What? You mean you don’t vacuum your house in a dress and heels? DOMESTIC GODDESS STATUS REVOKED!
Let’s talk about the newest love of my life. Yes, it’s a vacuum cleaner, and although some of you might think that a little awkward, if you’ve been around here for awhile, you know I love me some clean floors. I am a Vacuuming Expert, a Sweeping Expert… basically, if you need to someone to come over and rid you of all the dust bunnies on your floor, I’m your girl.
Remember how excruciating it was for me to leave those Cheerios on my kitchen floor for this experiment? I shudder at the thought.
Here’s the deal. I’m not going to name names, but D and I plunked down a LOT of cash for a very popular vacuum cleaner a few years ago, and although that very popular vacuum cleaner was very loved during the first few months, it quickly became the bane of our existence. It was horrible. It wouldn’t suck up 50% of what was on the floor, and we were totally baffled. I can’t tell you how many times we would look at each other and say, “maybe we’re doing it wrong.” Doing it wrong? It’s a VACUUM CLEANER, not a highly scientific projectile rocket launcher. Yet we would try and try and then visit the the manufacturer-approved repair facility who would replace a random part, only to see no significant improvement when we returned home. Let me be completely frank, our housekeeper wouldn’t even use it. She instead lugged a 50-pound monster from 1979 around the house instead of utilizing the Fancy New Vacuum.
The vacuum was highly annoying, to say the least. Especially to a lady who quite enjoys vacuuming her floors. So when Oreck contacted me about sending me the new Oreck Magnesium Vacuum Combo, I kind of flipped out like a freak of nature. YES, ORECK. PLEASE SEND ME THE VACUUM. P.S. – I LOVE YOU.
You guys. YOU GUYS. I’m trying so hard not to be all cringeworthy vacuum cleaner fan girl, but I love it so much. It sucks up everything. Everything! You can use it on all types of floors and rugs! It lies virtually flat, so you can vacuum allllllll the way underneath chairs and other furniture! AND! It weighs 7 pounds. I am totally serious when I tell you than I can hold the vacuum cleaner above my head with one hand.
Now, of course, it retails for $600, so it better be a damn good vacuum cleaner, right? It is worth every penny though, and I would gladly spend my cash on this bad boy. (Immediately followed by setting the former Fancy Vacuum Cleaner aflame while performing some Wiccan dance routines in my driveway.) Don’t forget that the combo includes the Ultimate Handheld Vac, a powerful, portable and lightweight handheld vacuum. If your current handheld vacuum is a little lackluster (let’s say it sucks up Cheerios, but the second you turn it off, the Cheerios fall right out of the nozzle onto the floor…you know what I’m talking about…), you will love this awesome little vac.
Drumroll, please. Oreck is giving away one Magnesium Vacuum Combo to a lucky Whoorl reader. Awesomeness. There are a few ways to enter.
1. The first (and mandatory) entry is to head over to Oreck, check out the vacuum, and leave a comment on this post about one thing you learned about the Magnesium.
If you’d like some extra chances to win, here are some more options. Please leave me a separate comment for each that you do so you get full opportunities to win!
2. Follow @oreck on Twitter.
3. Like Oreck on Facebook.
4. Sign up for Oreck’s email list by clicking on the orange “Sign up for Email” in the top navigation bar on the right at Oreck’s website.
The giveaway winner must be a resident of the 48 contiguous states. Sorry, Hawaii and Alaska. You know I love you guys, though.
Entries will be accepted until next Tuesday, May 29th at 6 p.m. PST. I’ll announce the winner the following day. Good luck, everyone!
Oreck kindly provided me with the Magnesium Vacuum Combo. Oreck Corporation provided the prize for the sweepstakes but is not the sponsor of the sweepstakes.
Jen B
May 24, 2012 at 11:20 amI liked Oreck on Facebook too!!
Laura
May 24, 2012 at 11:21 amYou had me at handheld vac. Goodbye cheerios in the couch.
Janssen
May 24, 2012 at 11:21 amTwo speeds? That’s brilliant.
We have a horrible (but at least inexpensive) vacuum. Every time I use it, I think of Dave Barry’s comment about how men think you should just run a board along the floor to get the lines. That’s pretty much what mine does.
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May 24, 2012 at 11:22 amYES PLEASE!!! My vacuum cleaner is a massive beast that is barely has any suction left.
And HELLO – the Oreck Magnesium has a SHOULDER STRAP for carrying it around with you while you use the different attachments to get in all those dust-bunny-filled crevices of the house?? Genius, i tell you.
Mina
May 24, 2012 at 11:23 amI liked Oreck on FB!
Miranda
May 24, 2012 at 11:23 amI can’t decide if I like the fact that it is so lightweight (my newborns both weighed more than this vacuum!) or that it lays almost completely flat so I can pick up cheerios from under the couch.
Maggie
May 24, 2012 at 11:24 amI love that this is a flat vacuum I hate moving the furniture every time I vacuum! Great giveaway. I need this!
Kim
May 24, 2012 at 11:24 amI learned that it has a two speed switch. May I say that we DESPERATELY need this vacuum? Ours just exploded (really) and we own a Great Pyrenees. Great Pyrenees= long white double coat.
Did I mention we desperately need this vacuum?
Mina
May 24, 2012 at 11:25 amI just signed up for their emails.
Mina
Kim
May 24, 2012 at 11:26 am“liked” them on facebook :)
Kim
May 24, 2012 at 11:28 amI signed up for their emails!
Liz
May 24, 2012 at 11:29 amOMGEEEEEEEE i have been dying for an oreck b/c my big fat Kenmore canister vac has been a useless piece of cr*p! I just got new hardwoods and wanted the perfect vac for area rugs and wood. I WANT THIS ORECK SOOOO BAD! I totally get why you are so excited! I stare at the Oreck store longingly every time I drive by.
Brooke
May 24, 2012 at 11:30 amI like that it lays flat.
Liz
May 24, 2012 at 11:32 amjust liked Oreck on Facebook!
I WANT THAT…
Maya
May 24, 2012 at 11:33 amBesides being only 7lbs and apparently able to suck up all hidden cat hair, I kind of love the 30 foot cord. I hate having to unplug and replug every 10 feet with my current vacuum.