AIBU to choose a tumble drier over a dishwasher?

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If you could only choose one, which would you choose a tumble or a dishwasher.
context: single parent with x3 kids 11-7yrs

I'd say dishwasher unless you have a baby (rather than your big kids I mean).

Babies get through so many outfit changes a day (aaargh we are in the thick of it atm), so a tumble dryer helps with that.

Whereas older kids (I mean even my 3yo) snacks so much so we get through like a dozen plates a day, but she can sometimes wear the same clothes two days in a row. So, dishwasher.

We have both thankfully

Def tumble dryer every time. The kids can do the dishes

Tumble drier.

My dishwasher has been broken for 3 years and have managed without it. If my tumble dryer broke I would have to get it repaired/replaced immediately!

3 kids is a lot of clothes to get dry!

I would 100% go with the Tumble dryer! The kids can muck in with the washing up :)

We had to make this decision when we moved and we just couldn’t lose the drier. We did miss the dish washer at first but now just suck it up. There’s no way we could manage without the drier, I hate damp washing hanging around.

Tumble dryer! Every single time

Dishwasher, but I'd walk round my home with a tape measure in search of any spare sixty centimetre space I could fit a condenser tumble dryer in.

Dishwasher!

You don't need a tumble drier, just get a dehumidifier. Dries stuff so quickly, stays smelling fresh. Our dishwasher broke recently and it was miserable.

I have both. I could, at a push, cope with a dishwasher but I would not want to give up the tumble dryer esp with a few kids.

Get a washer dryer and then you still have space for a dishwasher. Win win

Dishwasher and get a washer dryer

dishwasher every time.
much more economical.

Tumble dryer. Unless you want loads of damp tank smelling washing all over your house

We went from a house with neither and moved into a house with both. The dishwasher broke about 3 years ago and we've never replaced it, but I'd be bereft without the dryer.

We do live in an area with a lot of rain though.

Depends on how many kids but dryer wins every time for me

Tumble dryer and countertop mini dishwasher.

Tumble dryer hands down and your eldest is definitely capable of learning to wash up, the younger ones can clear a table and bring everything through, wipe the table down and dry it. Good for cross body activity especially for the youngest. Rubber gloves for the eldest to be able to have hotter water. Items that cannot be smashed can be dried up by the younger ones.

Remember in school they have to clear their own food trays etc.

Depends how much drying space you have. I’d go large capacity washer dryer (we’ve had one for years and it’s great) and a heated airer, plus dishwasher.

Dishwasher every time

Tumble dryer

Dishwasher every single time. Clothes can be dried on an airer (or outside in the summer).

But I'm one of those people who commits the ultimate MN sin of wearing clothes more than once, so my washing is manageable (although there is a LOT of gym/running kit getting washed). If you/your kids are wearing things once and then washing them, then I'd cut down on washing and definitely get a disshwasher!

Tumble dryer definitely for me
We don't have a dish washer and havent for 10 years.

Dishwasher! I only use our tumble drier 1-2 times a week to fluff up cardboard towels that have air dried.

Tumble dryer. In fact mine's just broken so am currently researching whether to get another vented one, or try a condenser one this time.

I cannot be doing with wet washing hanging around the house.

Personally: Tumble Drier.

It's a pain to dry things sometimes in winter and you don't have to use it if you have somewhere to hang things outside the rest of the time, or when it's not urgent.

Never had a dishwasher and don't have a problem with washing dishes by hand.