Real every day recomendations.
We compare the materials, read the reviews, test what matters, and share what we’d actually buy—for real homes and real life.
-
Bamboo Toothbrush Showdown: Etee vs. Better and Better
Two replaceable-head bamboo toothbrushes, two very different ways of getting to your bathroom cup. We ran both through our eight-point checklist. We spent a few weeks living with two direct-to-consumer bamboo toothbrushes that make the same basic pitch: a bamboo handle built to outlast disposable plastic, paired with a replaceable head so you’re not throwing…
-
Plastic-Free Toothbrushes: Sorting Through the Trade-Offs
I went looking for a plastic-free toothbrush expecting a quick swap. Three days and a few rabbit holes later, here’s what netted out. My goals were simple: less waste, and less microplastic exposure from what’s actually touching my teeth. It took more digging than expected to get past the marketing, but almost nothing solves both…
-
Glass Water Filter Pitcher: Why We Switched to LifeStraw
One of the easiest swaps we made in our kitchen was switching from a plastic filter pitcher to a glass one. Sounds simple, but it’s actually harder to find than you’d think: most filter pitchers with a serious filtration system still use a plastic reservoir. Finding one that stores the water in glass, with a…
-
Plastic-Free Food Storage: Why We Switched to Glass and Silicone
We used to have a cupboard full of mismatched plastic containers, nowhere close to plastic-free food storage, the kind that build up over the years from takeout, hand-me-downs, whatever’s on sale. At some point I started paying attention to the lids specifically, not just the containers. The Problem With Plastic Lids on Glass Containers A…
-
What We Actually Use to Wash Cloth Diapers
Before cloth diapers, we used Freddie’s laundry sheets, simple, low-waste, easy to toss in. But cloth diapers ask a bit more of a detergent. A few things matter here that didn’t with regular laundry: That ruled out a lot of what’s on the shelf, including some detergents marketed specifically for babies. What we switched to:…
-
Why We Switched to Cloth Diapers (And the Exact System We Use)
Getting started We actually started this with our second. With our first, we weren’t as on the ball when it came to mindful plastics and chemical reduction, a new baby is a lot, and just getting through the days takes everything you have. But somewhere in the rhythm of early parenthood we started doing deeper…