7. Fabric Softener
Ends in: A year
The average cost is $13.99.
Your fabric softener, whether it’s a liquid or dryer sheet type, will continue to soften your garments for a full year before losing its effectiveness. Although adding outdated fabric softener to your laundry loads won’t harm them, it won’t be helpful either.

Softener for Fabrics ©Shutterstock/Teerasak Ladnongkhun
Don’t give up if you check the date and discover that your fabric softener has expired. Old fabric softener can be used for a variety of tasks outside of the laundry room, such as eliminating paintbrush stains, eliminating wallpaper, eliminating food residue that has burned or baked onto pans, and even reducing static electricity.
