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Why Enhanced Insect
Repellents?

Long Lasting
Protection

One application enables up to 14 hours protection against mosquitoes (and other biting bugs)*

Family
Friendly

Repellents enhanced with STAYTEC® are safe for everyone over 2 months old, even pregnant women

Smooth
Application

An easy to apply soft touch emulsion that leaves no trace but a light scent after a couple of minutes

Testing in real life

Comparison vs common
insect repellents

Compared with commonly available insect repellents, STAYTEC® enhanced insect repellents offers a superior protection while providing that soft application that you expect from a skin lotion

INSECT REPELLENTS (% Active)

AVERAGE PROTECTION TIME

FEEL

SCENT

EFFECT ON SENSITIVE SKIN

RESTRICTION FOR CHILDREN

Bio-Repellent Actives3 (Natural or Synthetic origin)

ENHANCED INSECT REPELLENT WITH STAYTEC®,1(20 % IR3535®)

14 hours

Invisible feel

Light or no scent

Hypoallergenic*

No restrictions for children older than 2 months

IR3535® only repellents (20%)

8 hours

Non-oily

Light scent

Non-irritating

No restrictions for children older than 2 months

Oil Lemon Eucalyptus (30-40%)

6 hours

Oily feel

Stronger scent

Irritating

Yes

Natural Actives

Natural repellents2

4.65** hours

Oily feel

Stronger scent

Irritating

Yes

Synthetic Actives

DEET-based products (20%)

7 hours

Oily feel

Chemical scent

Irritating

No restrictions for children older than 2 months

KBR (Picaridin, Icaridin)(20%)

9.5 hours

Non-oily

Light scent

Non-irritating

Yes

Scent

Avg 7 hours4

14 hours3

Oily feel

Protection
Time

Chemical scent

Irritating

Yes

4-8 hours

Avg 6 hours5

Avg 9.5 hours6

Slightly oily

Oily feel

Non-oily

Light scent

Chemical scent

Light scent

No-irritating

Irritating

Irritating

No restrictions for children older than 2 months

Yes

Yes

Invisible feel

Light or no scent

Hypoallergenic*

Feel

Effect on sensitive skin

Restriction for children

No restrictions
for children older than 2 monts

1 STAYTEC® is designed to slow evaporation and limit skin absorption of the active ingredient, providing 14 hours of repellent protection. The Enhanced Insect Repellent with STAYTEC® is not approved in the USA. Contact us to check availability in your region.

2 Many natural repellents use derivatives of the most common natural active ingredients such as Citronella and Lemon Eucalyptus. Typically, the actives in raw form and their natural derivatives can be moderately toxic and irritating depending on the dose.

(*) The product contains low levels of cetyl alcohol. Trace amounts of allergens exist in the fragrance. However, our test results, by an independent lab show that these trace amounts are insignificant. A fragrance-free formulation is available upon request.

(**) Insect Repellents containing natural actives are classified as Minimum Risk Pesticides and no EPA registration is required. The average protection time shown has not been validated by the EPA and it could be lower.

3 According to the EPA, Biopesticides / Biorepellent include naturally occurring substances (and derivatives of) that control pests (biochemical pesticides), microorganisms that control pests (microbial pesticides), and pesticidal substances produced by plants containing added genetic material (plant-incorporated protectants) or PIPs.

IR3535® is a trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany