***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Wow. You guys are a lot more opinionated about the periodic table than I had assumed. Anyways, random.org selected the winner of this giveaway as… Andi W. (who likes Sodium for all of the salty snacks it provides, but admitted “My inner nerd wants to vote adamantium.”) Congrats Andi!
Hold onto your seats, chemistry nerds. We’re giving away some magnesium this week. It’s coming in the form of Oreck’s latest and lightest-weight upright vacuum ever – the Magnesium. In fact, at less than 8lbs it weighs in at about half the poundage of an ordinary upright. Not to mention its skinny but strong frame slides naturally under furniture and other hard-to-reach dust bunny havens. Oreck’s also throwing in the Ultimate Handheld Vac to round out your cleaning repertoire – and to boost the prize value to nearly $600!
- PRIZE: An Oreck Magnesium upright vacuum and the Oreck Ultimate Handheld Vac (a $599 value).
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “Mg ME!” and tell us…
- BONUS QUESTION: … (you ready for this?) what’s your favorite element on the periodic table? Are you a big fan of Oxygen because of the whole breathing thing? Or Sodium because you’re a salty food addict? Or perhaps good ol’ Au & Ag (aka Gold and Silver)?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, June 27th at 8pm EST or at 10,000 entries (whichever comes first)
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- DISCOUNT: 15% off any Oreck product with code YOUNGHOUSELOVE (valid through July 9, excludes sale or refurbished items)
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States (although we do try to wrangle as many international giveaways as possible)
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We aren’t paid or perked for hosting these giveaways, we just do ‘em to thank you awesome folks for stopping in. See our Giveaway FAQ page for more info. Pics courtesy of Oreck.
Amanda S. says
Mg ME! When I took high school chemistry my good friend Naomi and I started writing letters to each other with the monikers “naiobeum” for Naomi and “ammonium” for Amanda, so I would say they are my favorite elements. :)
Andrea says
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My favorite is platinum because (nerd alert) in college I took an advanced chemistry course where the professor assigned us “elemental names” and Platinum was mine. I would sign all of my work Pt and the professor would even call us by our elemental name when he saw us on campus. For graduation he bought everyone an element pin at the ACS conference and we all wore them on gowns.
It seems like a weird (and super geeky- haha) thing to do, but honestly, he was one of the best professor that I had my entire college career and it will be something I’ll always remember.
Sara Dean says
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Well, as a science teacher, I’d have to say one of my fave elements is Carbon, because it can be used in the most examples of chemical equations. It’s also the one element that is present in all organic compounds! (Nerd alert).
Also, I love Oreck products and would LOVE to get my hands on this newest vac!
Julie says
Mg ME! Carbon is pretty clutch…
Nicole J says
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I guess Fe is my favorite… I have had bouts of iron-deficient anemia so Fe is my best friend. ;)
Carly says
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As a bio nerd, I love this bonus question!Ca (calcium) because it is my initials and contains my fav number.
Michael says
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I would have to say magnesium, because this vacuum looks amazing!
Lori says
H because it’s number 1!
kellywf says
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Dave Lambert says
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Xenon is my favorite because it sounds fun!
Allie says
Mg Me! lithium is my favorite, because it is the life blood of my iphone!
Rebecca says
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H, Hydrogen, because being first it was easiest to remember the info about it for use in chemistry.
Katie says
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Helium because I love balloons and I think it’s pretty ‘Noble’!
Kelly H says
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Would totally love a new Oreck, those vacuums are awesome! So I’m going with my favorite being Magnesium today!
Lindsey says
Xenon, because of the Disney Channel movie “Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century”
NatalieO says
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Ag- To keep all those Vampires away! Ha!
Alice H says
“Mg ME!” and tell us…
•BONUS QUESTION: I am going with Oxygen!
Thanks for the giveaway.
Nick Haglund says
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H – hydrogen. When we were little my brother and my cousin and I had an H2O club because it fir our last names, we thought we were very clever.
Melissa says
Mg me! :) I’ll go with Cl for all that time spent lifeguarding at the pool in high school.
Sandy says
Mg ME! Na, because in High School Chemistry they nicknamed me Sodium because I put salt in my ketchup! Ha! Those were good times!
Jaime says
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I would definitely be sodium. Nothing better than some salt & vinegar potato chips. :)
Ryann says
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I am a big fan of neon, and not just because of the John Mayer song. ;)
Sandy A says
“Mg Me!” I think He–Helium, because I love balloons!!
Maddie says
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I’m going to go with Fe: Iron because I always remembered it from our Periodic table text in High School chemistry class.
Jane Houghton says
Mg ME!! AL is my favourite because it relates to so many things, does so many things and is mentioned in so many books – trully versatile element.
MichelleG says
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Katherine U says
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Carbon is the best!
Siobhan says
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C Carbon because that’s what diamonds are made from!
erin says
Mg me! I need a vacuum badly!
My favorite element….oxygen :)
LJ Jasper says
Mg ME! Oxygen. Definitely Oxygen!
Mel says
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Potassium (K) because I love bananas :)
Jennifer says
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I like Hg (mercury) because I have no idea why it’s symbolized Hg. :)
Katie says
Mg ME!! He is my favorite. Helium is can be so funny!
Courtney says
Mg ME!! Neon will have to be my favorite at the moment. Neon colors are trendy right now so it seems fitting.
Alyssa says
Mg me! Aluminum just because it’s helpful in so many forms:) lol
Becky O says
Mg ME! NE for NEON!
Jessie W. says
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I would have to say Hg for Mercury because I love those old mercury thermometers!
Sarah says
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Fe for skillets, old fences, strength.
Ashlie Greene says
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Ag-Silver :)
Rebecca C. says
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Lauren says
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Au — love gold!
Anne-Marie says
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My favorite has to be good ole oxygen, combined with hydrogen to make me some H2O!
Dee Dee says
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no favorites, just glad i dont have to memorize the elements anymore :)
Annalea says
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I like Californium, both because it’s named after the state where I grew up, and the element’s description fits the state rather well. lol
I could really use one of these. Thanks for hosting the giveaway! ;o)
Kinga says
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Susan C says
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Neon, that beautiful inert gas
Heather H says
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Way back in the day, when we had to memorize that periodic table, I liked the elements with the Latin abbreviation, just ’cause it’s different…Gold, copper, silver
Danielle Schaefer says
Mg ME!!!! Please :)
Lindsay says
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I’m a fan of Pt myself.
rachel says
Mg Me! Please!