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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.

Comments

  4. Kristen P. says

    MG Me!

    I like Potassium because it’s symbol (K) is the same as my first initial- it made it easy to remember in school :-)

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  5. sara says

    Mg ME! I think my favorite element is argon. It’s an inert gas, but I’ve always been fond of it (name, number, etc).

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  9. Thom Halstead says

    Mg ME.

    Personal I am a “Kr” guy. I own all four of the old movies and the latest series I just need to get the “New adventures of…?” Can you figure it out? ; )

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  11. Jeanne Wagner says

    Mg me! ‘Cause I really need a quality vacuum cleaner that won’t break after 5 uses….

    Annnnnd it’s gotta be He(lium), ’cause I was always amazed that something could be “lighter than air.”

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  22. Deese says

    Mg ME!

    I have to go with Oxygen, life giving yes, but also part of one of my favorite compounds H20, I have always loved water, swimming in my dad’s river, going to ocean (not the beach, hate sand!), and keeping aquariums with fresh water fish, and visiting large aquariums, I simply adore water!

    So I guess my favorite elements are Oxygen and Hydrogen, because my favorite compound is created with them! …now I feel like a nerd. :)

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  24. Jane says

    Mg Me!!!

    I don’t have a favorite…I mostly tried to avoid the periodic table (and science) because it wasn’t my cup of tea.

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  33. Erin says

    Mg me! Being a chemistry major, this is right up my alley. I’m a pretty big fan of the halogens in general…but I suppose Bromine is my favorite because it’s such a good leaving group. Also because it’s unique in being one of two elements that are in a liquid state.

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  41. Whosthatdog says

    Mg me! I like potassium because for a month I had to severely limit my intake (not just no bananas, think no greens!) and it was hell. I always appreciate it when I eat potassium now.

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  43. Stacey Kranendonk says

    Mg ME!

    I pick Na, elemental sodium. Which by itself is actually a metal that blows up in water! Pretty cool, huh? :)

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  49. Leanne says

    Mg ME! I love Lead because it’s chemical name is plumbum (or something that sounds like that), which makes me giggle. Plus lead = pipes = plumbers! fun with words!

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