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Fab Freebie: Magnesium

***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!

Oreck Magnesium Giveaway

  • 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.

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  2. Jesse says

    Mg ME!

    Fe – forgive me, but it is my favorite because my high school chemistry teacher taught us that if you are female you can smile and get things “for fe”…..horrible I know, but it was the 1990s and PCnesse wasn’t abound.

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  14. Krissy says

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    I barely remember learning the elements, my chem teacher in high school was more focused on “So, this one time, when I was in college…” stories. I guess I’d have to say Bi, bismuth, because who doesn’t appreciate Pepto Bismol now and then?

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  16. Hailey Williams says

    Mg Me!!
    I don’t necessarily have a favorite element but on a side note, my fiance is a chemical engineer and we are using elements from the periodic table as “table numbers” at our wedding!

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  23. Rachel says

    Mg me!

    Big fan of Rubidium because it’s symbol is “Rb” (my initials). Sorry, wasn’t great in Chemistry class.

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  30. MIchelle O says

    Mg ME!

    I agree with the person who wrote “Boron.” I teach 5th grade and it is so hard to keep a straight face. I know-I need to grow up.

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  39. Tina says

    Mg ME!!!

    I’d love to replace my 25 (yes, 25!) year old Kirby! Saltaholic here, gotta go with Sodium.

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  40. Amy says

    Mg ME!

    I like Argon, just because my boyfriend named his wireless network after it (nonreactive element, get it?) and it makes me smile to think of his adorable nerdiness.

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  45. audra says

    Mg Me!!!
    i like K for potassium…i had a hat in high school with a K on it (for a local college) and i used to tell people i was part of the chemistry club (of course, my school didn’t actually have one)….i thought i was so clever!

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