***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.
Erin says
Mg ME! I like zinc, just because it’s a neat word!
Megan says
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Neon!
Jen says
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Amber says
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I think carbon deserves some love, as the element responsible for the building blocks of life.
Karen Zimbelman says
Mg ME! Ahhh chemistry was soooo long ago! But I am a fan of O2.
Katy Sato-Papagiannis says
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i’d say iron. Fe. Fe!
Michelle says
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I’m going with good old oxygen!
Jules says
Mg ME! Einsteinium because it is fun to use in a sentence!
emma says
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I’d say Zn, Zinc since it’s a magic worker when I’m sick!
My mom gave me her older edition of that vaccuum yesterday so I can test drive it – fingers crossed for a win!
Hannah says
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Gold..it’s like a girl’s second best friend.
Abby says
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I’m a fan of He and its hilarity-inducing uses.
Lowell says
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Na, I like salt.
Stephanie says
Mg ME! I rocked Chemistry in high school and loved the periodic table. I know, so weird. My fav is H (hydrogen). Love me some water!
Lala says
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Not gonna lie, i’m a fan of carbon (C), diamonds are a girl’s best friend
rosalie says
Mg me! Unfortunately my periodic table is in the other room, so I couldn’t pick my fav at this point, but I do love me some oreck!
Jamie G says
Mg Me! Personally I like Mg – Magnesium….got to love the epsom salt baths for relaxation and detox. Good stuff!
katie b says
Mg ME! I’m a fan of Tungsten (W) because it reminds me of my husbands wedding band (it’s tungsten carbide). That thing is TOUGH!
Alice says
Mg Me! Ag. I love silver. Any form. Any time.
Judy says
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mariela says
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K for potassium :)
Shannon R says
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I’m not sure that I have a favorite element. But I do have a periodic table of the elements t-shirt that I got on a high school trip to the Smithsonian. It’s awesome because the radioactive elements glow in the dark!
Kate says
Mg ME!! I’ll go with K as my fave, since I love bananas and usually sign things with the letter “k” — although, I must admit that I am horrible at chemistry.
Laura says
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I have to say platinum b/c of my wedding band. :)
Rachel says
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I would have to say Na (sodium) is my favorite as I am constantly using table salt for cooking and any meal can be made better with a little salt and pepper :-)
What an awesome giveaway! That vacuum looks amazing!!!
lk says
Mg ME! K is a fav to also represent my initial.
Erin S says
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Gold!! :)
Courtney F says
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K – Potassium is my fav because I love Bananas!
Chelsea says
Mg ME! My fav element is definitly Pb!
Rosie says
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I’m a fan of magnesium b/c of it’s awesome flamable properties (lighting that stuff on fire was probably the highlight of 10th grade chemestry for me!).
Holly G says
Mg ME!!!!! Mercury – my initials (Hg)!
Mandy says
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I’ll have to go with He…helium! We have a birthday girl at our house this week who is turning 4 and all birthday girls love floating balloons!
Autumn says
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Cu, because copper is gorgeous when it comes to decorating in my opinion :)
Jenna says
Mg ME!!! I was never a good chemistry student but I will go with oxygen
Rachel says
Mg ME! Perfect timing, we really need a new vacuum….which means I’m going to win this thing, right!?
Hmm….Ra, Radium….because it is my initials. lol, yeah, I had to actually go to google to look up the periodic table. It has been a while.
Emily H. says
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Me: “My favorite element is Sodium. Did you wanna know why?”
You: “Na.”
Me: “Exactly.”
BA DUM CHING.
Ashley says
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I would have to say my favorite element is He (Helium) because who doesn’t love messing with helium balloons and changing your voice!
jillian says
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I would have to say I love gold!! Who doesn’t? :)
Danielle Tucker says
Mg Me! Livermorium…because no one else will pick it.
Susan says
Mg ME! I’d have to say Gold!
Alicia says
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Katie says
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I like Potassium – my name starts with a K so it’s like my own personal monogram on the periodic table, haha
katie t says
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Kelly says
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Periodic table… YUCK! Brings me back to my chemistry days. But I could use some H20 right now… to cool off!
Ruchi says
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I am a huge fan of Au i.e. Gold…..with Gold prices riding a good option to invest in!
Gabrielle says
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GE, Germanium, because when I was little I thought it was geranium.
Ashley P says
Mg ME! Please!
I’m going to have to go with platinum too! :)
Kristen says
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Au I guess…I like it better than Ag.
rebecca says
mg me! lol ummm oxygen I guess
Ashley P says
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Magnesium was always my favorite because of the cool flame that it produced when you lit it on fire :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSr39UwpELo
Yes … I was a chemistry nerd!
stephanie says
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I’m going to go with silver… ;)