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

Dishwasher, we use it every day.

Tumble drier is used once every 2 months.

Dishwasher. I’ve got a dehumidifier in the conservatory and a line outside for drying washing.

Tumble dryer every time. Never had a dishwasher but I don't like them.

but I don't like them

Why not? 😆

Tumble dryer. I can handle washing lots of endless pots in a sink, but I cannot cope with piles of washing. As someone with 4 kids and therefore lots of laundry, a tumble dryer is a must have so that I’m not waiting forever for things to dry before I can move on to the next load.

Dishwasher

Itd be a dishwasher, all day every day for me. I only use our dryer because our front loading washer smashes the heck out of our towels and if I don't dry them they're like rasp paper. Really annoys me to have to use it on a nice day when I could otherwise hang on the line and have them smell of fresh air and sunshine.

Dishwasher, use it every day and really missed it when we were renovating the kitchen. Have a tumble dryer but have not used in the last year as expensive to run. I use the line to dry clothes outdoors from Spring and use the dehumidifier when drying indoors in the winter. You’ll use the dishwasher all year long so it’s a no brainer to me.

Tumble drier. You can still wash the dishes by hand, but it's not so easy in the winter getting clothes and especially bedding dry without a dishwasher.

Rubbish!

I have lived with both, and with neither. The tumble dryer when I had a proper vented one in the garage was used rarely, either on occasions when something was needed urgently or for certain things that take a long time to dry like down coats or a particularly thick set of bedding. Otherwise washing went on the line or on the radiators. The dishwasher on the other hand went on daily.

I then lived for several years with neither. I would occasionally need a tumble dryer to dry a down coat and could either use a launderette or pop round to a family member and ask a favour. On the other hand the dishes needed doing regularly, plus the less frequent things like oven shelves and grill pans.

I still don't have room for a dishwasher. When I bought a new washing machine I bought a washer dryer, it does the job when needed but most of my washing goes on a maiden with a dehumidifier running if needed (I can't dry outdoors and don't have central heating) most things dry fine in around 24 hours it isn't a hardship.

I don't have either, so ideally I'd like both!

They're both brilliant labour saving devices! You wouldn't regret buying either...

Dishwasher every time.

Both of mine broke within a week of each other about about 8 years ago. We had replaced the dishwasher in 48 hours and the tumble drier last year.
It was a no brainier because the dishwasher changed my life! No more visual clutter.
Tumble drier is a really nice to have but I can get by without it and find we have a lot of clothes that either can't go in it or look worse for going in it.