Now in fairness I should tell you that I do not personally own an Oreck vacuum cleaner.
But Sister does. And Mama does. And if you were sitting around with all of us at any family gathering, at some point you would get to listen to Sister and Mama talk about the Oreck vacuum cleaner because OH! it’s so light! and OH! it just cleans like you wouldn’t believe! and OH! I don’t know what I ever did without it!
Suffice it to say that they are fans.
In fact, when Oreck contacted me about hosting a giveaway for the internets, I happened to be sitting in Mama and Daddy’s living room. I said, “Hey, Mama – Oreck wants to give away a vacuum on my blog,” and no kidding, she practically jumped out of her chair and said, “Well, you’d be CRAZY if you didn’t!”
I guess it has escaped my mama’s attention that I am crazy, you know, REGARDLESS.
Oh, a mother’s love. It is blind.
Anyway, here’s a little information about the Oreck XL Ultra Vacuum Cleaner:
The Oreck XL Ultra makes cleaning a breeze – the vacuum weighs just 9 lbs. and lays flat to fit under beds and furniture, yet has the suction velocity of a category 2 hurricane to eliminate dust, dander, pet hair, pollen and even dust mites in a snap. A hypo-allergenic filtration system eliminates 99.9% of all allergens as you clean, unlike other bagless vacuums, which spread dirt and dust as you empty the canister. Oreck is so confident in the quality of the Oreck XL Ultra that they offer a 10-year warranty plus 10 annual free tune-ups to ensure that your Oreck will last and last!
And by the way, the Oreck XL retails for $499.95.
So you would probably be excited if you won.
If you’d like to enter this giveaway, here’s what you do:
1. Click here to check out the specifics of the Oreck XL. Please don’t skip this step. Or the internet police will be forced to give you a ticket (all together now: “So get! With it!”).
2. Come back to my blog, leave a comment and tell me which room in your house would benefit the most from a brand-spankin’ new Oreck (only one comment per person, por favor).
3. That’s all!
One little catch: you do have to be a resident of the continental United States in order to be eligible to win.
This giveaway will be open until Tuesday, January 22, 2008. I’ll use Ye Olde Random.org to draw for a winner.
Have fun, y’all!
This giveaway is now closed.
Ooh, pick me! Pick me!
I think my bedroom would actually benefit the most. Due to chronic sleep deprivation and extreme lack of judgment on the part of certain parents in my house (who me??!), certain small children routinely bring graham crackers into said room early in the morning, and all sorts of crummy mayhem ensues.
My whole upstairs would be the room that would most benefit by having an Orek vacuum. I currently drag my vacuum up the stairs once a week to clean, but it would be so much nicer to have a vacuum upstairs all of the time for quick touch-ups. I’m glad you listened to your mother and decided to host such a great give-away.
The large area rug in my living room, it seems to attract dirt quite easily.
I could definitely use a new Oreck vacuum in what is going to be our nursery. I had a 24 week old preemie in November and while I have been four hours from home with her, my husband has been working on our house. Her room is covered in sheetrock dust and general dust from not being lived in and a new vacuum (with all the bells and whistles) would be wonderful in knowing her room is as clean as it can be.
My dining room is always a mess – in actual fact, I don’t have a house right now, but when I did my dining room was always a mess – AND, I’m praying that we get into our next house SOON!
Glory to the crumbs under the kitchen table ! The Oreck would serve well the drama that occurs as I use wet paper towels constantly throughout the day to clean up the crumbs after my 3 boys.
I know Oreck is safe for wood floors and my kitchen and I would be so very happy to have an Oreck conveniently awaiting the never ending flow of crumbs…..
PICK ME, PICK ME ! – Jen P.
Foyer
I would use it in my family room, thats the worst room in the whole house!
Laundy Room
The living room! Getting ready to bring my 1st grandbaby home from the hospital.
Living romm 5 kidsand a dog mke a big mess
I would love a new vacuum. The room that would benefit the most would be my living room. When you walk through the front door it is right there you have to go through it to get anywhere else in the house. I vacuum it sometimes 3 or 4 times a day because it looks so bad depending on the traffic. Then there is the dog hair. Gees!!!!
Oh I know my living room would benefit the most with three dogs and l long hair cat and two teenage boys and there friends that love to bring dirt in the house I could diffently use this please pick me.
My newborn baby’s room!!! Wow! What a great baby gift!!!
I do believe my basement “teen-ager hangout area” is calling for one of these!!
Actually, the whole house would, but let’s just blame it on my four teens!!
:)
Nancy
My stairs would benefit most. Dog hair..beware!
defintely the living room
What a great gift. When??
I need a new vacuum. My living room needs it the most. The carpet in that room must be made out of adhesive, everything sticks to it. And I have two cats and a husband. Need I say more.
I used to vaccuum with an Oreck when I cleaned our church building in high school. They are the best. But this one is REALLY nice!!!!
My living room would benefit the most as our backyard opens right in there and the kids are always tracking stuff in.
Thanks!
My kids room. I have two small kids that loves to play in their rooms and on the floor. Yes, my entire house would benefit but my kids come first and since they spend alot of time in their room, I would want them to benefit first.
Happy New Year
living room for sure
First, let me just say that the vacuum would be for hubby, not me:-). He loves to vacuum, and would get a kick out of a brand new Oreck. As for the room that would benefit the most, it’s a toss-up between the kitchen and the den, since they both have sliding glass doors leading to the backyard, and our dog tracks dirt in constantly through both.
The bedrooms
Thank you for offering this vacuum cleaner as a prize. I’ve heard of it, naturally, and it seems to be able to get the job done. Ever since I saw it I thought it would be nice to have one but the cost was too out of reach. Since every room in our condo is carpeted with a “white” carpet, need I say more. It drives me crazy. I would like to have a wood floor but of course we can’t afford that either. So, I believe our whole house would benefit from the Oreck especially by the front door and under the dining room table. The carpet wasn’t my choice it came with the place. Oh well…
I would. I have a black rug and a white dog in my family room. Not the best combo.
How great! Please enter me! Our family roon gets the most use and traffic — so this would be fabulous for that, especially to keep clean for the new baby on the way!
That Intellisheild thing looks pretty awesome! My whole house could benefit, but my dad’s room and my kids’ room would benefit the most! Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
bedroom
THANK YOU GOD BLESS
The heavy traffic family room.
the living room would be the room that needs this vacuum the most!!!
Our den! Sooooooo absolutely. It’s a constant battle in there. It’s where our main entry is located (and our obnoxious, little, very, very hairy dog comes in there, also).
I had an Oreck once upon a time and I loved it like bread loves jam!
definitely in the living room – thanks to dogs, dogs, dogs!!!
Oh by far it has to be my room that would benefit the most is the living room
My master bath would benefit most from the Oreck. My current vacuum just isn’t cutting it.
My living room for sure. Five children + one dog + DH = DIRT. ;)
Thanks Boo Mama!
I really need a new vacuum especially for our guestroom/playroom because the rug seems to be a crumb magnet.
My downstairs would benefit, and for sure my steps. They are just so hard with a big ole’ pregnant belly.
Thanks! What a great giveaway!
I really need a new vacuum, the one I received for a wedding gift is about ready to bite the dust. I would especially use it in our family room because my husband makes a mess when he makes fires in our fireplace… there are always ashes and shards of wood all over the carpet.
oh please, oh please, oh please! I need it for the kids’ playroom OR the den.
I’ve gone through vacuum after Costco vacuum.
Thanks!
Tammie
Wow! Look at all these comments!
And WOW – that vacuum looks too good to be true! I would love the fact that it reduces allergens – since we have allergies and asthma gallore around her. And I would say the living room, definitely.
I would use this in the family room.
Oh this would be great, I have been using a broom…really.
Definitely the downstairs office. . . .I have 2 long-haired cats and that’s right next to the furnace room where the litter box is. . . ’nuff said! Thanks, this is a great prize!
I am a new reader of your blog, and I love it! This is my first comment. Please enter me in your contest. The room that needs vacumming the most is my daughter’s…and well, the entire house could use it too!
Thanks!
Intellashield….Now isn’t that just fancy pantsy! I am just drooling at the thought of vacuuming my lifeless living room carpet with this puppy! I have never had a nice vacuum…But I have spent many an hour dreaming of one! I guess that’s what Motherhood does to ya!LOL! Thanks for the awesome chance to win it!
Living room, it’s where most of the dirt comes in.
My livingroom could so benefit from a new Oreck! I’ve had to listen to my mother and grandmother rave about the loveliness of their beloved vaccuum for way to long now. It’s my turn :o)
I love this vacuum! My dining room would definitely benefit the most from this! As a result of the barbaric eating habits of my two year old and 10 month old, the carpet is eternally littered with crumbs.
All I have to say is this:
75 pound yellow lab lives in my house! Nuff said!
Thanks Boomama :)
My mom has an Oreck and raves about it as well. My entire house, but especially the living room, would certainly benefit from owning one of my very own. Thanks for the chance to win it!
The upstairs – we have a spiral staircase to get to our third level – meaning we don’t lug our vacuum up there often. Having one so light might mean the dust bunnies would stop reproducing so quickly.
Looks like a nice vacuum…and we could use it around here. Our 1-year-old is a Mighty Mess Maker! :)
Seriously, this would be lovely. The room that needs this the most would be the living room. The dog hair, the potato chips, the mashed down carpet from playing Wii nightly are just screaming for help!
Amy
My 5 year olds bedroom would be my answer!
My first time to comment – what divine favor for it to be on this post! I’d use the vacuum in my living room most, with the bedroom being a close second. I have a long-hair cat and my vacuum just doesn’t have the suction to pick up all the hair. Plus with light beige carpet the entry way and high traffic areas really need help.
Thanks for hosting the give-a-way Boomama!
Linda
I need a new vacuum-I would use it in the dining-family-and living room
I need a new vacuum! My entire upstairs is beige carpet and with my black haired dog…my old vacuum just does not seem to keep up the dog hair.
Thanks for hosting this give-a-way and I love your blog. Keeps me laughing!
The place where I most need an Oreck is not really a room… it’s a stairway. We have a carpeted stairway that leads from our garage (where we all enter most of the time) to our upper level. This one area sustains the most traffic in our entire house, and yet is the BIGGEST PAIN to clean!
I have a Kirby vaccuum, and although it does a good job, the strain it puts on my back lugging it up and down the stairs kills me… so they don’t get vaccuumed as often as they should. A new Oreck would literally “lighten my load” when cleaning the house, and DEFINITELY when cleaning those stairs!
I need a new vacuum! Currently I need to use it everywhere, but as a rule I would need to use it most often in my hallway, which is apparently a holding tank for dustballs!!
Let it be known that I would use this wonderful invention known as the Oreck Vacuum in every single last room that my twin puppies use. Which is also known as the following:
1. My bedroom.
2. My roommate’s bedroom.
3. My other roommate’s bedroom.
4. My bathroom.
5. My roommate’s bathroom.
6. The downstair’s half-bath.
7. The living room.
8. The foyer.
9. The dining room.
10. The kitchen.
This list is not all-inclusive; there are other areas they enjoy destroying (including but not limited to): the hallway; the staircase; the attic (you don’t want to know); the laundry room and, perhaps most destructively, my bed.
So, in other words, oh random number generator… please pick me. Please.
My playroom would benefit the most from the Oreck XL Ultra vacuum. With two sons (a two year old and a five year old) there is also a mess of some sort! This would help out tremendously!
My living room…that’s where the cat hangs out
My livingroom is the worst. My three kids live in there, watch TV, play on the computer, and eat there. I really need a new vacuum!!
My two cats have made a mess of my living room. They shred the scratching post and get it all over the place.
Let me see…which room…hmmm. Let’s just say 1952 square feet could really use a good vacuuming!
I’m in.
I have 3 dogs…Help!
We just adopted a new little dog and although we love her a lot – she sheds like crazy!
The room that needs some Oreck strength the most is the living room so our guests don’t have to leave the house wearing a substantial layer of dog hair!
Wow! I’ve been needing a new vacuum!
The room which would benefit the most in our house is the family room. Its carpet is the closest to where we come in from outside, and though there is a tiled room and three mats before you get to this room, somehow bits of leaves and other paraphernalia are tracked into that room — plus that is where the most snackage is consumed outside the kitchen, so are little bits of chips and such, too.
My rec room would benefit the most
Great blog!!
Oh my! What room could I NOT use it in? Every room in my house could use this delightful product!
Living room. Hands down. I have no idea how 2 cats can shed 8 cats’ worth of fur on my couch and carpet each week, and yet the do, they do.
My living room would greatly benefit from an Orek vacuum. I have a 2 1/2 year old and he is constantly spilling cereal, crackers etc on the living room floor. My vacuum is heavy and bulky and a pain in a rear to get out to clean up the mess!!
P.S. I enjoy your blog
Easy. Dining room. We have a one-year-old granddaughter and a high chair. Need I say more? LOL
(Sing along, sort of to the tune of “The 12 Days of Christmas”) Why do I need a vacuum, BooMama said to me…seventeen-year-old house, twelve-year-old dog and cat, eleven-year-old vacuum, ten-year-old twins, six-year-old couch and chair, four-year-old Basset Hound, one-year-old rug and a partridge in a pear tree!
OH MY! This sounds wonderful! My basement where my DH tracks EVERYTHING in the house!
Thank you in advance. Because of course, you’ll pick me. All together for Oreck–Hip Hip Hooray!! And can I just tell you, our boy’s room is in a perpetual state of unholy disrepair. His most recent transgression is the repeated thrusting of the pointy end of his broken umbrella into a huge chunk of Styrofoam. This is part of building a cardboard fort. Don’t ask.
Sharon
Only one room! My whole house could use this, especially the den and the upstairs
which is all carpeted.
Great give away!
My boys bedroom has all kinds of foolishness going on in there!! We could use an Oreck for sure!
I would love to be able to clean my husband’s room. We are apart as he is in the military. The floor in his room has never been vacuumed and I can just imagine all the things that are growing!
room that would benefit the most is the living room
Oh, my living room and my dining room could use this. Yes, for the love of all that is holy, the brilliant builders put carpet in the dining area. It’s sick and wrong, I tell you. But a new vacuum would make it LESS sick. Still wrong, though. Very, very, wrong.
Definitely our office. We three computers running 24/7 it creates a lot of dust. Besides that there is probably enough crumbs and small pieces of food under and behind the desks to feed a small European country.
definitely my living room-we have a cat and he sheds big time-even tho we brush him every day!!!!!!!
living room needs it most
My Living room rug is screaming for this.
It would have to be my stairs. My vacuum is way too heavy and so I procrastinate til I can hardly see the carpet anymore. That’s truly gross. You don’t want me living in grossness now do you?
I would say my staircase. I just try not to look at it :)
Thanks for such a great blog too!!
definitely my living room
With four children, two cats, one dog, and a husband, what room in my house couldn’t use this terrific vacuum cleaner??? But, since you’re making me pick only one room, I’m going to choose my living room…only because that’s the room (other than the kitchen)where we all gather together the most.
Thank for a wonderful contest and thanks to Oreck for a fabulous donation !!
Wow this is awesome. What room would benefit the most? Well the “dump everything my three kids own room”….otherwise known as the LIVING ROOM!!
Our living room would benefit the most
I promise to start helping with the vacuuming if I win this. :)
Thank you! :)
Oh, which room should I start with?? My entire house could benefit from an Oreck! Pick me! Pick me!!!
Umm, let’s see…the dining room would benefit the greatest. I have 2 boys 5 & 3 and carpeting throughout the apartment. Also, my vacuum “mostly” sucks up what it’s supposed to but then promptly spits out about 1/4 of what it just sucked. Lovely, eh? I would most like to win because my 5 yo loves to help with the vacuuming but tires out from the weight of ours. I’d sure love to keep him in the helping mode, ya know?? So, pick me please!! We’ve started Dave Ramsey so we don’t have an extra dime to replace the beast. Thanks!
I would say our living/dining room. We do have thick plastic over the carpet under our table but the food pieces still need to be vacuumed up. 10 free tune-ups, how cool is that??!!!
My family room would benefit the most.
The toddler and the pre-teen are neck in neck with who can create more mess. However, I think the toddler wins by sheer volume of snack crumbs alone!
I have to say the dining room. Carpet and a four year old! Please Please Please!
My living room carpet could definitely use some deep cleaning. After our hand-me-down vacuum broke, we bought a “dust buster” on a stick that does a mediocre job.
My living room would benefit, with our dogs who reign over the living room, it could use this vacuum!