10 Household Products We Stopped Buying — And What Replaced Them

10 Household Products We Stopped Buying — And What Replaced Them What replaced the household products we used to buy without thinking? From floor wax and laundry bluing to blank VHS tapes, camera film, and typewriter ribbons, this Top 10 countdown follows the everyday purchases that changed along with our homes. Revisit the chores, sounds, and small rituals behind ten familiar products, then discover the materials, machines, and services that took over their jobs. Some replacements saved time. Others changed how we watched television, took photographs, answered calls, or found information. Featured products: floor wax, boxed laundry starch, laundry bluing, typewriter ribbons, printed encyclopedia sets, blank VHS tapes, camera film, answering machine tapes, electric coffee percolators, and traditional incandescent light bulbs. Several of these products are still available and still have devoted users. This episode explores changing household habits across the decades, including memories of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Which product did your family stop buying? Which one do you still use? Share your memory in the comments, and subscribe for more Top 10 stories about American nostalgia and everyday history. Subscribe to ‪@TheCuriousTens‬ for more videos like this! #householdnostalgia #vintageproducts #americannostalgia