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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OMG, I so need this in my life! I learned that it comes with a lifetime warranty, which is priceless!
Holy cow – I would love to win that 🙂 like you, my husband and I just bought one a couple years ago and got a less than stellar one (b/c it’s what we could afford and thought they’d all be the same) but it seriously stinks!! And my husband is the vacuum-er so am sure he would be THRILLED if we won 😉
here’s one fact I learned: 35-ft power cord! that’s pretty freaking long!
It only weighs 9 pounds!! Can’t complain about that! I need a good vacuum cleaner that will actually suck up my hair and not get tangled in the bristles! I hope I win!! 🙂
I learned that it comes with 3 annual tune-ups! That is so helpful. My current Oreck is about 49283742 years old and I have to special order the bags to replace them. This would be a BIG win for me!
9 lbs is awesome! And twin LED headlights!
It has a lifetime warranty! That’s awesome!
It has a 35′ power cord! Would make vacuuming large areas much less of a hassle
I learned it has a two-speed motor. This vacuum would be a life saver! My old lived a short and inefficient life.
For starters it has a two speed motor which I think is awesome and the fact that the reason it is so light by pulling the dirt through the fan to make it smaller pretty cool! Just bought a new to us house would LOVE a new vacum for it!
This post could not have come at a better time! My current vacuum has seen better days and barely has any suction, which is why I was happy to see that on the Oreck website the “dirty air system” allows for extra suction.
Oh man, only 9 lbs??? That is amazing, I really could use an amazing new vacuum!
I learned that it only weighs 9 lbs. and has 102 mph air suction wow!!!! this is an awesome giveaway
Tweeted!
Wow, best giveaway ever! Looks like an awesome vacuum. I Learned that since the motor is closer to the ground than other vacuums,
It gets better suction. Also the 35 ft chord is awesome!
Only 9 pounds!?!?!? That is awesome.
Wow -102 mph air flow! I’m impressed. Would LOVE to have this vacuum!
I learned that while my current vacuum is ok, this one HAS to be lighter at 9 lbs!
Tweeted!
Only 9lbs! Seriously my vacuum weighs 99 lbs. I really hope I win 😉
Tweeted. @runschicago
35 ft cord? 9 lbs? I NEED this for our new office (my husband & I are currently schlepping our personal vacuum too and from our home to our office.. needless to say, it’s getting old.)
This vacuum looks awesome!! And it even won an award for Arthritis Foundation Ease-of-Use Commendation! Also I love that it picks up 99.97% of particles. My boyfriend and I both struggle with seasonal allergies so this would be great to help keep the house clean. This is a great giveaway!!
Sounds awesome!
It really is light – 9 pounds! And the lifetime warranty is excellent!
Wow, what an excellent giveaway! The HEPA filter that “captures at least 99.97% of particles” really caught my eye.
the more things that break in my house, the more I look at warranties for my purchases! this one’s got a six year! Thanks for the giveaway PBF!
I would love to have a vacuum with LED headlights! I have been known to wear my headlamp while cleaning our floors, as our current vacuum does not have a light.
oh, and I just tweeted!
Loving the HEPA filter with my allergies and lovable but excessively shedding pup!
that 35 ft cord is unheard of!!! amazing!!!! I think that could reach from one end of my apartment to the other if I if it in in the middle!
I could sure use this. I really liked the information about the Comfort Fit Handle and the fact that the line received the Arthritis Foundation Ease-of-Use Commendation. There’s a lot of arthritis in my family.
I learned that it only weighs 9 lbs! that would be so easy!
I learned that the cord is 35 ft long. Wow Julie, I really hope I win. I am getting married in 2 months and we could really use a quality vaccum. We just registered for a cheap $30 one from target that we know wont last long, it would be great if we won!
I visited the orek website and learned that it has a 2 speed motor!
Can’t believe it only weighs about 9 lbs.!
I learned how light it is. Would be easy to move up and down stairs 🙂
I love that it has a 35 ft power cord, and the 2 speed motor sounds interesting. We had an Oreck when I was growing up and I remember it being really light!
Tweeted about it! https://twitter.com/#!/rebschaefer/status/185804677537992704
I am fanatical about many little things; for example, I have come to terms with the fact that my fixation on Purell has taken a toll on my hands softness, and I don’t mind.
Reading the Oreck page, I learned that different speeds are needed less it may damage an expensive rug. I thought it is outrageous, why would anyone over-suck the dirt out of the rug?
Only weighs 9 lbs and has a 35ft long cord – two things that would make vacumming my place SO much easier! My mom has used Oreck vacuums for years and swears by them. I’m so excited!
tweeted
This post also makes me feel like a “real adult” because I am like drooling…over a vacuum! Haha!
I learned that it is 9 lbs.–SO LIGHT.
As I’ll be moving soon, a lightweight vacuum would be awesome. I learned about the ‘dirty air’ system that breaks the dirt into smaller particles, which are sucked up. Sounds great. Thanks for the giveaway!
I learned it weighs under 10 lbs, finally a vacuum that actually works and that I can lift!
I love that it only weighs 9 pounds – makes it much easier to carry up & down 3 stories of my condo (which my current vacuum does not…). I’ve always wanted to try an Oreck, too! 🙂
I learned that my 8 month pregnant self can probably carry this up the steps because it’s so light! I’d love to have this..thanks Julie!
It has a lifetime limited warrantee! Cool!
I learned the Forever Series Gold produces 102 mph air flow.. thats awesome!
I learned that it is lightweight and has a two speed motor. I actually just broke my vacuum so this would be perfect for me!
I’m pretty astonished that is has multiple speeds! 2 speeds makes so much sense!