Originally Posted by
noglider
That is, of course, the goal.
We inherited a couple of old Electrolux vacuum cleaners. ("Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.") So we have one on each floor of the house. Her thinking is that this way, we don't have to carry one up or down the stairs. Of course, I end up vacuuming the stairs, so I do carry it, but whatever.
We've discovered that the combination of a Dyson and a son who is big into airsoft results in quite a bit of sound generation as the scattered pellets clatter and spin their way down the funnels.
We inherited a Kirby from my mom, but the local air force base kept complaining about how loud it was, so we donated it (of course it worked fine). That Kirby might be the cause of some of my lifetime hearing loss.