Boy, 12, can tell vacuums by the way they whir

A 12-year-old boy who has collected more than 150 vacuum cleaners says he is learning to identify them by sound.

“I’m getting pretty good at it,” Kyle Krichbaum said.

Kyle has been in Hollywood taping a game-show pilot where he had to compete with other contestants blindfolded and identify vacuum models, the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday.

He said he got his first working model at age 3 and keeps part of his collection in his room.

“When I was really little I would always follow my parents around when they were vacuuming,” he said.

Randy and MaryLynn Krichbaum said their son played with a toy vacuum constantly as a toddler.

“At first we thought it was something he would grow out of because babies like noisy things,” MaryLynn Krichbaum said. “But his interest just grew stronger and stronger ... where he gets it from, I don’t know.”

Kyle hopes to own a vacuum shop.

Adrian is about 50 miles southwest of Detroit.