18 Life Hacks That Made Us Scream, “Holy Cow, It Works!”

You needn’t wear a cape to turn on your ingenuity and make life easier. These users proved that there’s no need to spend a fortune on special equipment — wise and cheap life hacks are always in the air.

1. “The lazy mom life hack: put a baby wipe under each foot, and ‘skate’ around.”

2. “This is how my wife protects her yarn from the cats.”

3. “My mom is always keeping containers to use in the future, so she uses the gum container for her tape measurer.”

4. “There is a solution to any problem if you put your mind to it.”

5. “I discovered that if you put the spatula handle through the handles of coffee mugs, you can prevent it from flying all over the place during washing.”

6. “Always wanted a better place to put clothes that I’ve worn but don’t want to wash. This is my solution.”

7. “My coworker’s ear got blisters from wearing the surgical mask. My easy and cheap solution: 4 large paper clips.”

8. “Anyone else uses a protein shaker for mixing pancake batter?”

9. “How to pick up metal filings. Stick a magnet into a plastic bag, then invert the bag when you’ve picked it all up.”

10. “After switching to a truck for the first time, I’ve been struggling to find a good place to put grocery bags without them rolling around. This was my best solution.”

11. “How to determine the middle of an object with 2 tape measures.”

12. “My girlfriend came up with a crazy good microwave life hack for multiple plates! Heats up evenly!”

13. Actors use this life hack to protect clothes from sweat stains.

“I wear sanitary napkins under my arms because I sweat so much,” says actor Ben Hull.

14. “I have been using this watering system with rags for a while now and it works great for my apartment plants.”

15. “My place of work is too cheap to buy a new clock or have this one fixed. So this is their solution.”

16. “Frugal winter life hack: dollar store paint tray becomes boot rack for small office!”

17. “Went to the coffee shop and was surprised to see they are well versed in life hacks.”

18. “Pleasantly surprised when I woke up to see that my boyfriend found a solution to our problem of not having an electrical outlet at our campsite.”

Do you have any favorite life hacks? Please share them in the comments!