19 household items that you didn't realize had expiration dates

[dlevere]

https://brightside.me/inspiration-ti...-dates-241810/

[Combusto Dragon]

that explained my old pillow (that was made with feathers in it yes!) deflated so i throw it away and replace with the new one i gewt yesterday

Slippers last 6 months? my current one don't have holes or whatever

Toothbrushs for three months.. that make sense

Power strips for 1-2 years? but mine are fine and still strong for long time

anyways best article ever! *bookmark it*

[soprano1]

I guess everything needs expiration dates.

[bungholio]

Had the same toothbrush for a year, don't care. Same pillow for years, no bugs. Same towel for 8 years, I'm still alive. Hydrogen peroxide is still doing the foamy white burning disinfecting thing after a year from opening it, no idea what they are talking about saying it turns into water. Same power strips for 8 years, still working just fine.

[Combusto Dragon]

^8 years? same here! for my computer.. i get it in 2009 actually i have two strips, other one is for my TV. probably about longer than 8 years. both has switch let you turn off if there is a bad storms

[xirtamehtsitahw]

The blurb about running shoes is bogus: I've never had a pair last me longer than maybe 6 months. There's no way I could get one to last me an entire year. Then again, I tend to work at places requiring me to be on my feet almost constantly (such as my current job, as a warehouse manager). The only types of shoes that DO last me a year or more: BOOTS. That is all.

Oh, and as for computers, my dad still has one from 2001--that still works! Those life spans or "shelf lives" are just ballpark figures. I had an NES that lasted me over 10 years. And I played it A LOT. Game consoles and controllers these days seem to fall apart if you so much as look at them wrong.