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.
I love that it cleans so well (those micron thingies)- my little one with asthma just may have less attacks if we had a better vacuum.
Oh my, my playroom!!! I would love it! Thanks!
my bedroom would most benefit…where my dog sleeps and SHEDS every night. Thanks so much!!
Definitely my entryway. We live in New York, so who knows what kind of nastyness we’re bringing in after walking around all day.
Thanks!
I would say my living room would benefit the most since it is the first carpeted room you enter. We just moved into this house and my carpet is light beige and we don’t have grass yet, just dark red dirt that finds its way in the house no matter what.
My basement carpet. It is 15 years old and because it is in the “teen zone” all manner of disgusting things have been ground into into it. I’m sure it is the most unsanitary spot in our house. And I confess, that because my current vacuum is heavy, I don’t get it vacuumed as often as such an area really needs.
My bedroom: with 2 dogs, hubbie, sometimes grandson, and me, the carpet really gets a workout.
my living room, is also a family room and gets very dirty on the rug/carpet
My dining room. Four little ones + carpet under the table = lots of mess!
The family room needs the most vacuuming help! The carpet gets so dirty from everyone tracking the dirt and dust in from the outside. I have heard a lot of good things about the Oreck. I have seen the ad’s on tv,and I would love to own one! If I an Oreck then I would have clean and pretty carpets! Just the thought of owning an Oreck makes me smile!
My bedroom! My husband’s allergies! Oh, the snoring!
And also of course, my living room! Because, oh, the cat hair, it is copious.
And also of course, every other room in my house! What a great giveaway!
Which room would benefit most from the fancy new Orek vacuum???….our dining room! This is where food bits and particles drop from under our children’s chairs and cause the most dirt and dust. Kids, gotta love em! :)
I freakin’ love this vacuum! The hallway and where the dog bed is will definitely benefit. But then again…every single room in my house would benefit, lol! I need that hypoallergenic bag and especially that bumper guard and horsehair brush!! :o)
my living room. mine is decades old- i would LOOOVE to win this!!!
Yes, please!
The foyer would benefit the most, no question. All that mud tracking in and out, ugh!
My living room would benefit the most — stuff gets tracked in there from our shoes, and we eat dinner in there almost every night. Yeah, it needs help:)
And with a new baby on the way, I know I need to be vacuuming all the time to keep those floors clean for when he/she starts crawling around:)
Three kids and a dog! Boy could we use this!
my living room would love to have this baby clean her up!
DEFINITELY my living room!
I am disabled so I think the bedroom would most benefit because of the filtration system and odorless bags. Right now I can’t afford a vacuum on disability so winning one would be great. Thanks for the chance.
My oldest son’s room!
With seven children who like to play with the cat… boys who clean out the chicken coup, and a hubby that works construction…
Odor Control!
blogged ya:
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/thursday-edition-of-contests-galore.html
Thanks!
Laura
this is a prize I could really use…like yesterday!
EVERY room would benefit, but…well, this isn’t a room but my stairs desperately need a cleaning and my ugly old heavy vacuum is not going to be lifted by me to do it!!
I would like to please enter the vacuum contest. I think my 10 year old daughter’s room would benefit the most if I won.
Thanks,
Laurie H.
Every room in my house would benefit by having an Oreck but especially the family room where my dog buddy is most of the day. Thank you for the chance!
my living room. we are alway in it
My living room would benefit the most. A 4 yr. old boy and a 14 year old sheltie are there all day long!
Our bedroom is in desperate need of vacuuming — it’s where our cats hang out!
It’s a tie! My bedroom would most benefit because of the allergen reduction and my livingroom because of the constant dirt, crumbs, fireplace debris, etc.
My entire house would benefit from the allergen reducti on factor- especially our bedroom, where the cats sleep.
Oh my goodness, my family room, definitely. It’s between the garage and the kitchen, so it gets constant traffic.
Thanks!
My living room – this is where the dog, the teen, and the husband live.
My downstairs den and office. Murphy hair has taken over!
my living room. between my kids and the dog it can get to be a nightmare!
the sandbox … um, I mean living room, which is right by the doggie door. Is it normal to vacuum up 5 pounds of sand every day?
My living room needs this vacuum so badly. We have many pets, and no vacuum I’ve ever purchased has been adequate.
My family room is in constant need of vacumming.
My basement, where my cats like to play and make a mess!
Oh, I have wanted an Oreck for years now. All four of my very large dogs live in my den (with a doggie door to the outside). I have to vacuum this room twice daily and have worn out more vacuums than you can believe. I would be so very excited to win the Oreck. And, Lexi, Harley, Phoebe and Zoe would love it, too. They were all rescues and are my sweet babies. My grandson would thank you, too. He’s 2-1/2 and is usually covered in dog hair!
My bonus room that is full of cereal, muffin crumbs, and crackers would be thrilled to have an Oreck!
Sounds great!
We have the Oreck and love it! It would be great to have one upstairs, even though it is light enough to easily drag upstairs!
Thanks for hosting this giveaway!
Tammy
I got through! I’ve been trying to post a comment for days. I just wised up and tried another browser and it worked. I need a new vacuum cleaner. I’ve had the same one since our wedding 11 1/2 years ago! If I had to pick a room, it would be the living room because that is what most people see. Here’s to hoping!!
My daughter has Asthma and her bedroom would benefit the most from the Oreck vacuum because it has IntellaShield that helps reduce bacteria and molds with both can cause problems with her asthma.
My children have a carpeted playroom (in retrospect I should have gone with hardwood or tile or CONCRETE!). It would take a powerful Oreck to get that carpet clean!
I have a recurring neck and shoulder problem, so having a light weight vacuum would be wonderful. We’ve got a little sweeper, but the charge only lasts 10 minutes at a time, and them needs to recharge.
Which room would get the most use? Hmm. That’s a tough one. The Living room would really benefit since that’s where the baby crawls, the dog lays, and the cat just spit up yesterday.
Then there’s the kitchen, which flaunts loose kibbles, more pet hair, and a near constance stream of baby meal detritus.
And let’s not forget the boys room, because the pets and the boy sure don’t!
Seriously, is there any room that wouldn’t benefit from having it’s floors cleaned???
My dining area NEEDS this machine. I have 3 young grandkids living at my house. They eat, spill, play, spill, walk in dirt, spill, spit,spill, throw food, spill, throw balls, spill. Get the idea. I NEED a GOOD Vacume!
The family room – no more microscopic lego pieces to step on at 5:30am in the dark!!!!
Thanks
OK for starters the giveaway ends on my birthday…this vacuum would make the perfect gift for me! I would use this wonderful vacuum downstairs so I wouldn’t have to lug my hose and attachments up/down the stairs from my central vac.
This would be great to clean up after my two Newfoundland Dogs
Is there a room that would NOT love this vacuum???? OK, we’ll start with the kids rooms, ya know, the allergies and all that….
I would love to win this, my dining room/entry way which is connected together would benefit most from this as everything gets tracked through that when initially entering our home. I love how light weight it is too! Awesome. Thanks.
Oh my gosh, I LOVE that it has a hypo-allerginic filter..that would be awesome since I have horrible allergies!!! Like someone else said, is there a room that I couldn’t use it in?!! I guess my living room would definitely get the most use since that’s where my cat tends to stay!
Oh my family room would just love the Oreck!!!
This looks like a wonderful vacuum. If I had to pick one room that would benefit the most from this, it would have to be my daughter’s bedroom. Our dog likes to sleep next to her bed at night and there is dog hair and dander left everywhere, and the vacuum we have now doesn’t quite pick it all up.
would love love love this for my living room. I adore my dog, but oh the hair!
My bedroom would benefit the most from this vacuum cleaner. My cats deposit tons of fur daily.
I would love to win this. Right now, we just have hubby’s shop vac to work with. The room that would benefit the most is our bedroom. Hubby has allergies and this thing looks like it would really help with that. We have so much dust!
My bedroom would benefit the most – my family seems to be drawn to this room. My electrolux of 10 years has just offically bit the dust and honey, I’ve got some major dust here.
The entryway. So much dirt gets tracked in.
This is amazing! I am an educator and have always had a cheap vacuum…this would be amazing. I live in an apartment so this could clean my whole house lickety split! It would be amazing.
NEED an ORECK! My family are all walking dust storms. Definately my mudroom could benefit from this!
WOW!
The Oreck is fantastic. When I saw the Microban®, I was sold.
My living/playroom needs the Oreck the most. I live in the country and have lots of children who visit. We eat, drink, play with paint, clay, paper, puzzles, and all kinds of crafts in this room. Occasionally a neighborhood dog or cat will venture in until I run it out.
I have allergies to animals and dust so antimicrobial protection to resist the growth of odor and stain would be a definite blessing. Knowing the Oreck prevents the “critters” and stuff from being re-released into the air would help my allergies and it’s light-weight at 8 pounds will enable all but the smallest child to “clean up their own mess”.
It’s really hard to keep a carpet clean with all the activity, but the sound of laughing children is what keeps me happy…(and the Oreck would not drown out that sound!)
I really do hope I win…what an excellent prize!
Which room?? All!!! My house begs for a Oreck! And this with odor control would be heaven!!!
the cat fur on my living room floor is screaming out to be sucked up by a super-powered vac. please help! my infant keeps hunting for furballs to put in her mouth! yuck!
We spend most of our time in the living room….we could definitely use a vacuum like this to clean up.
Well, I must say the general living space as we are dealing with a cracker munching 13 month old. However, the red one would look the best in my kitchen/dining area because it would match oh so prettily!
Amanda
My bedroom! Have 2 cats that don’t obey when we tell them to stay on the wood. Imagine that…
A lightweight Oreck sure would come in handy in the basement my husband has just started working on!!
All my rooms could use a new vacuum, especially since the stinkin’ new vacuum I bought does such a lousy stinkin’ job….sorry I digress. The living room needs it most. Imagine that….
my bedroom, the dogs shed so much hair there on my white carpet
My girls room probably needs it the most. They sure can make a mess! lol
Thank you!
My family suffers from allergies. We could really use this vacuum! My family room/great room is a constant battle and has the highest volume of traffic.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Our living room is the furriest from all our pets so definitely the living room.
ooh, I need a new vacuum really bad!
My whole house would benefit from this vacuum because my vacuum just sparked and caught on fire and I haven’t been able to buy a new one due to $$$ shortage. So I could REALLY use this. Thanks!! ~Tracy
dining room area – because of the kitty liter
Gee, Boo Mama…That is real easy! My 20+ son moved back home temporarily and his room could definately benefit from a major cleaning. No matter how many showers he takes it still seems stinkey in there!
Wow, I could get some major under the bed dust bunnies to start marching out!
What room in my house couldn’t use the Oreck? But I’d have to say my family room would probably benefit the most. And the stairway. Hallway. Kids bedrooms.
I can’t remember the last time I was able to vacuum under the bed.”Bacteria fighting barrier eh”,sounds good.I need this vacuum for every room!
The LIVINGROOM! My 3 grandboys CRAWL in this room and play there. It needs to be CLEAN!!
Thank You So Much!! Diana in Illinois
We just moved into a new house with lovely carpet. One of the rooms with this lovely carpet is my son’s playroom. EEEK! Our old vacuum hardly does it justice. My husband said ” you know, we really need to get a different vacuum…”
We would love to give an Oreck a new home!
Thanks,
Rebecca in Texas.
My family room would love an Oreck! Well…so would the rest of my house, but the family room gets the most abuse from my 4 kiddos.
I have teenage boys, need I say more. Their bedrooms is the most needing of the power of Oreck.
Yes – the room that would benefit the most is the living room. We let a stray we are taking care of in and out, and that’s the room where she spends her time when in. Not to mention, my husband & my daughter are allergic to cats. We could use a new vacuum, because our old one is still plugging away, and the store doesn’t even carry the bags for it anymore. But, we don’t purchase new until the old is dead!!!
So fun! I could totally benefit from the light-weightedness in my stairway! Who puts carpet on those, anyway?!
Oh boy, do I have odors and bacteria! My livingroom could really, really benefit from this baby! I have 6 kids and a dog…I can’t begin to tell you what’s in my carpet…..
The den
The room and the person in my home that would benefit the most from the use of a oreck Vaccuum would be my bedroom and my husband. My husband has allergies that triggers his asthma. I would love to see how this would help my husbands allergies and asthma by filtering the air as I vaccuum!!!
My entire house would definitely benefit from the Oreck but the family room would probably benefit the most. We have two cats and the antimicrobial protection as well as the odor control would make the Oreck a welcome addition to our home.
I would have to say my sons room since he is allergic to the world.
Oh, my my! An Oreck……Let’s just say that at the present time my vacuum cleaner is a little physically challenged in that “she ain’t what she used to be”! Contemplative replacement has been replaced with the idea that food is a tad more important than spotless floors. My children and I play a game of “let’s see who can pick up the most fluff off of the carpet for a nickel or two”…Listen closely and you can hear the carpet chanting…. the carpet is chanting….” Oreck, Oreck ,Oreck!” BTW…Your blawg is the best :)
Since the Living room is for the living, it would definately be the Living/Family/Play Room.
I would say my whole *new* house will need it because I’m renting an older home and would love to use the Oreck in EVERY room!!
The bedroom! I have to stop letting the kids eat back there while they watch Care Bear DVDs!
The bedroom, the intake for my hot air heating system is in there. Dust, Dust, Dust.
Thanks
My family could use this! It would probably get used the most in our living room.
Karen
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/salt
Every room would benefit but especially my foyer where everyone tracks dirt, mud, and germs all over!