The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the article use condition, and a daily necessity container. The method comprises steps that the use condition of an article in the daily necessity container is acquired; when the use condition of the article surpasses a set threshold, the prompting information is emitted; the prompting information comprises the information used for prompting the user that margin of the article in the daily necessity container is too small. The method is advantaged in that the margin of the article in the daily necessity container can be monitored in real time, the user is further prompted when the margin is not enough, and inconvenience caused by use up of the article can be avoided.