So following on from the dishwasher thread, apart from your cooker..............

[pedilia]

what household gadget could you not be without?

I think for me it would be my hoover or washing machine, can't really decide between them as both get used every day.

washing machine, cooker and diswasher - in equal measure!

Washing machine. Imagine washing all those clothes by hand! or trekking down to the launderette.

Really your dishwasher?

Isn't it obvious/ Surely it has to be the computer for all of us?

Close call between the washing machine & hot water tank/boiler

Washing clothes, sheets towels etc in the bath or filling a bath with pans of boiling water isn't my idea of fun!

washing machine.
although coffee maker is a very, very close second.

PMSL comeoveneer, didn't even occur to me but yes to the top of the list

washing machine .oh and just brought sandwhich toaster-i need it!i love it!

and kettle actually!although could use stupid rayburn.

roomba/scooba- not sure which!

whats a scooba?

Washing machine. Use reusable nappies so it's a must!

floor washing/ mess eating robot!

that would be the dog in our house then

oooooh why not get a dog

lol

scooba doesn't smell of wet dog or need walking and feeding and provides amusement and entertainment for small children and cats!

I have just googled scooba as I have never heard of them, do they really work?

i would sacrifice my dishwasher and microwave to have him he works brilliantly!!

I know a lot of people say thay are happy without a dishwasher, tumble dryer, microwave (not me but hey it takes all sorts) etc and I can even imagine someone doing without a vacuum cleaner but I'd be very surprised if ANYONE on mumsnet would be happy to do without a washing machine.

Just to prove me wrong, someone is going to come along and regale us with their happy stories of trecking down to the local stream with a bar of soap and a washboard.

our washing machine broke last year we had few weeks of nowt!mil was doing load,my mum did load but i had the cloth nappies to do-yummy!neddless to say-soon as we could get another we did.i heart my washing machine.

Cooker
Dishwasher
Washing machine
Tumble drier
Vacuum cleaner
Espresso maker

are all crucial bits of equipment without which our household cannot function.

Have managed without telephone (fixed) or computer quite easily. Dumped mobile phone ages ago, hated it in the end.

Everything turns to crap in my house if the washing machine is broken (as it is now) It seems to have a knock on effect in every other area for some reason..

Washing machine and tumble drier.

washing machine, definately.