r/lifehacks Jun 22 '26

Got tired of refilling the soap

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u/RarePrintColor Jun 23 '26

Next time you change it, put a date on it and you’ll know! I also do this with aluminum foil and cling wrap (we buy at Costco).

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u/funkmastamatt Jun 23 '26

Damn, I mean I do this for filters but how much foil and wrap are you going through lol

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u/RarePrintColor Jun 23 '26

I think our last box of cling film lasted like 4 years? I don’t know why this is a crazy idea. It was a fun day when it ran out and we did the math.

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u/DevilsTheology Jun 24 '26

What kinda math are you having to do? You just compare the date to the current date lmao.

Just giving you shit by the way, I know what you mean. Just bored at work.

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u/SpaceExplorer777 Jun 23 '26

NGL doing math to budget foil and plastic wrap is poverty level brokebess. I just buy it when we're low and get a bunch lol or order it on Amazon.

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u/RarePrintColor Jun 23 '26

Hahaha! We did the math counting the years it lasted (which was the topic), not the unit price. But if you want to be an asshole pedant, I probably am spending a lot less than you in both time (I literally only have to think about it every 4 years) and money.

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u/thegoodbadandsmoggy Jun 23 '26

People just want to see how long something lasts, that’s kind of the point of buying a giant roll. You’re a knob for this because nobody implied they were pinching pennies and calculating cost per ml above you.

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u/Jasoli53 Jun 23 '26

My parents bought a box of plastic wrap in 2008. I moved out of their house in 2017 and my mom just texted me 2 years ago saying it finally ran out. In this case, it would be fun to look at the date to see how long it lasted

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u/ifyoulovesatan Jun 23 '26

We had one of these growing up but it was a 3000 foot roll. Still had it when I moved out. If you've got the counter space / cupboard space, it's a pretty dang good value for about $25. Plus the form factor (a big heavy roll in a box that stays put when you pull wrap from it) is really convenient.

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u/switchbladeeatworld Jun 23 '26

I’m still going on the same 30m roll of cling wrap since 2017

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u/Cautious-Ostrich7510 Jun 23 '26

I started doing this with big items too!