# What is your favorite appliance in your home? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 23, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486 "2014-06-23T21:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Neenah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@Neenah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neenah)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/41 "2014-06-25T20:30:41Z")
Washing machine, by far. We have been without water to the house since last fall/ winter, and there is nothing that has been harder to find efficient alternatives for. ---
**Author:** ![Mattie\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mattie\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mattie_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/42 "2014-06-25T20:51:20Z")
My outdoor clothesline. The feel of slipping into wind dryed sheets is like no other. And they smell so nice. Last week the sheets got caught in a fast but furious rainstorm that essentially gave them a thorough soft water rinse. Heavenly! Indoor - I don’t think I could live without my little Macbook. It’s a good little workhorse that gives me the world. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/43 "2014-06-25T21:08:32Z")
I do not own a plug-in appliance (aside from those plugged in under my desktop computer), but I have a stove-top pressure cooker. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Earth001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a6a055/32.png) [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/44 "2014-06-25T21:44:27Z")
Rice cookers are another favorite of mines that I really liked ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/45 "2014-06-25T22:04:37Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > My favorite appliance right now is the air conditioner. I think fondly of my window air conditioner even when it’s packed away for the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/46 "2014-06-25T22:07:48Z")
**One for the Gearheads** My Honda. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/47 "2014-06-26T05:47:35Z")
Central air-conditioning. I can’t think of anything else that has given me more pleasure. Well, aside from my partner, who is not an appliance. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/48 "2014-06-26T06:15:08Z")
Refrigerator is too obvious of a choice (I mean, come on!) so I’m not going to go with that. Same goes for washing machine. I was ready to say rice cooker, because I use it 3-4 times a week and it makes the best rice, but with summer nearly upon us I’m going to say air con wins out. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/49 "2014-06-26T09:52:36Z")
Just got one of [these bad-boys](http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/151330531773?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108&ff19=0) and for steaming, porridge, rice etc. it is the dogs bollocks. Also my beloved [gaggia classic](http://www.coffee-matters.co.uk/gaggia-classic-ri8161-coffee-machine-with-professional-filter-holder-stainless-steel-body.html?___store=default&gclid=CjkKEQjwia-dBRC07eeatYGe-78BEiQArZhbgKe-niflf2HxzNGO9vBz4CDLVTZESh_lwWgi43NmMrnw_wcB) coffee maker. It has been a 10 year relationship and we are still going strong And finally, a food processor. We got [one of these](http://www.johnlewis.com/magimix-5200xl-blendermix-food-processor/p545059?colour=Chrome) as wedding present 20+ years ago, That base is just a sodding big motor that feels like it could chop rocks if it has too. If it weren’t so heavy the starting torque would flip it off the countertop. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/50 "2014-06-26T14:03:45Z")
Flush toilet: 1. Have poo 2. Push button 3. Poo gone ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/51 "2014-06-26T23:14:36Z")
In order of importance: indoor plumbing central heating hot water heater stove fridge clothes washer clothes dryer Everything else ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/52 "2014-06-27T02:33:46Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Dishwasher, how I love thee. I never appreciated you until I had to live without you, and I wanted to kill myself. Yes, I love _my_ spouse too. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/53 "2014-06-29T02:36:10Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Really? 33 posts and no one has mentioned a bedroom appliance? Well I’ll not be the first. I’ll go with the Keurig coffee maker. It has really opened up my options for coffee. Okay, then, I’ll be the first. My wife and I love the Eroscillator, the only vibrator recommended by Dr. Ruth. **Much** more fun than any crummy rice cooker! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/54 "2014-06-29T03:08:18Z")
The OP was banned over this? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/55 "2014-06-29T03:19:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > The OP was banned over this? 😕 “Household Appliance” or more commonly “Household App” is drug lingo. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/56 "2014-06-29T03:23:12Z")
Gotta be my refrigerator. Closely followed by my airconditioner. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/57 "2014-06-29T03:37:08Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “Household Appliance” or more commonly “Household App” is drug lingo. Yes, but of their 74 posts 44 were OP’s! ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/58 "2014-06-29T17:55:24Z")
dehumidifier my house is very damp (dirt floor basement, lots of trees) also I bought it in 2001 and it has run everyday since then ---
**Author:** ![franz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@franz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/franz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486/59 "2014-07-01T11:45:12Z")
Rice cooker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-appliance-in-your-home/691486.md?page=2)