Anyone never owned a tumble dryer or microwave? - how do you manage?

Esmay it’s true how many mod cons we did without. I wonder how we managed.
It’s good that we’re more environmentally and certainly more financially aware, but I’m with you, I don’t feel guilty about what I do use.

What a waste of money, all these barely used tumbles are.

Never had a tumble dryer, even when working. At this time of the year we put the washing on a clothes horse in the sitting room to dry over night. Our sitting room stays lovely and warm due to the wood burner. In the better weather it’s easy, outside and you can’t beat the smell of fresh air on clothes or bedding

I have never owned a tumble dryer.
In good weather, washing gets pegged out on the line outside.

In wintertime, my washing gets draped around the airing cupboard and radiator towel rails. Next day, everything is dry and ready to put away.

I have owned several microwaves since the 1980’s.
I find them very useful for heating up food, but I hardly ever use it for actual cooking.
Also, have never owned a dishwasher either.

My tumble dryer and microwave are both in the garage as they are rarely used. I love the smell of clothes from the outside line or I put them on the clothes horse inside to dry them in the winter.
My microwave is mainly used for my porridge and warming milk.

I've lived without a washing machine, tumble dryer, vacuum cleaner and TV for years . I also made food from scratch .
I'd cycle a minimum of five often ten miles a day as well .

No wonder - I weighed less than eight stone and had trouble keeping weight on !

My head would hit the pillow at ten and I'd be out like a light .

I also read a great deal .

These days ,I can't manage without my mod cons and I enjoy watching the TV !

And I don't feel guilty !

When I had a family all living at home, we always had a tumble drier, microwave, and dishwasher.

Currently I am living alone in rented accommodation, with none of the above. I have to say, I don't miss the microwave at all, quite happy to heat things up in a pan on the stove. Same goes for the dishwasher, I'm only cooking for myself, so there's not much washing up, and I find it quite therapeutic. I miss the tumble drier for big stuff like bath sheets and bedding, but always hang the washing outside, and find I can dry it off completely indoors by using radiator racks (cheap from Amazon) or draping duvet covers over the bannisters. Hopefully my electricity bill is being helped, too.

When I buy my next home, I doubt very much if I will purchase any of these appliances again.

I have had a microwave for years and would not want to be without it.
I had a tumble dryer for a long time and did find it useful, especially for finishing off after bringing things in from drying outdoors. I didn't replace it when it died and not sure where I could put one in this house. They are definitely useful.

I have no tumble drier and love the smell of washing dried outside. At this time of year tend to do washing in the evening so that I can put it out first thing in the morning to get dry. Even if there is little breeze and have to dry it more inside on clothes horse still smells better and cheaper than a tumble drier.

Miele washer and Miele tumble dryer. Brilliant! I dry everything on a low heat. It means that nothing needs ironing.
I have a microwave but don't use it lots. If I had to choose between the two, then I would keep the tumbler and happily get rid of the microwave.

Had a tumble drier when for babies clothes but gave up. I love to see washing hanging on a line so as others say do washing on a clear day. We have a microwave which I'm trying to get my husband to let me get rid of. Used only for warming milk and baked beans! Such a waste of space in my little kitchen

I have a tumble drier but don't use it as too costly. Use a multi rack which I put in the conservatory on days when I can't dry washing outdoors. Dishwasher is stacked as I use dishes and when full is switched on. As I live alone this can be 2/3 days unless I am batch cooking. Microwave is a combi so saves on using the large free standing electric cooker.

kali2 ''A single tumble dryer could be responsible for releasing 120m micro plastic fibres into the air each year, a study has found''

only if you have man made fibres in there, not if cotton, linen, viscose, wool etc. Many of us make a point of buying/making only from natural fibres

I've always thought microwaves probably use less energy than the oven (baked potatoes 10min v 1h approx)?

Only use the tumble drier for certain things. In the winter I put heavy items like towels and duvet covers on the radiators and tumble light items until just dry. With energy bills set to rise horrendously don’t think I’ll be using it unless absolutely necessary.

I didn't have either a tumbler dryer or a microwave until we moved into this house in 2016.

I only use the dryer in the worst winter weather in other words from the end of October until April here and only for bed linen and denims. DH's shirt sleeves which are never long enough in any case shrink if dried in the dryer and I itch so I can't wear either my shirts or pants if they are dried in it, so hardly the most useful gadget we ever spent money on.

It is however a boon when drying bed-mats and mattress covers!

The washing machine spins well enough for most washing to dry overnight in the back kitchen, during the winter and in the summer I dry everything outside.

The microwave was bought in a charity shop as DH loves popcorn, apart from that we only use it for warming things like meat balls the day after they were made, or if they come straight out of the freezer. We may start using it more now that the electricity prices are going up.

I have never had a tumble drier. Dry things on a rack in the back room overnight.
I wouldn’t be without my microwave now that I cannot have pans of boiling water being unsteady on my feet. Cook potatoes, vegetables, porridge, eggs, sauces, meals, defrost etc.

For the first 45 years of our marriage I did not have a dryer, then we moved into town and now live in a typical australian queenslander house where the living area is on the second floor. As I have bad knees and the stairs are difficult my husband decided to build a laundry upstairs for me and install a dryer. Its lovely but I sometimes miss the smell of sun dried clothes. As for the microwave, its just a box to defrost things, I dont cook in it.

Haven't had a tumble dryer in decades. In winter, I use the heated towel rail in the bathroom, having spun the clothes again after the washing cycle is complete.
Never had a dishwasher, but I couldn't live without my microwave (cook, eat one third, freeze two more meals) or a washing machine.
(I use the local launderette for washing and drying very big things a couple of times a year)

Oofy ?? I remember dinners reheated that way too. Sometimes the gravy had formed an almost impenetrable skin which you had to pierce to get at your food!

We replaced an old tumble dryer which I found had stopped working after several years of not using it, after DH had major surgery, and his bedding and towels needed washing and drying daily. Was amazed how much better the new condenser dryer was, clothes come out beautifully dry and increased, and water gets tipped from a tank down the sink.
Having said that, now only use it if the weather really too bad to dry bedlinen outside, like now with snow coming and going, otherwise all drying of clothes gets done on the Drysoon dryer from Lakeland which Casdon mentioned, uses very little electricity and dries overnight on Economy 7. Room does get steamed up though. DH says the dehumidifier drinks electricity….
Combination microwave gets used all the time, cooked deboned Turkey in it for Christmas lunch a couple of years ago when we were between cookers. And in use daily for porridge, heating up drinks, reheating and defrosting freezer meals and softening butter for cooking.
I remember my DM reheating a roast dinner on a plate over a pan of hot water with a saucepan lid over it when DF was working late, all dried up around the edges. Sometimes we don’t appreciate how labour saving modern devices can be.

Never had a tumble dryer and haven’t space for one. I use a Lakeland heated airer

I have never possessed a tumble dryer, too expensive to run. I hang my clothes outside for many months of a year using a rotary drier and when it is raining, on a clothes horse in my kitchen. It can take longer when the weather is warmer and no heating is needed but it is wet outside.

I could not live without my microwave or dishwasher.

I've had a microwave for over 20 years and use it for cooking rice, veg and porridge plus the usual reheating of stuff. I've had a tumble dryer for even longer and like another poster use it to 'finish off' washing rather than drying straight from the washing machine as it does save ironing. I prefer line dried laundry but sometimes it's just not possible.
We've had a dishwasher for over 30 years and it gets full enough to run through most days.

I hang my washing on an old fashioned airer that is fixed to the ceiling to dry clothes in winter. It is near my multifuel burner....dries in no time. Not had a microwave in 15 years. Do love my airfryer though ?