British sociologists have found that every third household appliance is used no more than 6 times a year. Every tenth device generally remains idle, occupying a precious place and causing irritation to the owners.

In order to save the family budget and space in home cabinets and closets, we suggest exploring the most useless household appliances. It is these “devices” that more often than others become a dead weight, which means they are not worth the money spent.

10. Fryer

Even big fans of french fries, as a rule, do not cook it regularly at home. The reasons are obvious - high consumption of vegetable oil and electricity, the desire to switch to a healthy diet, as well as the inconvenience of caring for the device.

9. Noodle slicer

Of course, homemade noodles are delicious. But in an effort to fully provide the family with homemade pasta, one should not purchase a rather bulky and expensive device. As a rule, enthusiasm passes quickly, and a place in the kitchen for a noodle cutter is still necessary. By the way, small, cheap Chinese-made pasta machines disappoint hostesses even faster than more expensive Italian counterparts.

8. Slicer

Perhaps this device will be in demand for a family of 10-12 people. But, as a rule, cutting 3-4 slices of bread or slices of sausage is easier with an ordinary knife than with an electric device requiring care and storage space.

7. Electric broom

In the pursuit of purity, many acquire such a miracle helper. It’s only that it takes up more space than an ordinary floor brush, plus it consumes electricity, but only fairly expensive models provide decent cleaning quality.

6. Mantovarka

Perhaps this device will be in demand in Central Asia, but Russian housewives most often turn on their mantovark no more than a couple of times a year. If there is a double boiler in the household, the appliance becomes an excess.

5. Steam cleaner

At first glance, the device can become a loyal assistant, as it allows you to cope with persistent pollution without the use of harmful chemicals. However, practice shows that after cleaning furniture, plumbing and tiled floors, most housewives remove the steam cleaner “in the long drawer”. So isn’t it easier to call for dry cleaning for upholstered furniture and cleaning for bathrooms once a year?

4. Massage foot bath

A nice device that, alas, cannot be called useful. Firstly, home spa procedures take time, secondly, after using the bath you need to wash and store somewhere, thirdly, inexpensive models, as a rule, do not have enough power for normal massage.

3. Toaster

One of the most popular household appliances purchased as a gift. And one of the most useless. No one set out to track the "cycle of toasters in nature." But polls indicate that most of these tidbits are redistributed several times, and then end their century in the dark corner of a pantry.

2. Egg cooker

Such an amount of boiled eggs, which justifies the purchase of an egg cooker, is not used by any average family. Of course, eggs are an important part of the diet. But for the sake of a couple of eggs a week, you definitely should not clutter up the kitchen space. By the way, according to researchers, the omelet is the most popular “egg” dish. But we do not eat boiled eggs as often as it might seem.

1. Ice cream maker

According to the Times, the device for making homemade ice cream is recognized as the most useless in the household. Of the 1,500 housewives surveyed, in the presence of an ice cream maker, not one used this device more than twice a year. And none of the respondents indicated that they would like to receive such a device as a gift if it is not on the farm.

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