In the hunt for the best-ever cleaning hacks, many are choosing to put fabric softeners in the tanks behind their toilets.

One such trend: The notion of pouring fabric softener into your toilet tank to keep your bathroom smelling fresh. But is this hack as effective and safe as it seems? “No, no, no! It may smell ...

The mum recommended pouring 230ml of fabric softener into the toilet tank to make it smell 'amazing' with every flushCredit: Facebook That said, it doesn't have to be such an unpleasant chore - as ...

A mum has shared how she mixes fabric softener with water in a bottle and then adds to her toilet cistern to make it smell niceCredit: Facebook This follows cleaning-mad mums pouring fabric ...

Fabric softener coats fabric fibers with compounds that leave them feeling silkier to the touch and reduces static cling. Overuse of fabric softener makes fabrics less absorbent and breathable ...

Fabric softener is notoriously divisive. In fact, when we interviewed Rich Handel, a test project leader at Consumer Reports who specializes in laundry, about the things he would never do as a ...

Load in the clothes, add detergent and fabric softener, and start the wash cycle. You could do it in your sleep (and some people probably have), but it might be worth pausing to reexamine the ...