5 Products You Have Been Using Totally Wrong

We’ve rounded up the top products that you’re probably using wrong. If you want to get the most bang for your bucks, you’ll want to follow these tips to make your purchases worthwhile.

Here are the top-selling household product hacks that you need to know about:

Juice Box Handles

We went our entire childhood without knowing this. Apparently, the little flaps on your juice box are totally meant for handles. If you just flip the sides up, you’ll be able to grab on easier. For children with teeny hands, this is especially helpful. We always thought that the folded flaps were something integral to the structure of the box, but we have learned otherwise.

Cooking Spoons

You’re probably totally using your cooking utensils wrong. Two of the most important spoons when cooking are the wooden spoon and the slotted spoon, but both of these have hidden uses.

The slotted spoon is great for portion control. When you’re making spaghetti, you may use a slotted spoon to stir the pasta. However, it’s also hard to comprehend exactly how much spaghetti to make based on how many people you’re serving. You can use the middle hole of the slots to measure and make that one serving!

For a wooden spoon, you can use a little hack to help when boiling water. If you want to avoid the water boiling over, just place the wooden spoon across the pot and it’ll help. While there are limits to this, it does a generally good job at preventing spillage.

Measuring Tapes as Stud Finders

You’ve been missing out on a key feature of measuring tapes. Since they’re used mostly by builders and frequently by construction workers, they’re optimized for these specific situations. It turns out that the little diamonds on the sides are used to mark how far apart studs would be. As such, they’re great to use as a stud finder. If you’ve ever tried to hang or mount things to your wall then you know just how critical this is.

TicTac Dispenser

Eating candy just got easier. Have you ever looked at the lid of a TicTac container? It has a little oval on it that is suspiciously the same size as a TicTac itself. For a long time, we thought this was just a visual design decision, but it turns out it’s much more. You’re supposed to use that to portion out one TicTac to eat. If you flip the container over, you’re able to get one to just fit into that lid. This way, you don’t have too many falling out.

Ketchup Cups

Going to a fast food restaurant or buffet has probably led you to those paper condiment cups. You know the ones — super tiny and sort of inconvenient to use. However, you can actually make them way better to use. By spreading out the cup, you’ll be able to better access the ketchup or even fit more into it. This design is actually brilliant when you think about it.