I have a crazy awesome giveaway for you guys today.
That is, it’s crazy awesome if you get excited about things like amazing vacuum cleaners.
It’s one of the most valuable giveaways that has ever popped up on this blog and I’m pretty psyched about it!
First, let’s fly through lunch to keep with tradition.
Lunch
Lunch today included leftover salmon from Wednesday night’s dinner that I repurposed into salmon salad.
I ate my salmon salad on in a whole wheat wrap, served alongside roasted Brussels sprouts and an orange.
Not shortly after, my stomach still wanted something else, so I also had a sliced apple 20 minutes later.
This week I have been apple-obsessed. I’m not sure what it is, but I’ve been eating two apples a day. Not a bad habit, but kind of weird!
Oreck Forever Series Gold Vacuum Giveaway
Moving on to the best part of this post!
When Ryan and I first moved to Ocala, we were in the market for a new vacuum. The first vacuum we bought a few years ago we got for less than $100. We figured all vacuums were created equal and we just wanted something that would suck up dirt and clean our apartment.
Well, that vacuum felt like it weighed 500 pounds and was a total pain in the butt. It barely sucked up carpet fuzz, let alone anything substantial.
When I was contacted by Oreck late this summer about their Forever Series Gold vacuum, I was so pumped because we needed a new vacuum but hadn’t done enough research to commit to buying one just yet.
When I started to look into the Forever Series Gold Vacuum, I got awfully excited. The company offered to send me one to try and I felt like a real adult. I mean I was getting excited about a vacuum for crying out loud.
There she is. What a beaut.
Honestly, it was Ryan who was the most excited. He swears he’s the only one who vacuums in our house (this may be true), so he put it together immediately when it arrived and called out to me, singing its praises.
“It’s so light!”
Really, it is.
The light weight of the vacuum was the first thing I noticed, followed shortly by the extra long cord and the tiny brushes at the base of the vacuum that *thank goodness* reach underneath our kitchen cabinets and get the crumbs other vacuums miss.
We’ve been using this vacuum for months now and are in love.
I have recommended it to friends and family in need of a quality vacuum and I’m so excited that one of you will get one!
Note: This giveaway is open to those living in the U.S. only.
To enter this giveaway…
- MANTATORY entry: Visit Oreck.com and comment below, telling me one thing you learned about the Forever Series Gold vacuum.
To receive an additional entry, you may…
- Tweet something along the lines of the following: “Hoping to win an @Oreck vacuum through @PBFingers giveaway: http://ow.ly/9Z5xp” Please make a separate comment below, letting me know you tweeted to be sure your entry is counted.
I will randomly select a winner on Monday morning using Random.org.
Good luck!
Edited 4/2/12: GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
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Disclaimer from Oreck: Oreck Corporation provided the prize for the sweepstakes but is not the sponsor of the sweepstakes.
Disclaimer from me: I received the Forever Series Gold vacuum from Oreck but was not compensated beyond that for this post and will receive no further compensation from Oreck. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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Extra long cord..i like it AND I need it.
Amazing giveaway!!!! *crossing my fingers*
35 ft cord (meaning I don’t have to constant plug and unplug it around the room) and 9 lbs sounds like HEAVEN to me!!!
It has two speeds and a 35 foot power cord. I live in Manhattan- that length sounds like it could clean a good majority of my apartment in a few sweeps!
Tweeeeeted!
I love that it has an extra 5 feet of cord! Moving high chairs and little picnic tables out of the way is such a drag!
I learned that it has 102mph airflow! Whoa!
I learned that it has a pretty awesome warranty. I definitely appreciate that after one too many broken vacuums!
I don’t have a vaccum for my first apartment yet, this is an awesome giveaway! The extra 5 feet of cord is great, if’ I can’t reach an area, I usually just ignore it!
Love that the cord is 35 feet long!
I learned it has a 35ft power cord which is great because I hate having to replug vaccums as I move throught the house!
5,600 revolutions per minute?!? That’s kind of insane. I have a St. Bernard soooo I’m a lil excited about this giveaway! Thanks for hosting 🙂
I learned about the 35 ft power cord. Call me lazy but I hate having to stop and switch the plug to a new location!
I learned it has a HEPA inner bag (which will be great for my allergies) and only weighs 9 pounds!!!
Those brussel sprouts look good!
I tweeted the giveaway!
I learned it has direct suction path!!! We need a good vacuum that sucks everything up!!!!! Thanks!
Only 9 pounds!?!? Sign me up, I really hope this comes to live with me:)
I’ve had a clunker for years (it’s really disgusting how much hair has accumulated in the wheels) and have been dying to buy a new one but can’t justify the purchase right now with bills on the table. I can’t believe this vacuum is only 9lb’s! Now I don’t need to drag it up and down the staircase but can easily Lift it up. 😉
It weighs 9 lbs and has 3 annual tuneups!!
love the HEPA inner bag…my allergies are so freakin bad right now!
I love that it is only 9 pounds!!! We have had quite the record of clunkers. We have been married for 13 years and we are on our 4th vacuum! Definately would love a nice light weight one that actually works!
102 mile per hour air flow…sounds powerful! With a German Shepherd, dog hair is never ending. Would love a new vacuum! 🙂
It has a HEPA inner bag, it captures at least 99.97% of particles from the air, which includes: pollen, house dust, smoke, animal dander and mold spores… awesome since I just started getting allergies! And I am always trying to clean up the cat hair from my dear animal friend, Maggie. Plus, at 9 pounds, I can drag that thing anywhere!
So happy to learn The Oreck Forever Series Gold is engineered, designed, and assembled right here in the U.S.A. I have used an Oreck vacuum for about 20 years and am in dire need of a new one! Love love love it.
TWO LED HEADLIGHTS! Perfect for those dark corners!
I learned that it only weighs 9 lbs!!!
I tweeted!
I love that it only weighs nine pounds and has a super long cord. With such an awesome vacuum, I’d probably start vacuuming more than twice a year!
The Oreck comes with 3 tune ups!!! Thats amazing, its like a car!!
What an awesome giveaway!! I am desperately in need of a new vacuum as well. My dog, Charlie, has tiny little hairs that seem to get DEEP down inside each carpet fiber and my vacuum needs a new belt or something! I learned that this vacuum not only has a lifetime warranty but 3 annual tune-ups! 🙂
Hurray for a 35ft cord! I hate having to stop and change outlets while I’m vacuuming!
This is seriously the best giveaway ever for someone OCD like myself. We recently adopted a rescue dog who sheds like crazy, so this would be so helpful. I was most impressed by the fact that it has a102 mph air flow, yet only weighs 9 lbs- mind blowing!
I found out it weighs only 9 lbs and has a 35 ft cord. Wow, that’s all I can say! I would love to have this vacuum.
Wow! Only 9lbs – that is amazing!! It would be so great to use and the 35 ft cord is certainly a plus!
Who’s ever heard of giving not one, but THREE annual tuneups for a SWEEPER!
It includes 3 annual tune-ups and has a limited lifetime warranty? Sold! I want this so bad !
I also tweeted about the contest
i learned about the 35 foot cord! i live in an OLD house and we have so few outlets – i hate it! the extra length would be awesome. thanks for the giveaway!
tweet, tweet:)
love – and hubby would really love – that it’s made in the good ol’ us of a!
I learned there are headlights! Which is awesome for when your vacuuming under things 🙂 It is also only 9 pounds, so easy to maneuver, and the cord is 35 feet long. Doesn’t get better than this 😉
WOO great giveaway! i learned that vacuum is $499.99… didn’t even know vacuums could be that expensive! I also learned it had a two speed motor…. fancy!
I learned that it’s only 9 lbs. and has a lifetime warranty! And it cracks me up that hundreds of us are so excited for a vaccuum! Haha, clean floors = happy kitchen!
One thing I learned, and loved was that the vacuum has the force of 102 mph but only weighs 9 lbs! Having such a lightweight vacuum would make it seem much less of a chore! Thanks for the info. :]
Only weighs 9 lbs. Whoa. I hope I win because I really need a good vacuum.
It can handle carpet AND hardwood? How amazing would that be? I’m constantly changing the settings on my (stupid, useless, hand-me-down) vacuum cleaner trying to get it to pick stuff up on different surfaces — so frustrating!
I love that it will gently clean Persian rugs! I have two of them that I love and I am always very careful with how they are cleaned! Looks like this baby will be perfect for them! And it is sooo light and I LOVE the long cord!! Thanks for the giveaway!! 🙂
OMG!! I have wanted an Oreck for years but couldn’t front the money–I mean $500 is a lot for us to afford. I love the cord length, the limited lifetime warranty, and the fact it can do carpet and rugs!! I also was thrilled to see he Hepa filter for air quality!! I am jmping up and down even at the chance of winning!! OMG Julie–awsome giveaway!!
I learned it only weighs 9 pounds and can handle carpet and hardwood–which is awesome 🙂
I just tweeted about the giveaway! 🙂