridin SprayPicaridin 20%54287-22-58188
Sawyer Premium Family Controlled Release Insect RepellentDEET 20%50404-8-58188
Sawyer Premium Family Insect Repellent Controlled ReleaseDEET 20%50404-8-58188
Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent 20% PicaridinPicaridin 20%54287-22-58188
Sawyer Premium Insect Repellent Controlled ReleaseDEET 20%50404-8-58188
Sawyer Premium Sun Block Insect RepellentIR3535 20%54287-20-58188
DEET Insect Repellent 30DEET 30%56575-11
DEET Insect Repellent 30DEET 30%51147-7

All rows from EPA’s registered-product data.

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Listed alphabetically. Every figure comes from the same EPA data.

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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.

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. Methodology.

More on this active ingredient in our Journal: Picaridin vs DEET: Duration, Kids, Ticks, and Materials.

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