cehalstead
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Here's a question for all you experts out there....what makes Tide different from Cheer?
tide vs. cheer
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I use the dregs from detergent bottles as floor cleaner when mopping the floors of the laundromats at closing time.
Cheer is one of the worst to use. Era is another.
If Cheer can't clean the floor, I conclude that it can't clean laundry very well either.
Tide works pretty good.
Cheer is one of the worst to use. Era is another.
If Cheer can't clean the floor, I conclude that it can't clean laundry very well either.
Tide works pretty good.
I find cheer to be a bit on the mild side. I started using it years ago when they started advertising it with color guard. I do keep a box of tide around for the really dirty stuffs and to keep the whities tidy. I will say cheer does do a great job of getting blood and wine out of nearly white carpet.
What make them chemicaly different? I have no clue. lol
What make them chemicaly different? I have no clue. lol
jasonl
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I always thought Cheer was great for cold water washing. Protein stains such as blood, etc. (quiet toggle) need cold water to wash out, not hot. But Tide is great all-around.
I haven't used Cheer in years,
maybe decades, even.
Cheer was blue powder, and smelled funny.
Tide was white powder, and smelled pretty good.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
maybe decades, even.
Cheer was blue powder, and smelled funny.
Tide was white powder, and smelled pretty good.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
hoover1060
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I just switched
from Tide to Cheer.
Cheer seems to work fine for me, and rinses out better than tide does.
from Tide to Cheer.
Cheer seems to work fine for me, and rinses out better than tide does.
jmirawm
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Many moons ago........
When I moved out on my own, I asked my mother why my clothes were looking faded. She asked me what detergent I was using. I told her Tide. At once she told me that was the problem. She had tried Tide along time ago and had trouble with dingy/faded clothes. I have used Cheer ever since.
When I moved out on my own, I asked my mother why my clothes were looking faded. She asked me what detergent I was using. I told her Tide. At once she told me that was the problem. She had tried Tide along time ago and had trouble with dingy/faded clothes. I have used Cheer ever since.
veg-o-matic
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Scott, I want to hear more about that party!
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I was raised in a predominately TIDE household (1960's-70's). While the occasional on-sale box of Cheer, Oxydol or Bold could be found on the detergent shelf, Tide was generally a constant.
Several versions of Tide can be found near the top of CR's tests, so I've always used it as my main detergent----especially in stained loads. I used to use Tide With Bleach, then liquid Tide HE when that became available in Minnesota, and now I use powdered Tide Coldwater. I've been happy with all of them.
Several versions of Tide can be found near the top of CR's tests, so I've always used it as my main detergent----especially in stained loads. I used to use Tide With Bleach, then liquid Tide HE when that became available in Minnesota, and now I use powdered Tide Coldwater. I've been happy with all of them.
My mom always used Dash and Downy. The people across the street (we'll call them "Family X") used Cheers. They smelled funny and weren't socially popular. ;-)
Actually, John does all the laundry, and he likes Tide and the Sears brand detergent that comes on the huge bucket. I don't know what triggers the use of what.
As long as I don't smell funny and am reasonably popular, I am happy with whatever his choice is.
Actually, John does all the laundry, and he likes Tide and the Sears brand detergent that comes on the huge bucket. I don't know what triggers the use of what.
As long as I don't smell funny and am reasonably popular, I am happy with whatever his choice is.
What I would like to know is why Cheer is so much more expensive than Tide, whether it's liquid or powder. In the coupon section of the paper, Tide is usually $1.00 off the container, but Cheer, when there is a coupon, is $1.00 off two containers and it's more expensive to begin with. And one other thing about Cheer: in the 50s and early 60s, lots of other laundry detergents showed a washing machine or an action shot of the agitator & tub somewhere in their ad. Cheer usually had that lady holding up a shirt to the sun coming in through the window with the bottom corner of the picture showing the smallest bit of trim on a washing machine. That was no turn on for a kid trying to get another washer fix.
Cheer was blue powder, and smelled funny.
oh how I yearn for it
I loved cheer.
I grew up on *Bold* and *Wisk*.
oh how I yearn for it
I loved cheer.
I grew up on *Bold* and *Wisk*.
zipdang
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What I would like to know is why Cheer is so much more expen
I've found the opposite true. At the Target where I buy most of my cleaning stuff, Cheer is always less than Tide.
My mom used Cheer and Downy for years (she's a Tide girl now, although I'm not sure what prompted the switch). I actually liked the smell of the blue Cheer powder back in the days before "ultra" detergents. When the ultra version was introduced isn't that when they turned it white and changed the scent?
I've found the opposite true. At the Target where I buy most of my cleaning stuff, Cheer is always less than Tide.
My mom used Cheer and Downy for years (she's a Tide girl now, although I'm not sure what prompted the switch). I actually liked the smell of the blue Cheer powder back in the days before "ultra" detergents. When the ultra version was introduced isn't that when they turned it white and changed the scent?
Gave up Tide and Cheer . . .
well, for the most part. I really like Mexican detergents in the TL and Euro detergents in the FL. In fact, I just got back from California yesterday and brought back some Viva, which I can't get here in Texas. I love that stuff. It smells great and has PHOSPHATES, which actually get clothes CLEAN.
If I had to choose between Tide or Cheer, I would choose Tide because I feel like it cleans better. Tide w/ Bleach is excellent, especially when one mixes in some STPP. Just one man's opinion here.
Bryan
well, for the most part. I really like Mexican detergents in the TL and Euro detergents in the FL. In fact, I just got back from California yesterday and brought back some Viva, which I can't get here in Texas. I love that stuff. It smells great and has PHOSPHATES, which actually get clothes CLEAN.
If I had to choose between Tide or Cheer, I would choose Tide because I feel like it cleans better. Tide w/ Bleach is excellent, especially when one mixes in some STPP. Just one man's opinion here.
Bryan
Tides have Turned
Lord, there's more options for Tide than channels on TV. If one of them doesn't work, you're just too hard to please. Remember, if you want to keep your furry friends off unemployment buy Procter and Gamble!
Kelly
I am not at all sure I believe all that pap, but I know some PETA rep is gonna have a kangaroo over buying Tide.
Lord, there's more options for Tide than channels on TV. If one of them doesn't work, you're just too hard to please. Remember, if you want to keep your furry friends off unemployment buy Procter and Gamble!
Kelly
I am not at all sure I believe all that pap, but I know some PETA rep is gonna have a kangaroo over buying Tide.
what makes Tide different from Cheer
They are spelled differently....LOL
OK, I'm being my usual smart ass self.
I am more drawn to the foreign Tide's. I've got Mexican, Chinese, and Indian right now.
My earliest rememberance of Tide in the big box (1960's) was once, I got a red rubber ball in it. About the size of a tennis ball. I remember how dish towels, glassware, and other stuff use to come in boxes of washing detergent.
I think in the 40's or 50's, they even had Carnival glass in a few of them.
Anyone else remember what kind of freebies were marketed to housewife's back then?
They are spelled differently....LOL
OK, I'm being my usual smart ass self.
I am more drawn to the foreign Tide's. I've got Mexican, Chinese, and Indian right now.
My earliest rememberance of Tide in the big box (1960's) was once, I got a red rubber ball in it. About the size of a tennis ball. I remember how dish towels, glassware, and other stuff use to come in boxes of washing detergent.
I think in the 40's or 50's, they even had Carnival glass in a few of them.
Anyone else remember what kind of freebies were marketed to housewife's back then?
I really like Tide because it cleans well. It doesn't rinse out too well though. I may have to go back to A&H.
Oh VEG, you really dont want to know about the party. lol But the cheer did come in handy. And the tide he came in handy the next day.
angus
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As I recall, the "premium" detergents were:
Breeze (towels)
Silver Dust (glasses, then towels)
Premium Duz (golden wheat patterned Homer Laughlin China), then:
Duz (glasses, then flatware, then glasses again.
Bonus (towels)
The thing with the "premium detergents" was that the boxes were the same size as regular detergents, but since space was needed for the glass, etc.., you got less detergent and paid a bit more than you did for detergents with no prizes in them. And most of the time, the quality of the item in the detergent was of negligible value and not of great quality (perhaps the HOmer Laughlin China was the exception).
Also, I suspect that the detergent in those boxes contained more filler than regular detergents. Directions on a Silver Dust box call for you to start with 2 cups of detergent in a top loader. Nice moneymaking scheme, no?
Breeze (towels)
Silver Dust (glasses, then towels)
Premium Duz (golden wheat patterned Homer Laughlin China), then:
Duz (glasses, then flatware, then glasses again.
Bonus (towels)
The thing with the "premium detergents" was that the boxes were the same size as regular detergents, but since space was needed for the glass, etc.., you got less detergent and paid a bit more than you did for detergents with no prizes in them. And most of the time, the quality of the item in the detergent was of negligible value and not of great quality (perhaps the HOmer Laughlin China was the exception).
Also, I suspect that the detergent in those boxes contained more filler than regular detergents. Directions on a Silver Dust box call for you to start with 2 cups of detergent in a top loader. Nice moneymaking scheme, no?
