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When to Avoid Cleaning With Hot Water

When you look up how to clean them something, you inevitably find that you're instructed to use cold or hot water. But really, what's the difference?

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May 2023

Why You Probably Shouldn't Clean Your Dryer Vent With a Leaf Blower

You should be cleaning your dryer vent about once a year, and while it can be a slightly inconvenient task, it's important to know that the much-touted "hack" of clearing lint out with a leaf blower i...

Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Bought a Robot Vacuum

I love my Roomba, and I hate my Roomba. The endearing little beeps and boops, the hypnotic but inexplicable path it takes across my floor, the possibility of training woodland animals to ride it acros...

Unexpected Ways You Can Use Orange Peels In Your Kitchen

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...

Why Your Vacuum Smells Bad (and How to Fix It)

Even if vacuuming is one of you least-favorite chores, when you consider what life was like before the appliance existed--beating rugs and sweeping floors manually--you have to admit its ability to ma...

How to Get Mud Out of Basically Anything

April showers bring...mud. Just a lot of mud. A wet day out can leave you with mud on everything from shoes, to hands, to paws, to (eventually) your carpet and furniture. You can't always prevent the ...

The Easiest Way to Clean Your Electric Waffle Iron

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,...

Avoid Distractions by Cleaning Your House in 'Rounds'

With spring cleaning season bearing down on us, we've been discussing a variety of "methods" that can help anyone clean up their home, even when you're just not up for it, you can't get past how overw...

The One Area You Should Clean When You Feel Too Sad to Clean Anything

When you're feeling down, getting yourself to clean up the house can feel totally impossible--and the resulting clutter and disorganization can make you feel worse. It is a nasty cycle made nastier by...

What You're Forgetting to Clean in Every Room

[photo1]Spring cleaning time is around the corner and while you're prepping your regular to-do list, there are a few things you might be overlooking. That's fine; we all have blind spots. Let's go ove...

You're Cleaning Your Mirror Wrong

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In theory, cleaning a mirror shouldn't be difficult. A few spritzes of a cleaning product, followed by a thorough wipe-down, seems like it should leave you with a streak-free, glistening r...

The Best Bike Accessories

[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...

The Best Vinyl Accessories to Jazz Up Your Analog Audio

Parker Hall[photo1][photo2][photo3][photo4]Whether you've just started spinning analog audio or you've been building a collection for years, good vinyl accessories can take your enjoyment--and yo...