Awesome Lifehacks

Winter is upon us, and with that comes the chance of ice on the ground. You could try to break it into pieces with a snow shovel and toss it to the side, or you could do what this person did: blow the sheets of ice out of the way with a leaf blower. The technique might not always work, but under the right conditions, it looks tremendously satisfying.

You can cut pieces of wood to meet perfectly in a corner using a miter saw. But there are other scenarios where you need to work around things that make it more challenging. Entertainer Chaz Bruce re-shared this video of carpenters dealing with tricky corners while he and his son reacted to the cuts. That four-way pipe joint was so satisfying.

Lighting a bunch of matchsticks at the same time isn’t something any of us need to do, but it does make for a cool video. This compilation of DIY project hacks from Ideias Incríveis and 5 Minute Crafts includes a few other ideas that aren’t that useful. Still, there’s no question that they’re all satisfying to watch.

Do you still have Christmas presents to wrap? With this handy tutorial from BeatTheBush, you can wrap up boxes using a Japanese technique that requires no tape but still looks clean and professional. We still struggle trying to figure out how much paper to tear off.

If you’ve ever installed an outlet, you might know about the built-in gauge for measuring your exposed wire length. But even experienced electricians might not know about this nifty trick. Leah of See Jane Drill shows off a hidden function that can really come in handy if you forgot to bring a critical tool with you.

From freehand shaving to using a ruler or trimming guide, there are lots of ways to shave a beard. But we’ve never seen this clever hack, which involves using a funnel as a guide for cutting a perfect goatee from a full beard. Big Clive demonstrates the technique not once, but twice.

If you’ve ever been in a NERF war, you know it can be a pain to pick up the ammo lying all over the ground. Out of Darts shows us how a tool designed for picking up acorns does the trick brilliantly – especially when it comes to those NERF Rival balls. And it handily beats NERF’s own picker-upper.

With COVID-19 running rampant, it’s a very good idea to wear a mask. Face shields are also part of our defense against the virus. Well thanks to Andy Clockwise, we now know how to make a quick and easy face shield using nothing more than the box from a package of Krispy Kreme donuts and some tape.

Thanks to hoarding and panic buying, it’s become much harder than normal to find toilet paper these days. Household Hacker thinks the solution is to split your 2-ply rolls down the middle, giving you two single-ply rolls instead. We’re not sure you’ll actually use less, but it might be a short-term solution if you’re desperate.

With their loose skin, clementines and mandarin oranges are already some of the easiest fruits to peel. But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be easier. In this brief clip, check out a simple, effective trick that anyone with an air compressor should be able to do.

From the “why didn’t we think of this?” file, TipHero shows off a simple, yet effective way to scrub the inside of hard to reach glass vessels by sticking magnets inside of a pair of cut up sponges – one inside the glass, and one on the outside.

Epicurious presents a quick and easy way to make a whole batch of delicious grilled cheese sammies at the same time. We imagine you could use the same trick for panini or perfect garlic toast.

Vinegar is a decent disinfectant, solvent and herbicide. HouseholdHacker shows us 10 ways that we can use vinegar to keep our house and everyday objects clean. Although if your toothbrush looks like that you need to get your teeth and eyes checked.

So the zipper on your pants won’t stay up no matter how hard you try. Here’s a ridiculously simple repair for this common and embarrassing problem that can be achieved with something you probably already have in your pocket.

The King of Random continues to live up to his name with a handy lifehack to keep your popsicles from dripping all over your hands and arms in the summer heat. The trick is making popsicles with gelatin. Though those “lightsaber” popsicles are just plain wrong.

YouTuber venlee lifehack shares 15 ways to use binder clips other than to hold documents together. Some of the tips are obvious – sealing a bag of chips or a tube of toothpaste, using them as money clips – but there are a couple of clever ones as well.