Cheer liquids do have OB's. Only Cheer without OB's is the powder. Have you tried it? Lightly scented more old fashioned scent.

Have you tried All Free & Clear, or Tide Free & Gentle?

I agree with mamaP--the scent of powder Cheer is very light and old fashioned which equates to a light and fresh smell, instead of a POW!, right in your nose overly perfumed scent from many detergents these days. I use it on our darks much of the time. It cleans well and doesn't have optical brighteners to make your darks look faded. I do a pre-wash most of the time though.

There is also Ecover free and clear liquid if you prefer something like that. It's European and has a reputation as being not chemically noxious. It has no optical brighteners, has 4 enzymes last time I checked and has no scent. It does a good job on our animal blankies and I can feel safe knowing our cat is not ingesting OBs from grooming herself.

For note, I mail order most of my detergents. We don't have the selection locally that pleases me most of the time. Amazon does a good job with shipment. I also use Vitacost.com and Iherb.com for specialty detergent. (that's where I order Ecover free and clear liquid)

Rolando both ALLF&C & Tide F&G both have OB's.

ALL does make a OB free formula but its only sold in Military base stores.

OP. ..are you on the hunt for a free and clear and OB free?

All Free & Clear has OBs

Country Save has no OBAs but I've never used it so can't say how well it cleans. Link --> Country Save detergent ingredients page

Yes -- on the hunt for a free & clear with no OB. The 7th Gen is OB-free but just meh.

I'm pretty sure Cheer Free & Gentle has no OB's --- at least it didn't used to, not sure if the formulation changed. Does anyone know? Might have to go back to that if I can find it.

All Free & Clear definitely has OBs --- that is what faded my darks and brights.

Cheer free definitely has OB's.

I believe Cheer free has always had OB's.

If you or someone you know has access to a Military base store they do ha ve ALL without OB's. This product is made only for Military folks and not on the open market.

I emailed cheer about six months ago and asked about cheer free and clear as my daughter used it. It’s been discontinued. She is able to use cheer powder with a light fragrance as long as she does a second rinse. Her laundry comes out scent free with cheer powder.

Well, I'm definitely glad you posted --- no Cheer F&G for me then! Ugh! Why is this so hard!

Try the Tide PurClean unscented...but some FL'ers have too much suds.

I'm recommending Tide Pur because its unscented but the Cheer powder is lightly scented, OB free and a fabulous detergent.

Walmart has Cheer free online. 100 oz $7.48. Latest review was July 2018 so if it's discontinued this must be old stock.

According to their email what retailers have is it. It took target almost 18 months to get rid of their persil power pearls though. Wouldn’t be the first time p&g has lied though. I’m gonna email them with my hubbys email and see what kind of response they give me six months later.

Didn't P&G say Clean Breeze and Mountain Spring were discontinued months ago?? And they have not been discontinued after all.

Did they recently discontinue Cheer Free? I saw it a few weeks ago with the new translucent P&G lids.

Clorox Green Works detergent had no OBAs, but it has been discontinued in the past year. You might be able to find some old stock somewhere. It cleaned very well, IMHO.

Seventh generation ultra power plus is another option. It has four enzymes along with no optical brightners in the formula.

I have another email to cheer to see if they did discontinue the free and clear detergent.

Considering Greeny spotted the Cheer free with the new lid it would be a very new discontinue ...if it has been.

P$G needs to update Cheer liquid. Having the same chemical composition of Tide Coldwater just without OBAs and using the Cheer scent would be great. It wouldn't cost them much either.

Well now they are saying only select retailers will have it including online. They did say there was a formula change but wouldn’t say what the formula change was. I responded to ask if it still has optical brightners but no response yet.