Learn how fabric softener works, when to use it, and how it can enhance your laundry routine. Fabric softeners work in the rinse cycle to coat fibers with softening ingredients that make them feel ...

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 ...

Learn how fabric softener actually works, and when you should—and shouldn't—use it. Fabric softener, also called fabric ...

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 ...

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 ...