My answer to this question has been materially affected by sites such as Meh… If acquiring a vacuum cleaner required going to a store to buy one, I’d probably have just one. But because of all of the damn vacuum cleaner “deals” on the Mehs and Woots of the internets…
@ruouttaurmind I came here to say the same thing. I have a Miele vacuum cleaner and 1.3 shop vacs. (I smoke checked one of the shop vacs the other day so it only counts as a third of a vacuum.)
An expendable Phantom upright that I used exclusively to clean around my late doggie’s sleep area. Lots and lots and lots of fur and dander.
5 gallon wet/dry shop vac.
Three Kenmore bagged uprights that all do a much better job with dust collection than the said shop vac.
A rechargeable Dustbuster.
Two Westinghouse SweepEZE.
A small canister that was like $15 from Walmart many years ago but still works fine.
The Deebot from a Fuko.
The partial:
A 70 gallon dust collector for woodworking tools. 2 horsepower motor, so I’ll need to run it on its own circuit too.
Two Roombas.
14 + 0.8 + (2)0.5 = 15.8.
Total cost: about 13 catshirts. Several were curbside finds (that were easily fixed because the hose clogged and wouldn’t suck) and the most expensive was the shop vac.
If you count shop vacs and roombas, way too many. Guess I’m bringing up the average.
A couple of Mieles, a Roomba, a Neato Botvac, two dustbuster types, a 5 gallon shopvac, a mini shopvac, a toolbox shopvac, a Hoover carpet cleaner, and a Thermax extractor. I think that covers it.
I suppose I could get one more and make it an even dozen, but not today.
A roomba that I bought from woot. . . but my current place doesn’t really work for it, so I let the battery get too low and now it doesn’t run at all. I guess that counts as .3, if I extend @narfcake’s fractional system a bit.
I HAVE JUST THE ONE, AND BOY DOES IT SUCK!!! THAT’S A JOKE YOU CAN LAUGH NOW!!! TO BE HONEST, I HAVE DIRT FLOORS IN THE BUNKER!!! I NEVER HAVE TO SWEEP!!! HEY WHO LEFT THE LIGHTS ON?!?!?
I have a carpet cleaner as well which does have a “vacuum” like portion that sucks up the soapy and rinse water used for cleaning the carpet, thus I would count it as a 0.4 vacuum, bringing my houses total to 1.4. Unless you count a dog which will suck up most any food items that gets dropped, that would be about a 0.16, this would then bring my grand total to 1.56 vacuums.
Car vac, 3 shop vac, the house hold shark, the Dyson and the crosswave…we have a problem. See, we have 8 family members in the home, but only 7 vacuums… probably should buy today’s deal…
When I originally saw this, I was like “why would anyone have more than one vacuum cleaner? Maybe some people have an ‘upstairs’ vacuum so they don’t have to lug it when it just calls for spot duty?” Then I realized that in addition to my one “regular” vacuum, I do have a shop vac and a dust buster, so I guess that puts me right on the average.
@bocoroth our old vacuum forming machine had a unit that strongly resembled an old industrial Electrolux mounted to its frame. I offer wondered if we should ever open it up and look for/change/empty the bag inside.
-Dyson for basement (heavy cat litter traffic areas)
-Shark for upstairs (hard floor and carpet)
-Shop Vac (for shop)
-Corded handheld thing for carpet stairs and car interiors
-Rechargeable hand-held thing (very light duty, probably should trash this one)
-USB keyboard vacuum (doesn’t suck enough)
-Roomba from kickstarter fuku (no longer used because battery started to suck)
Our 2.3 would be
Bissell upright = 1
Roomba = 1
Scooba by Roomba = .3 since it does do a little vacuuming, but we really should vacuum before running it.
Why isn’t 2.3 a choice for unhelpful assholes such as myself?
My answer to this question has been materially affected by sites such as Meh… If acquiring a vacuum cleaner required going to a store to buy one, I’d probably have just one. But because of all of the damn vacuum cleaner “deals” on the Mehs and Woots of the internets…
If you include my two shop vacs and my Dustbuster I guess I have 5.
@ruouttaurmind I came here to say the same thing. I have a Miele vacuum cleaner and 1.3 shop vacs. (I smoke checked one of the shop vacs the other day so it only counts as a third of a vacuum.)
Two: one upstairs, one downstairs. No fractional vacuum cleaners present at this time.
I should probably not count the refurbished one I got from Meh, though it is probably better than the new stuff they are selling today.
I have 1.5. A small shop vac and a tiny handheld.
Enough that I probably don’t ever need to buy another one:
The partial:
14 + 0.8 + (2)0.5 = 15.8.
Total cost: about 13 catshirts. Several were curbside finds (that were easily fixed because the hose clogged and wouldn’t suck) and the most expensive was the shop vac.
If you count shop vacs and roombas, way too many. Guess I’m bringing up the average.
A couple of Mieles, a Roomba, a Neato Botvac, two dustbuster types, a 5 gallon shopvac, a mini shopvac, a toolbox shopvac, a Hoover carpet cleaner, and a Thermax extractor. I think that covers it.
I suppose I could get one more and make it an even dozen, but not today.
Do stick vacs count? I counted the stick vac. We would only have 2 but I got a Shark in a Fuko, so I have one just for vacuuming my car.
A roomba that I bought from woot. . . but my current place doesn’t really work for it, so I let the battery get too low and now it doesn’t run at all. I guess that counts as .3, if I extend @narfcake’s fractional system a bit.
1 Dyson, and 3 shopvacs…
I HAVE JUST THE ONE, AND BOY DOES IT SUCK!!! THAT’S A JOKE YOU CAN LAUGH NOW!!! TO BE HONEST, I HAVE DIRT FLOORS IN THE BUNKER!!! I NEVER HAVE TO SWEEP!!! HEY WHO LEFT THE LIGHTS ON?!?!?
BUY MY STUFF!!!
I have a carpet cleaner as well which does have a “vacuum” like portion that sucks up the soapy and rinse water used for cleaning the carpet, thus I would count it as a 0.4 vacuum, bringing my houses total to 1.4. Unless you count a dog which will suck up most any food items that gets dropped, that would be about a 0.16, this would then bring my grand total to 1.56 vacuums.
Well crap i have a shop vac and forgot to count it so i guess i have 3 not 2
@ivannabc ya I didn’t know we were counting shop vacs, and carpet shampooers, etc
Car vac, 3 shop vac, the house hold shark, the Dyson and the crosswave…we have a problem. See, we have 8 family members in the home, but only 7 vacuums… probably should buy today’s deal…
BotVac, Dust Buster, Shark, and the empty vacuum that is my soul.
How does one vacuum with .3 of a unit?
Shit. I actually have five vacuums. How is my house not spotless?
When I originally saw this, I was like “why would anyone have more than one vacuum cleaner? Maybe some people have an ‘upstairs’ vacuum so they don’t have to lug it when it just calls for spot duty?” Then I realized that in addition to my one “regular” vacuum, I do have a shop vac and a dust buster, so I guess that puts me right on the average.
Do vacuum-form molders count? What about the spit-sucker at the dentist’s office? Not that I have either, I’m just curious.
@bocoroth our old vacuum forming machine had a unit that strongly resembled an old industrial Electrolux mounted to its frame. I offer wondered if we should ever open it up and look for/change/empty the bag inside.
-Dyson for basement (heavy cat litter traffic areas)
-Shark for upstairs (hard floor and carpet)
-Shop Vac (for shop)
-Corded handheld thing for carpet stairs and car interiors
-Rechargeable hand-held thing (very light duty, probably should trash this one)
-USB keyboard vacuum (doesn’t suck enough)
-Roomba from kickstarter fuku (no longer used because battery started to suck)
I think that’s it…
Our 2.3 would be
Bissell upright = 1
Roomba = 1
Scooba by Roomba = .3 since it does do a little vacuuming, but we really should vacuum before running it.
Total = 2.3