Carrying a reusable water bottle is good for both you and the environment. But without regular cleaning, it may not be as helpful and healthy as you think, as bacteria and mold can easily make themsel...
The first rule of home ownership is that you are perpetually unprepared for just how expensive it is. Even after years of dealing with the slow-motion collapse of your most valuable asset, you can sti...
[photo1]Adrienne So8/10Last year, I reviewed Ecovacs' Deebot (6/10, WIRED Review). It was an expensive and massive mopping robot vacuum that came with a ton of extra functions that, to be quite honest...
[photo1]Scott Gilbertson8/10The Nomad portable grill is to grills what the Yeti is to coolers: better in every way, but expensive. That both companies hail from Texas is a coincidence. Probably.The No...
Some of the first mass-produced laundry detergents were bars of soap that were used with a washboard and washtub. Powders and liquids became the detergents of choice for modern washing machines, whic...
In addition to being a delicious and portable snack, oranges--or more specifically, their peels--have a second life as everything from candy, to pest control in your garden, to an egg cooker. They als...
The love you have for your cat is always at odds with the love you have for your furniture, but somehow, the cat always wins. Pet hair has the remarkable ability to totally saturate furniture and livi...
One thing I do not like about myself is my tendency to get intensely into something, only to abandon it with little to no warning. If you've been reading Lifehacker for any appreciable amount of time,...
When you think of "spring cleaning," you probably imagine tidying up your house, clearing out your closets, and focusing on your most lived-in space--but what's more truly lived-in than your car? Depe...
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When you clean your home, you probably have it down to some type of routine: Tidying up and wiping down set spots in each room. But if that's the case, it means that you might be missing s...
[photo1]Matt JancerIf we can grasp for a silver lining from the devastating Covid pandemic, it's that much of the world fell in love with bicycles, and years later, that relationship has held ste...
Robot vacuums are impressive devices that will clean your floors well without complaining (much). As prices have dropped, these busy little bots have become less of a luxury and more of a necessity. T...
[photo1]Louryn StrampeDeep-cleaning my house tends to leave me with a lot of plastic bags, paper, and plastic containers to throw away. It got me wondering how I could make my cleaning routines less w...