How many vacuums do you own if you have a multi-level home

[krisim]

One of our vacuum cleaners just died (it was 14 years old, cheap and didn't  work well, so I'm surprised it lasted this long).   We're debating whether we should spend $200 to buy a replacement one (of better quality than the last one) or just suck up and lug our dyson up and down the stairs.  We live in a 3 level home.  The replacement vacuum would be kept on the top level where our bedrooms are.  

[ddi741]

I have one upstairs for the bedrooms, then on the main floor, I have a shoulder vac and a stick vac.

[aurora]

One. We move it up and down as needed.

You could always try that and see how much it annoys you.

[lemons]

We have one and I just vacuum the stairs as I take it to the other levels (3 levels)

[h]

Just one full size one. But we do keep a dust buster upstairs for small messes.

[Balki.Bartokomous]

We have one vacuum with a two-story home. I'd love to have another one so I could keep a vacuum on each level as well as one specifically to do the stairs, but that seems sort of wasteful to me.

[shaynaatl]

2 stories, and we lug it up and down. It's a Shark Navigator that we love (and is fairly light).

[IrishBelle]

2 level home. 1 upright vacuum

[monsterz]

3 level home. 2 upright vacuums and one handheld for the stairs.

[Deleted]

Three level home and our stairs are VERY steep so we have two. We still lug the Dyson up and down sometimes because it's better than the old one.

[ewall]

3 levels, 3 vacuums. Dyson uprights for upper floor and basement. Dyson cordless for main floor.

[keweenawlove]

2 level home, 1 vacuum. It's never bothered me.

[mbcdefg]

1 vacuum

Main floor, second floor (just our bedroom and a half bath), and a finished basement. 

It doesn't bother me to have one. Mainly because MH does the vacuuming, lol. It bothers my asthma so he does it. 

[ijack]

One. carpet on 3 floors

[pyramidsloth]

We have a 2-story home (we're renting), and we have two vacuums. If I didn't have such a sucky back-degenerative disk disease-I would probably be fine with having one vacuum, but:

a. My back sucks. I can't be lugging the Dyson up and down the stairs every day.
b. We have two kids thus far, and a beagle. If I didn't run the vacuum upstairs and downstairs every day, the carpet would look REALLY bad. 
c. We keep the Dyson upstairs (our dog spends most of his time there), and we keep the Hoover downstairs by the basement steps. 

The Hoover wasn't all that expensive...something around $100. It was definitely worth it. 

[rubytue]

1 vacuum, 3 levels. But we are dirty ppl who don't vacuum enough. Even with a high shedding dog and carpet. Zyrtec FTW!

[Susie]

2 levels, 1 vacuum, but I want a 2nd. We have two big-shedding dogs, and the house would be cleaner if the vacuum was more conveniently located.

[magdala]

We have two only because we each owned a good one before we were married. When one dies, we will not replace it and go down to only one. We have a three level home.

[Ashley&Scott]

2 story house & 1 vacuum.

[yentl]

1. Also a 3 level home but the basement is unfinished. I have considered getting a lighter vacuum as a replacement, but not as an addition. We have a Dyson animal but hardwoods and I think there's probably a better model out there for us.

[agnes]

2 story, 3 regular vaccums and 1 shop vac. Mostly use just one of regular ones that was given as a gift.

[Marmee]

3 story house
2 full size vacuums (Miele canister & Kenmore upright) plus a handheld.

[UnderProtest]

5 level house with 2 vacuums (one canister and one battery handheld), but they live on the same floor. Makes sense, right?

[orangeblossom]

We had two when we loved in a three level house, mostly because we both had one when we moved in.

Once one died, we didn't get a second one.

It is nice to have two, but I wouldn't go out of my way to get a second one.

[sillygoosegirl]

Um, like, 6. But I only use the shop vac, dust buster, and (non-broken) roomba with any degree of regularity.

[hulley]

2 levels, main level and finished basement. I currently own a Dyson and a small stick vac. I end up hauling the Dyson downstairs because the stick vac doesn't work well down there. I am going to buy a cheaper bagless to live in the basement in order to save my arm.

[moolarkey]

2 the older one is upstairs, newer is downstairs.

[sporky]

We have one for three floors. Honestly, it's never even occurred to me to have separate vacuums for separate floors.

[polarbearfans]

We have 3, 2 sorry home and basement so I guess 3 levels. We have a Dyson that is on the 2nd floor, a shark for the main floor that I hate but gets the job done, and a stick vacuum that I love .

[mainelyfoolish]

I have a whole house vac but I usually only use it on the first floor and I have an upright vacuum that I keep and use upstairs. Before I moved into a house with a house vac, I vacuumed two floors with just the one upright vacuum.