***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.
keri says
Mg ME! I’ve never thought about my favorite element…as a graphic designer for a toy company…my world doesn’t collide with the scientific too frequently…maybe silver i guess? because i like to decorate with it?
Ashley says
Mg ME! I’ll vote for oxygen.
tina says
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Ac, because it’s my husband’s initials and I <3 AC!
I just know that I'm going to win of these Oreck contests someday!
Erin S says
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I’m a fan of Neon!
Sarah says
Mg ME! Helium is my favorite. Where would be with without balloons that float in the air?
Casey says
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Xenon – Girl of the 21st Century. Disney Channel Original Movie anyone? Holla to my people born in 1985 who get this reference.
Nou says
Mg Me! Hydrogen because without it, we wouldn’t have H20.
Megan Geneva says
Mg me! I like Californium (Cf?) because that’s just a weird name. I mean, I get it, but still…
Lindsay B says
Mg me!
I like manganese because it’s really close in spelling to my beloved maiden name!
Amanda says
Mg me…my favorite is Californium, because I feel like when they started naming the bottom elements they were really running short on names
Rebecca says
Mg Me! My favorite element is lead or Pb. It’s one of the only elements I remember from chemistry because Pb stands for Plumbum or something like that. Weird right?
Michelle S. says
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Honestly I just finished Chemistry class so I hate them all!!!
Tam I says
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Carbon C is my favorite because it is the basis for all life forms. Plus I had to study it for a LONG time in all my Organic Chemistry classes.
Stephanie H says
Mg me! I’ve had helium on the brain today … my husband told me that the world’s supply is shrinking. And that’s a problem. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-the-world-is-running-out-of-helium-2059357.html
Becky says
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I’m going with Plutonium. Pluto lost “planet” status, but it still rocks the periodic table.
Colleen says
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I think MG right now.. woo to hoo for a new vacuum!
Lexie says
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Calcium is my favorite
DawnR says
Mg ME!! This is funny because I’m a pharmacist but my favorite element is He – Balloons!!!
Kat says
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Fe, iron.
Mary says
Mg Me! Pretty please!
NEON, baby! It makes me happy!
stephanie says
“Mg ME!” Hydrogen is my fave because of my love of the song “I am Hydrogen”
STEW NELSON says
MG me! AU because it reminds me of Youbge House Love. Solid Gold!!!
melissa G. says
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Cu – copper! I’m really into it lately. :o)
Kayla says
MG me!
and I love oxygen!
Andrea says
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I honestly can’t remember anything about high school chemistry, so I will go with the old standby, oxygen. +1 for breathing!
Parke W says
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My favorite element is Neon, because I’m loving those colors lately :)
Sarah says
Mg Me! i really want a new vacuum because mine stinks! I think my favorite element is Iron, and only because I love that its symbol is Fe so it doesn’t make sense/match its name.
Kari says
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Karen says
Mg me! Silver all the way!
Mandy says
Mg ME! Love me some yellow GOLD jewelry!
Stacy says
Mg ME! Chemistry was rough for me, but Pb always stuck with me since I could remember the Latin root. I wish I could say the same about the rest of them…
Sunny says
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I’d say Na I can’t live without it the more salt the better, well most of the time ;)
Melissa says
Mg ME! I’m a fan of good ol’ Carbon because it is in all known forms of life.
Meghan says
Mg ME!!!!
I’ll go with platinum, because I love the look of it :)
Erica M. says
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While I don’t have a favorite element per se, I do have a certain fondness for the word “avidity.” I often use it as my username, etc. for many things.
“Avidity is the combined synergistic strength of bond affinities rather than the sum of bonds.” I’m a filmmaker, so I feel it describes the collaborative art perfectly!
Kim @ Wonderings says
Mg ME!!! Definitely a fan of Aluminum because it is cooler to say (as long as you say it the way the British do!)
Vera says
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I enjoy Osmium :)
Virginia says
Mg Me! I’ll pick carbon (C), because that’s what diamonds are made of :)
sarah k @ the pajama chef says
Mg ME! oxygen is a pretty essential element. ha ha ha.
DLE says
Mg ME!! Favorite element is neon!!
Brooke says
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I love Orecks. My favorite elements is Hg (Mercury) because it is one of those hard to remember ones. My son’s first and middle initials are also HG which is a fun coincidence.
Sally says
Mg Me! Gosh I don’t know…Potassium maybe cause I like bananas!
Dayla says
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I LOVE Au (Gold)
Julia says
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Ca is the current fav because getting enough of it means strong bones. Strong bones are also a good way of describing a house that has all the good stuff to renovate around into something great :-)
SC says
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Emily says
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Who doesn’t like Einsteinium? Named after everyone’s favorite fluffy-headed genius!
Lynn S says
Mg Me! I think I’ll have to go with Na (i love me a good salty snack)…
Amanda D says
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I have to say the Noble Gases. It’s the Royal family of all the elements and that just seems fancy to me!
katie says
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Gotta say, I just love that Au :-)
Caitlin B says
MG me!!!!