# What are the quietest vacuum cleaners? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 17, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-quietest-vacuum-cleaners/322101 "2005-09-17T12:29:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-quietest-vacuum-cleaners/322101/1 "2005-09-17T12:29:41Z")
Simple question. I want a new vacuum cleaner to keep upstairs so that I don’t have to lug my current one up all the stairs all the time. And I hate that horrible sound that vacuum cleaners make. Makes me not want to vacuum at all. I’m looking for an inexpensive vacuum, preferably under $100, but I’ll pay more for a really quiet vacuum. Please help. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-quietest-vacuum-cleaners/322101/2 "2005-09-17T14:56:30Z")
My Dyson is pretty quiet, as vaccums go, and its performance can’t be beat. I’ve always owned high-quality vaccum cleaners, but this one takes the cake. (I was amazed and sickened the first time I used it-- all that crud my other vaccum missed!) It cost about $400, but I think it’s worth every penny. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-quietest-vacuum-cleaners/322101/3 "2005-09-17T16:04:10Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > My Dyson is pretty quiet, as vaccums go, and its performance can’t be beat. I’ve always owned high-quality vaccum cleaners, but this one takes the cake. (I was amazed and sickened the first time I used it-- all that crud my other vaccum missed!) > > It cost about $400, but I think it’s worth every penny. I second that. But the OP is asking about a cheap vacuum. The Dyson is the quietest, most powerfull vac I have ever owned. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-quietest-vacuum-cleaners/322101/4 "2005-09-17T23:05:59Z")
Thanks for the responses. I had a feeling the Dysons were probably good and quiet. I don’t think I can ever talk myself into spending that much on a vacuum cleaner, though. I suspect if I stick with a cheap vacuum I’m going to have to live with a loud vacuum. _grrr_ ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-quietest-vacuum-cleaners/322101/5 "2005-09-17T23:59:23Z")
If you’d really like quiet, then go for a quote on installation of a central vac system. The Dyson will start to seem real good by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-quietest-vacuum-cleaners/322101/6 "2005-09-18T01:30:21Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > If you’d really like quiet, then go for a quote on installation of a central vac system. The Dyson will start to seem real good by comparison. Ahh, the wonders of having a central vacuum pre-installed in the house. They are quiet, but only if you’re not in the vicinity of the sucky bit itself, which is louder than an ordinary vacuum, for obvious reasons.