***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.
Nicolle says
Mg me! Sodium because I always got it right on Chem tests.
Anita says
Mg ME! and just can’t do without
good old oxygen-with silver a close second.
Haruna says
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Katy says
Mg me! Would have to be aluminum!
Heather C says
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Sodium. It made it’s way into a little love note between my chemical engineer husband and me in the early days of our relationship.
Lisa H. says
Mg ME! Au is my favorite! :)
Melinda says
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Um………
Carina says
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Favorite element? I have a love/hate relationship with the element roentgenium, simply because of its spelling difficulty! (I can fill out the whole periodic table worth of elements, and I will ALWAYS hate spelling it. Makes it easy to remember though!)
Megan says
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HelenBoston says
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Ali Otwell says
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My favorite element is Molybdenum (Mo, 42) because I always thought it was the most fun to say! :)
Connie says
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I’ve never contemplated having a favorite element. Oxygen is rather necessary, but then so are many others.
A lightweight vacuum cleaner would really help my husband who has full use of only one hand.
Jessica says
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I don’t have a favorite but I remember every word to the song Yakko Warner sang about it on Animaniacs!
Emily says
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Hmmm….I love water so lets say Hydrogen and Oxygen. :)
Martha says
mg me! I SO need a new vacuum. Ours just burned up, that is, started making a smoking smell. NOT using that again!
AG all the way for me. I love sterling silver jewelry!
Jenny says
Mg me. I always liked krypton. :)
Sherri says
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Hard choice. I’ll with gold… cause… hey, it’s gold!
Alexandra says
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I love iodine because of its many uses :)
Kate says
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Umm, gold? Haha, love this question. And to tell you how nerdy my brother and I am, at the beach we play a game where we write all different symbols in the sand for the other to guess. We always end up drawing element symbols. Nerdy!
Amber says
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I’m a huge fan of Neon! I love that those crazy colors are making a comeback!
Abbey says
Mg ME! I am going with platinum. I am a high rolla that way.
Michelle says
Mg ME! Au is my favorite!
Abigail Martin says
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Cu – We are going to remodel our kitchen and I have my eye on a beautiful copper apron sink!
laura w says
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Oxygen is pretty cool.
Lisa s says
Mg ME!!! Love the Cu and Au together = rose gold!!!!!
Kacey says
mg me! ti is my fav.
Jennifer says
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Chemistry was my least favorite subject in high school.
Deborah says
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I’d have to go with Pd for Palladium (Palladium Blue is one of my fav Ben Moore paint colors)
Barbara says
Mg ME!! Please!
I love helium, so my balloons float
Erin says
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So I am a chemist and my name is Erin so my fav elements are Erbium (Er), Iodine (I) and Nitrogen (N) because that is how you spell my name…
shellybelly says
Mg ME! gold — bars and bars !
Kim Pichard says
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Helium- who doesn’t like talking like a chipmunk?
Jackie says
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I love water, so hydrogen or oxygen would be my favorite!
Kalyn Mace-Guilloux says
Mg ME! Oxygen is my favorite for it’s daily usage.. ;) I actually know a song with ALL of them because we sang them during a rock opera in high school. Nerd alert.
Tiffany says
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Sulfur, it’s number 16 which is hubby’s lucky number :)
Kim S says
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I like the combo of H and O. Thirsty, anyone?
Sarah says
Mg ME! Oh what an adult I have become, dreaming of fancy vacuums and such. Favorite element is Tungsten, it is what my husbands wedding band is made of!
shelly p. says
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aeriel says
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Neon is the element to beat.
Carrie says
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Au, since i just sold some of my old gold jewelry and made some money!
Mary says
MG ME! Most important for me: oxygen.
Kathryn says
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My favorite element is Hydrogen because it’s number one!
Dail says
Mg ME, please! I am a big fan of K, especially in the form of a banana!
Lori says
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As a nerdy bio lover, just gotta say plain ol’ vanilla-flavored C = Carbon.
Deborah E. says
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basic element OXYGEN……CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT IT!
I have a really old Oreck. It still works…. but is being held together with duct tape! My fix-it man did a great job on it…..lol
H. says
Mg ME! I’m a big fan of the classic combo: H2O.
Cindy says
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I’ll go with sodium because it tastes the best!
ATLKristen says
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Kelly says
Mg me! Hate chemistry, love yor blog.
Hannah says
Mg me! I actually love magnesium! I can remember in chemistry how it would create a really bright light in which you couldn’t look at it! I love its brilliance!!