U-124 Repel Insect Repellent vs Longsleeve
Longsleeve is Picaridin. U-124 Repel is DEET. Longsleeve is registered for more hours against mosquitoes and ticks. The biggest difference is the label: Longsleeve names all nine ingredients; U-124 Repel names only the active.
U-124 Repel Insect Repellent is a DEET 25% skin-applied insect repellent from Universal, Inc., EPA Reg. No. 51147-13-46113. EPA’s consumer database lists it at up to 8 hours against mosquitoes. The same registered formula is sold under 16 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 us | U-124 Repel Insect Repellent | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Hour 72, Inc. | Universal, Inc. |
| Active ingredient | Picaridin 20% | DEET 25% |
| Mosquitoes | 14hrs 4 of 631 products in EPA’s database reach 14 hours. This is one of them. | 8hrs |
| 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 | 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 | Active ingredient: DEET25% Other ingredients75% Its EPA master label includes the optional statement: “ACTIVE INGREDIENTS: DEET ....................................................................................................... 25.00% * N-Octyl bicycloheptene dicarboximide .............................................” 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 16 names. Search the full databaseEPA registration-number format |
| Federal label | on file since 2025EPA Pesticide Product Label System | on file since 2005 · view the federal label for EPA Reg. No. 51147-13 (PDF) This is a supplemental distribution of EPA Reg. No. 51147-13, so its federal labeling is the registrant’s accepted label and may carry a different brand name. The registrant of record is Vertellus Performance Materials, Inc.. EPA Pesticide Product Label System |
| EPA Reg. No. | 101457-1 | 51147-13-46113 |
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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.
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