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 would have to say my gameroom, it’s the one room we watch all our football games in and we usually have a good sized crowd of people eating and drinking in the room.
Needless to say at the end of the day it’s in of a good cleaning, and an even better vacuum to get all the food and dirt in the carpet.
Long story short I need one in time for the super bowl!
My bedroom would be helped. Nothing frustrates me more then seeing dust settle on my furniture right after I sweep and dust. I would love to see this thing work!
My living room…because everyone usually lives there.
My family room would benefit the most from this wonderful vacuum, not to mention my arthritis would be thrilled at the light weight of the Oreck – what a great giveaway!
Our living room would benefit most, although all rooms would benefit greatly.
my living room needs one I live on a main st so lot of dust
We have pet rats and they like to make quite a mess, kicking bedding out of their cage and all that, so we could really use this vacuum
I wanna win! Our family room would get the most benefit from this baby… and the play room… and the… oh sorry… lots of rooms to clean! : )
My living room could so use this! I have three kids under 5 and need to vacuum several times a day….the baby is my human vacuum cleaner if I don’t!!!
Smile.
Just one room? Hmm…probaby the family room. Followed closely by the kitchen and bathroom (I shed like a dog). My children love to eat cheerios, and they often spill them into our carpet. Plus, we’re using a cheap-o vacuum that husband bought during his bachelor days. And on our shoestring one-government-salary budget, we could use a free vacuum. Would I have to pay taxes on the value of the vacuum if I won it? Oh, I’ll worry about that if I win it. But then I would be *expected* to use it more often….
the living room it is the most tracked in room
I can’t tell you how desperately my living room needs it!
Pick me! Pick me!
I was going to say my Master Bedroom carpet, but actually I think my hardwood floors in much of the rest of the house would benefit as much or more. The “vacuum” I have (and I use that term loosly) does a terrible job on all the floors, especially the hard surfaces. Awesome giveaway.
my whole house 6 people and 4 furry pets
My hallway!
I could use this in every room. ~lol~
My living room would most benefit from an oreck! I have three kids… yeah you understand.
Definitely my kitchen!!! Let’s just say I’ve entered the world of a 13 month old throwing food!!!
Welllll, considering my vaccuum cleaner just died and I was on the web looking for new vaccuums, but got TOTALLY overwhelmed, stopped looking, and decided to check out your blog, I was be ecstatic to win this ORECK!!
As far as the room that needs it the most, that would be my bedroom…what can I say, I love cookies at bedtime!!
My Bedroom! I have bad allergies and have 3 vacuums (all old) and not one of them could get the carpeting under my bed. I would breath so much easier without the dust and allergens that harbor under my bed!
I could really use this Oreck! My whole house is carpet and I have four big indoor dogs and one little baby with asthma. I vacuum daily and still can’t keep up with my pitiful vacuum. This one would make my life so much easier!
Definitely, my twins room!
My living room.I have a seven year old who creates more messes than 10 dogs. Thanks for the givaway!
Every room. But mostly the kitchen. At 15 minute intervals throughout every day.
My home office gets a LOT of traffic from the whole family and the dog. It would be great to have a new vacuum! Thanks for the opportunity and your fun blog.
I have a 3 year old boy and a long-haired indoor cat.
Every room needs it. ‘Nuff said.
My family room-way too much traffic.
Oh mercy. My bedroom, of course.
And I totally get the “No Parking On The Dance Floor” reference! You crack me up BooMama.
My living room needs the Oreck the most. We actually LIVE in it.
It is hard to pick just one room but I’d have to say the living room. The kids’ crumbs and the pet hair take a lot of work to keep vacuumed up.
Thanks!
I HAVE TWO DOGS AND A CAT AND AM KNEE HIGH IN HAIR FROM THE FRONT TO BACK OF HOUSE AND HAVE STARTED KNITTNG NEW DOGS, NUFF SPOKEN.
Family Room for sure, but the entire house is in need.
The livingroom would be the place to use it.
My whole house would benefit from the vacuum cleaner! I have 5 year old triplets and a 3 year old, and our home gets dirty super fast!
My bathroom. I have thick hair and lose enough each day to make myself some REALLY long extensions.
um, every room of course!
Ok, so you don’t even know how much I NEED this new vacuum. It’s pathetic really, but I actually HIRE someone to bring her vacuum to my house and do the job. My main problem? I SHED!!! Not a dog, not a cat, but big little ME!MYSELF!and I! EVERYTIME I use my vac. I have to unscrew the thing and cut with my scissors the hair that is bound around the rollers. SOOOOOO…. EVERY room in my house would benefit from the new Oreck. In Jesus’ name I pray, AMEN!!!
I am absolutely desperate for a new vacuum. My stairs are my hardest chore.
Pick me, pick me!
we have a bedroom that has become known as the cat room. There’s enough hair in there to keep a vacuum busy.
Needless to say…the family room.
Hey Wow! The Oreck is amazing!! I have three kids and a cat. I would definately be using the Orek in my livingroom. The kids track in the red florida dirt and sand all the time, not to mention the crumbs and cat fur. HELP!!
Oh how fun…a new vacuum! Maybe the newness would actually inspire me to use it more than my sad, pathetic vacuum cleaner. And as for which room needs it, well they all do…but probably the stairs and dining room rug the most!
By the way, love your blog!
we just had a baby and we want to keep the house as clean for her as possible!
MKy bedrooms because we all have allergies
I would love a new one for my house.
The living room, boys and dog, need I say more?
My family room where I watch my grandchildren and play with the dog, would benefit the most from an Oreck XL Ultra vacuum.
I keep my house spotless but still could use an Oreck vacuum in the living room due to our fireplace.
I would love to donate the Oreck to my church since I just bought a new vacuum on Jan. 1st. In my house it’s the living room because I have hardwood floor and all the dust bunnies, socks, legos, etc. go under the couch in here!
Emilie
“SWEET” I need a new vac. mine died
Just tonight my decrepit Filter Queen bit the dust…he,he,he… My entire house if carpeted and I have two preschool-aged boys. I soooo need this Oreck! Great prize…thanks!
Please – my wife of 38 years really needs a new vacuum cleaner. Please pick mE!
Oh man.. my living room.. defently. I have 7 (ok 8 dogs) and a baby.. and between dogs, baby, and school my living room is normally in some sort of level of disaster at all times.. even when it “looks” clean.. belive me.. its NOT.
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Oh my, BooMama, you are so funny. Name ONE room in my house that would benefit??? Ha! I feel that picking just one room out of the many allergen filled rooms would just be harsh.
But momma always said ‘your blog, your rules”, and therefore, I must (well, it was more ‘my house, my rules’ but I am sure if blogs existed when I was little she would have used ’em to demonstrate this important life lesson!)
But, back to the point…I would say our bedroom- the dust in there wages a war every evening with my allergies. And for what its worth…the dust is winning!
So my fingers are crossed and I am praying to the housekeeping powers that be to win this fine vacuum!
Thanks for holding this drawing!
My Bedroom would benefit the most!! My dog like my room the best. She is an English Bulldog and she sheds ALOT!!! Help me:)
I am building a house with my fiance which will be done May 31 and we are getting married June 21. We would very much appreciate a new vacuum for our new house.
To be honest, all my rooms would benefit because right now I have a heavy vacuum that is difficult for me to use because I have spinal stenosis in my back and it is very painful to vacuum. With this vacuum, all my rooms would benefit because I would be able to vacuum more often!
Dining room
I have a “ton” of wonderful, precious, beautiful – but messy grandchildren and would LOVE an ORECK to clean up after them with!!!! Yes ma’am love it!!
Julie Marler
The stairts need the help of an Oreck.
I have 3 cats, who all love to congrgate in my living room. Would you believe I’m knee deep in cat hair?
Well, my dance floor, you freakazoid! (No Midnight Star reference is lost on me!)
OOHHH, I would love to win this. My husband wants a new vacuum soooo bad. He swears ours doesn’t pick up a thing!!! My living room would benefit the most from this vacuum. I always have several little boys PLAYING FOOTBALL in this room with thier dirty little shoes!! This is my first time to ever comment on a blog. I am a major lurker. Thank you BooMama.
Beth
Mu living room would benefit greatly from an Oreck vacuum.
With two growing boys and our little princess, our family room (truth be told the rest of the house) would benefit from the use of an Oreck XL. Thanks for the opportunity!
My family room, with 4 kids and 2 dogs, takes a beating and could desperately use the Oreck.
And, I think the micro ban built in is a great feature!
My cats(Shadow and Patches) have their own room. Shadow likes to fling kitty litter all over the place. This is the room that would most definitely benefit having a Oreck vacuum.
EVERY room in my house needs the Oreck vacuum, but if I have to choose one, I’d say the hallway stairs. The lightweight aspect of the Oreck would make cleaning those a pleasure!
my office.
Our gameroom! Since we have two teenaged boys, and they have friends over all the time, that room needs help by this Oreck!
My living room, hall AND bedroom would love to see the Oreck vacuum because those are the places where the dog and I spend the day.
Oh! This is AWESOME!!! I really need a new vacuum cleaner. Plus, I just LOVE to vacuum! And, definitely, my living room would benefit from this!!
My bedroom of course… I have major allergies, so this would definitely be a blessing!
I think it is a toss-up between my kiddo’s bedrooms and the livingroom. We have 3 cats and a dog that we adore and they always leave enough fur behind to make more animals :)
front room 3 dogs and a messy husband. ; D
the family room! it’s connected to our dining room, plus the garage – the floors get trashed every day from all the traffic!!
Definitely my living room followed quickly by the dining room.
Who was the genius that decided putting carpet in the dining room was the way to go? Probably the same one who decided a carpeted bathroom was faboo!
We have 5 kids, 3 to 9, the familyroom needs Oreck help.
the upstairs bedrooms
“Oh My!” An Oreck sweeper. What fun!
I think it is versatile enough that every floor in the house could benefit from it! I like that it only weighs 9 pounds and has the “Intellishiel” feature. Thanks for a marvelous give away…..Cindi
We have 4 cats and a Husky… there isn’t a single inch of our house that couldn’t use it!
Oh my kid’s rooms for sure.. all their rooms are upstairs and I would love to not have to LUG my heavy old vacuum up there!!! Oh the JOY!
Amy
My sun room is screaming, “Oreck! Oreck! I need you!”
Great giveaway.
I would love to win a new vacuum mine is on it’s last leg. My son plays on the floor all day and I think he would get over his cold if I could keep my floors nice a clean! I would use it every day in my living room and to win this beautiful vacuum would be a huge blessing!! Thank you so much!! Sara
i have rescue cats and allergies so my living room is fur city, this would be a great help
I would love this vacuum for so many reasons. The room I think would benefit the most is our living room. We are in this room 24/7 and so is our doggie.
685. what’s the chances I’ll win? :)
Well, definitely my living room would benefit most greatly from this little 9 lb beauty…cat hair, food particles from a certain toddler, dustbunnies – need I say more?
I need new carpeting in my bedroom. It still looks OK, except in the doorway where it is impossible with my sweeper to pull up the nap anymore.
Please!
Wow – we sure do come out for a giveaway, huh?
I think that the den/toy room would benefit most from an Oreck. I expecially love that it helps to combat odors!
Thanks for hosting!
Oh how awesome!! Every room in the house needs this Oreck!
BooMama, you are so cool!
My living room needs it ASAP>Because of a teenage son and a husband that trackes dirt and wood into the house.
I need this for my dining room. Three boys equals lots of crumbs!
Holy Moly!! What room wouldn’t benefit?! I too am a member of the Everyone I Know Has An Oreck Except Me Club! I’ve been looking at them, but other things keep jumping in front of that purchase! WooHoo! Come On Ye Olde Generator Thingie!
Love that it helps with the bacteria! I would use it mostly for the living room and my bedroom!
I have a 16 yo son whose bedroom is in the loft and I have 14 stairs to vacuum on the way up. My current vac is way heavy and I know all of the glorious details of the oreck because my mom has one as well. I’d LOVE to have one.
I really need a new vacuum my old one needs to be thrown away. I would use it most in the living room where my son and his friends cart in alot of dirt and leaves.
My living room would love to be run over by an Oreck. I want to reach out and touch their 800 number each time I see them on TV! What a wonderful contest!
Oh boy could I really use this! My daughter who is 1 just recently started insisting on feeding herself and she won’t stand for eating in her high chair only her walker, which happens to be in the living room and she is definitely NOT the worlds neatest eater, My old Hoover has seen the most action it’s seen in years and is ready for retirement..lol Please help a momma & a Hoover out
I would love to have an extra vacuum that’s sole purpose would be to vacuum up after the kids in the family room. No longer lugging up and downstairs.
A brand new Oreck would be a
wonderful blessing for our family!!
It’s light and much easier to use than
other models!
Every room in my house could use the Oreck. I have pine green carpet and a white dog–not a good combination. And since taking the Christmas tree down my living room is covered with pine needles and glitter, neither of which is being picked up by my current vacuum. Thanks for a shot at a great prize.