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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I love the extra long cord and the HEPA Inner Bag. What a cool vacuum!
This vacuum has a “dirty air system” which means the dirt is pulled through a fan that breaks it into smaller particles. I just said goodbye to my broken vacuum so this is a great giveaway! Thanks!!
I learned from the video you can drop it off the stairs and nothing bad will happen!
What a great giveaway, my vac just crapped out! I checked out the specs and noticed right away that it was so lightweight. Which is def a requirement for my replacement vac!
Oh my! A vacuum that actually picks stuff up? I have a horrible relationship with the one that I use now. Hate that thing!!! But, vacuum’s are so expensive, that I’d hate to spend a big amount on one, and hate it just the same. I saw that it has two speed…? Curious about that. I also love the really long cord! Nothings more annoying then the plug getting ripped out…
My favorite thing about the ORECK is that it’s bagless! I have a real ook factor when it comes to emptying out vacuum canisters! Yuck!!!
I also tweeted!
I can’t believe this vacuum only weights 9 pounds! I have an Alaskan Malamute so he sheds an unbelievable amount. This would be much easier to lug around since I have to vacuum at LEAST once a day! I hope I win 🙂
Top features include 3 annual tune-ups. Woo hoo!!!
So light (9lbs), yet still so powerful (102 mph air flow!) And I love the look of it 🙂 I could really use a replacement for my old hand-me-down vac!
Ok I meant to say that it’s NOT bagless! Meant it about the ook factor though!
i learned that customers really like it!! i love that its lightweight. this would be so great to use on our rugs!! i just used one of those lint cleaners to clean our rug the other day hahah it took a really long time
tweeted!
it only weighs about 9 pounds! That is awesome when you have to carry it up and down flights of stairs
Sa-weet giveaway! We just recarpeted the upstairs of our house two weeks ago and need to get a new vacuum!I love the 35 foot cord, because it’s my pet peeve when I have to constantly unplug and move the cord around as I’m vacuuming!
The 3-annual tune ups bit cracked me up! I imagined rolling up to an automachanic shop with this guy and honking the aftermarket horn I would undoubtedly attach.
Love the vac- want the vac 😀
I love that it has a limited lifetime warranty and only wieghs 9 pounds!
awesome giveaway! I just went to the site and saw that when it sucks up the dirt it’s pulled through a fan that breaks it up into smaller particles…very cool!
I learned that it can clean not only carpet, but rugs! I hate when vacuums do not work on rugs! This is awesome 🙂 I also love the 4 out of 5 stars rating!
And I just tweeted about it!
Pick me! Pick me!
The HEPA Inner Bag would work wonders for my allergies!
That’s funny… my boyfriend says he’s the only one who vacuum’s in our house too! (Also may be true, but I will fight till my last breath to prove I’ve vacuumed at least a handful of times).
Honestly I would vacuum more often if our current vacuum didn’t suck so bad. It’s seriously a workout just to push the dang thing back and forth through the shag rug!!
Two speed motor AND a limited lifetime warranty! We need a new vacuum!
I’m right there with you on getting super pumped about vacuums! I love that this one has a lifetime warranty! I feel like vacuums always crap out on me!!!
I tweeted 🙂
OH how I would love to win a new vacuum — I love that it only weights 9 lbs and has a lifetime warranty. Sounds good! I’m constantly vacuuming up yellow lab hair. 🙂
With a dog that sheds so much I swear it could break world records I’m excited to learn that the HEPA inner bag is able to pick up small particles such as pollen and pet dander.
It has a 35-foot power cord and only weighs 9 pounds! Nice!
2 speeds 9lbs 35 ft cord and I need this baby to suck up all the dog hair from my new puppy!!!
I love the premium horsehair edge brushes! Hopefully it would also take care of DOGhair!
I learned about the awesome benefits of the HEPA inner bag & direct suction that this vacuum offers. No wonder it is so lightweight! awesome giveaway!
Awesome that it has the HEPA bag to suck up even the smallest particle! I also love that it has lights. My current vacuum does not, and it also has a short cord, so this would be a cool thing to win! Thanks Julie!
I totally want this vacuum just because of the lifetime warranty that comes with it. I don’t have to worry about it breaking because it WILL get fixed!!! WOOT!
Ok. I am going to be honest with you. I am a college kid with NO VACUUM. It’s bad when you are like me and your favorite late-night snack (sometimes when you come back from the bars…) is massive amounts of popcorn, which inevitably gets all over the floor!
Now for some things I learned! And I SWEAR I am not poking fun (well, maybe a little bit) because I desperately could use something as awesome as this! I learned that vacuums are a lot more like cars these days in that they come with annual tune-ups AND headlights!! Vroom vroom vacuum!! Also, there are air systems that suck dirt particles into the bag, which seems very science-y and cool! Way to go vacuums!!! =)
9 POUNDS!!!!!! Thats just insane! NEED….WANT!
How exciting! I learned all about direct suction and how that makes it so much lighter than other vacuums! Which is something that I have ALWAYS complained about previously! Such a great giveaway! Thanks!
The direct suction and roller brush rotate at about 5,600 revolutions per minute and draw dirt right into the bag. That sounds so fast!! I need this!!
I learned that this vacumn gets 3 annual tune-ups.. I didnt even know vacumns could have tune-ups!
I see that it only weighs about 9 pounds, which is awesome!
And I’m excited to see that someone else’s hubby does the vacuuming in the house! I am NOT a fan of vacuuming and usually make a deal with my hubby that if he vacuums, I’ll clean elsewhere. For some reason, I don’t even mind cleaning the bathroom as much as I hate vacuuming.
Tweeted also! https://twitter.com/#!/Peaches85a/status/185812119118282752
3 annual tune-ups and headlights… this vacuum may be nicer than my car 😉 Living with 3 other girls (all of us have medium to long hair) in a carpeted apartment produces LOTS of hairballs… so gross! We definitely could use a vacuum like this to help us out!
Love the lightweight maneuverability!
It has a 35 foot cord! Hallelujah! I am currently in nursing school but clean houses on the weekends. A 35 foot cord just sounds amazing because I am constantly unplugging myself. It would be useful to not only clean my own house but the multiple houses I clean on the weekends 🙂
That 35 foot long cord means I wouldn’t have to change outlets in my small house! What a deal that would be!
It only weighs 9 lbs! Thats awesome! I would love to give this to my mom who has had her kirby vacuum for 25+ years that has recently died. She would love it!
It includes 3 annual tune-ups!!! WOO HOO!!! 🙂
I love that it has a HEPA inner bag!
IT’S SO LIGHT! 9 lb ain’t a thang. And it has 102 mph air flow which seems pretty darn fast to me.
I definitely just shot you a tweet!!
That Saniseal sounds like a win-win for my floors, a lose-lose (in a good way!) for dirt!