***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.
Megan says
Mg me! I love Oxygen.
Erin S. says
Mg ME! Oh, I think Be – beryllium – probably because I could always remember that one in chemistry class, for some reason.
Emily says
Mg me! Whenever I hear the symbol for gold, I can’t help but think of Goldwater’s campaign for president…AuH2O.
Melanie says
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Jennifer Young says
Mg ME!!!!!
Californium – how cool of a name is that?
Lisa says
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Selenium! I have no idea why!
lisa says
Mg ME! Oxygen is my favorite one! It’s my buddy, my pal. I go everywhere with it. haha.
Allison says
MG ME!
I’m an aluminum fan…Al is my nickname!
Laura says
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GE (Germanium), because I’m part German!
Smita says
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Sharon says
Mg ME!!
c for Carbon……… diamond is a girl’s best friend. :)
Sheila says
Mg Me !! Oxygen is my pick .
margie M says
“Mg ME!” Au and Ag
Amanda Culver says
Mg ME!!
Gotta love the Ag, perhaps because my college mascot is the Aggies and I am a huge nerd :) WHOOP!
Keara says
Mg ME!
Au is my favorite because AU stands for Auburn University! War Eagle!
Lydia says
Mg me! My grandma used to have a bumper sticker that said “Au H2O for President” because there was a guy running for office who’s name was Goldwater.
Chrystal says
MG me! Gotta go with gold!
KathyL says
mg me!
and i lurve gold.
Gen says
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Dani says
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Curium is cool, because it was named for Marie Curie and her husband Pierre. It’s also awesome because it’s made from bombarding plutonium with helium ions so there’s not a lot of it AND it is so radioactive it glows purple in the dark!
laura says
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Amy B says
Mg Me! I’m gonna say oxygen since I use that the most!!!!
Amy says
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I am going to go with He…I am definitely a helium girl. Love balloons!
sarah says
Mg me!!! I didn’t think I had a favorite until you mentioned sodium…I’ll choose a salty snack over a sweet treat any day!
Steve says
Mg ME!
Helium–who doesn’t love a bunch of cheery balloons?
danielle o says
Oops. Mg ME!
Cu – Copper. Esp when patina’d…. gorgeous.
Rachel says
Carbon, the color of the new sofa I want to get for my new apartment!
Jordan says
Mg ME!
I will go with lithium as my favorite – like someone said before, lithium batteries are a lifesaver! Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway! :)
Jamie says
Mg me! Um, I will stick with straight up O!
Rhapsody says
Mg ME!! (please!)
I’ve always thought mercury was cool.
Sara says
Mg Me! My favorite is aluminum… mainly just because of the way they say “aluminIUM” in Britain.
Rachel says
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Carbon, the color of the new sofa I want to get for my new apartment!
(apologies, i did that wrong the first time. Guess i’m that excited!)
Mary B says
Mg me! I’m going with Molybdenum (Mo), because it’s impossible to say without tripping on your tongue and sounding ridiculous.
Evonne Zinn says
Mg me! NA..I love salt!
Veronika says
Mg ME!! I’m gonna go wirh Oxygen cuz we go way back!
Amy S says
Mg ME!
kala bernier says
Mg ME! I like O2<3 ; )
Noula says
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OXYGEN or GOLD I cant decide both important
Cami says
Mg ME! Carbon, in all forms!
Katie says
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I have to go with Kr (krypton), for my husband, the Superman fan! (Though Ne is cool, too!)
kala bernier says
Favorite element is H, why? Because it is simple!
Melissa says
Mg ME! O, oxygen.
Stephanie @ Legally Blinde says
Mg ME! Haha, hilarious question – I had to Google the periodic table to see! I’m going to go with Potassium, because it automatically makes me think of bananas, which I love :) Thanks for the great giveaway – this vacuum sounds awesome!
NYer says
Mg ME!
Ne
hey, I live in New York. Neon all the way
melanie says
Mg ME!!!! I like Fe, as a nurse practitioner I find a lot of my patients often don’t have enough of it!
Ashleigh says
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Beryllium (Be) is my favorite element on the periodic table because I did a project about it in 7th grade! haha :)
Donna H says
Mg me….Au H2O…because I’m old enough to remember when Barry Goldwater ran for president and had campaign buttons with “AuH2O” pn them— the chemical formula for gold and water!
Claire says
Mg me!! I love H and O… especially in the summer when we need lots of H2O. :)
Brenda says
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Megan says
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C for Carbon because it is necessary for life.