***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.
ElleX says
“Mg ME!” My favorite periodic is H2O. I, also, love O. Must have both!!!
heather f says
MG ME! I feel like I would have to wear a tight super hero (girl) outfit while
using this vacuum. very cool
I like H and O
then I could both drink and breathe
Megan H. says
Mg ME!
Love me some Au!
Darcy Ehrig says
mg ME!
Elva says
Mg ME!!! I love me some Au
Julie Jacobsen says
Mg ME! I’ll say magnesium because it helps me stay “regular”. TMI? LOL!
Shanna says
Mg ME!!!!
I would have to say silver–love everything silver.
Rebecca says
MG Me! Oxygen
Bonnie says
Mg ME! I don’t have a favorite element but I do love the periodic table shower curtain at thinkgeek. http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/8a2f/?cpg=ogpla&source=google_pla&gclid=CPnJ6paB7LACFQjf4AodXF1MuA
Kate says
Mg Me! Mg is my favorite element because this vacuum looks like it could be my favorite vacuum :-)
Katie says
Mg ME!
Cu (copper), because my husband and I both love it as an accent color around the house. Hammered, patina, we love it all.
Kathy says
Mg Me.
H20–cause I am a water fan. Ocean, pool, lake, whatever….I should have been a mermaid, LOL!!!
Kim D says
Mg me!
Ashley T says
Mg Me! I’m going to go with H because it’s #1.
Kristi says
Mg ME!
Lee G. says
Mg ME! Please!
Shannon says
Mg ME!
I love Pb – Lead! Because its symbol refers to the latin name, plumbum, which is fantastic AND is where we get terms such as “plumbing.”
Kathy says
Mg ME! Na for delicious salty sodium!
Natalie McB says
Mg ME!!!!!!!
I always loved Fe “Iron”. Most of the others made sense, but there was iron and it’s Fe…which seemed to have no correlation!
Hillary Matlin says
Fe is Iron because in Latin Iron = ferrum.
Rebecca says
Mg ME!
K (Potassium) is my favorite. Always a good Jeopardy question.
Karen says
Mg ME!!!
Jen R says
Mg ME!!!!
PT, who wouldn’t want some platinum jewelry. Boy, I hated chemistry.
Meghan T says
Mg me! I’d have to say my favorite elements are N, P, and K as they are key ingredients for the growth of plants.
Whitney J says
Mg ME!
Amy says
Mg ME! Pt is fine by me!
Meredith says
MG me!
o2!
Ingrid says
Mg me!! How about Aluminum?
Leanette says
Mg ME!
Lauren says
Mg Me! Gold all the way!
Angie says
Mg ME!!!
Stephanie says
Mg ME!”
Sodium is my jam!!!!
Natalie S. says
Mg ME!! I always remembered potassium since the symbol was just K. I guess that’s my favorite :)
Lauren says
Mg ME!
This is ironic since I am back in school for my nursing degree and am currently taking chemistry…
My “favorite” element would have to be Krypton (Kr) because it reminds me of Superman :)
Heidi says
Mg ME!
I’m going to have to say Cl b/c I love to swim! :-)
kim says
Mg Me!
I used to know that whole table, but now I’ll just go with one I can remember – Copper. Pretty.
Amanda says
Mg ME!
Magnesium actually is my favorite element, in highschool chemistry class we made magnesium sparklers and it was my favorite school project probably ever.
Cherri says
Mg ME!! I’m feeling the combination of H2O because it’s summer and who doesn’t love the pool!
Natalia says
Mg ME!
Copper, because of all the treated wood we have had to buy for our wood house to avoid future termite damage!
Phoebe says
Mg ME! My favorite elements is Promethium Pm, because I am a nerd!
Donna says
Mg ME!!!
I kind of like oxygen.
erica says
Mg me! My favorite is K because I looovve bananas!
Angela L says
Mg ME!
Pt for Platinum!
Vidya says
Mg ME!
Becky says
Mg Me!
I like Barium!
Jessica says
Mg ME!
Potassium, K?
Rachel says
Mg ME!
Sodium! Mostly because I’m pregnant and can’t get enough of it! Can we say swollen ankles?
julia says
Mg Me!
Platinum (mmm jewelry) followed closely by Hydrogen (#1)
Mindy Clarke says
Mg ME! PLEASE!!I agree with a previous poster .. great giveaway with a toddler! Plus, I am totally shopping for a new vac! yay! Favorite element?? Hydrogen, Oxygen.. I am not sure.. this is honestly something I have never thought about – however now I have the element song in my head…There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,…. you get the picture! :)
jon says
Mg Me!
In honor of the upcoming 4th of July I’ll go with Am, Americium.
lrlockwood says
“Mg ME!”
I’d have to say Pt baby!! Platinum all the way! Simply because I can’t afford it! ha ha!