Most unpleasant-sounding vacuum ever?

[bagintheback]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the 4amp Orecks yet. I agree Nicolonnic, the Orecks are one of the worst offenders unfortunately. Had to edit the post after rereading. I'm generally an Oreck defender but those are just way too loud. I agree the Eurkea Bravos also sounded horrible.

I feel like 90% of the current big-box-store vacuums sound the same these days. I used to be able to tell the exact model of a vacuum by sound but not anything made in the past 10 years. Are they all just a similar Ametek motor now? Many of my friends have stick vacs for their apartments and I don't feel any emotion towards them. I'd take the sound of a 12amp Elite over most of them.

 

[happyjigg]

I hate the sound of the Dyson DC59 / V6. We have two and I can't stand using them without hearing protection. The high pitch right next to your ears is unbearable.
We also have a comically loud 9 gallon craftsman wet dry vac, made by Emerson. It has no sound insulation. It didn't come with a muffler which every other one seemed to have and I thought one would help. Turns out what I thought was a muffler is only a diffuser to stop stuff from blowing around.
I agree Kirbys in hose mode are awful. I swear there was another vacuum I was thinking of but I can't remember at the moment.

 

[happyjigg]

I hate the sound of the Dyson DC59 / V6. We have two and I can't stand using them without hearing protection. The high pitch right next to your ears is unbearable.
We also have a comically loud 9 gallon craftsman wet dry vac, made by Emerson. It has no sound insulation. It didn't come with a muffler which every other one seemed to have and I thought one would help. Turns out what I thought was a muffler is only a diffuser to stop stuff from blowing around.
I agree Kirbys in hose mode are awful. I swear there was another vacuum I was thinking of but I can't remember at the moment.

Oh yeah! I did remember. Our Eureka Express canister. No sound insulation. Extremely cheap plastic. It's probably in the same class as our Filtex TC-600L except more shrill and no excuse. I could make a whole thread on that horrific piece of garbage since it's a perfect contender for the worst vacuum cleaner ever made, at least if you don't consider the power nozzle.

 

[cheesewonton]

Oh yeah! I did remember. Our Eureka Express canister. No sound insulation. Extremely cheap plastic. It's probably in the same class as our Filtex TC-600L except more shrill and no excuse. I could make a whole thread on that horrific piece of garbage since it's a perfect contender for the worst vacuum cleaner ever made, at least if you don't consider the power nozzle.

I guess I'd say the World Vac canister was even worse than the Express. At least the Express didn't look like something drawn by a bored 6th grader in algebra class.

 

[happyjigg]

I guess I'd say the World Vac canister was even worse than the Express. At least the Express didn't look like something drawn by a bored 6th grader in algebra class.

Oh my God. You're absolutely right! What happened to vacuum styling in the 90s? They're extraordinarily malaise.

 

[Absolute Rainbow]

Don't bring up Dyson V16 Piston to this thread. @Vacuum Facts has confirmed that its cleaner head isn't nearly as loud as some of you guys made out to be.

 

[royalfan103]

Don't bring up Dyson V16 Piston to this thread. @Vacuum Facts has confirmed that its cleaner head isn't nearly as loud as some of you guys made out to be.

Let people talk about what they want, dude.

 

[cheesewonton]

Let people talk about what they want, dude.

He was being sarcastic.

 

[royalfan103]

He was being sarcastic.

Oh, silly me! Lol.

 

[huskyvacs]

Oh my God. You're absolutely right! What happened to vacuum styling in the 90s? They're extraordinarily malaise.

Too much focus on power draw and CLEANING WATTS and they shoved away the design and styling to just cram a huge motor in it that pulls more power than a table saw.

 

[royalfan103]

I hate the sound of the Dyson DC59 / V6. We have two and I can't stand using them without hearing protection. The high pitch right next to your ears is unbearable.
We also have a comically loud 9 gallon craftsman wet dry vac, made by Emerson. It has no sound insulation. It didn't come with a muffler which every other one seemed to have and I thought one would help. Turns out what I thought was a muffler is only a diffuser to stop stuff from blowing around.
I agree Kirbys in hose mode are awful. I swear there was another vacuum I was thinking of but I can't remember at the moment.

I recently acquired a V6 and the sound from the motor is UNBEARABLY high pitched. Makes the motors TTI used for their bagged Windtunnels sound tolerable.

 

[Absolute Rainbow]

Let people talk about what they want, dude.

He was being sarcastic.

Oh, silly me! Lol.

@Vacuum Facts himself confirmed that the V16 and its head aren't all that loud.

Also, what's his least favourite sound in vacuum cleaner again? Since this thread is about the unpleasant sound after all.

 

[cheesewonton]

A Hoover Quadraflex and Eureka Rugmaster power nozzle both drive me nuts. Why so loud? You are using this silent and refined Dimension 1000 then you fire up the Quadraflex and your living room sounds like an industrial site !