{The lucky winner of the Oreck XL Gold vacuum cleaner is Nikki! She said, “I vacuum nearly once a day, and sometimes I have to run my vacuum just to get my fussy 3 month old baby to sleep!”
Congratulations! Email your address to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com BEFORE WEDNESDAY to claim your prize.
And I’ve been having lots of prizes go unclaimed, so from now on I will be choosing a winner and a runner up. If the winner doesn’t contact me before the following Wednesday, the runner up gets the prize.
The Oreck runner up is Ruth McKimson.
Thanks!}
THE PRIZE
One reader will win an Oreck XL Gold upright vacuum cleaner! ($499.95)
MY REVIEW
I really didn’t understand how much I needed a new vacuum cleaner until I got the Oreck XL Gold. The first thing that is AWESOME about this vacuum cleaner is it takes up only a 12″ x 10″ rectangle of my precious closet space. That is a big deal! Our old vacuum was a canister style and took up sooo much space, didn’t store well at all/anywhere, and was akward to use. This Oreck is like going from a covered wagon to a Porsch, and I’m serious!
So it’s great before I even turned it on, and how well it works is just the icing on the cake. Weighing only 9 pounds, the Oreck upright vacuum cleaner is light enough to carry up and down our 2 flights of stairs and also to use with a baby on my hip. It’s also the quietest vacuum cleaner I think I’ve ever heard, so Elliot doesn’t mind it so much. And he really likes the little light on the front too!
Air flow travels at 102 mph so you’d think the vacuum would need a huge motor, but because of the direct path from your carpet to the bag, the XL series actually has a pretty small motor (the reason for its light weight and the use of only 1/3 of the electricity of regular vacuums). The XL Gold also has just the right shape for cleaning under and against furniture and walls, making those hard-to-reach spots not so hard-to-reach.
And most importantly, with a brush that rotates over 6500 times per minute and 102 mph air flow, this upright vacuum picks up more from your carpet. Clean carpet is pretty high on my list of priorities so we have a no shoe rule in our home that is strictly enforced. But the carpet gets dirty anyway, and with two little kids crawling and laying on that carpet, I want it to be as clean as possible! 
The XL Gold also includes a handheld vacuum with 8 attachments. The Oreck website suggests using the handheld for areas like stairs, furniture, ceiling fans, molding, bookshelves, curtains, drapes, corners, and lampshades. Frankly, most of those items have not been cleaned at my house in a very long time. I just needed the right kind of gadget!
Oreck is one of the top vacuum cleaners, and the XL Gold fits right in with all their other hard working and easy to use vacuums. Thanks, Oreck!
GIVEAWAY RULES
- Visit Oreck.com
- Come back here and tell me how often you vacuum (I want the the TRUTH people…) before midnight Thursday, September 10.
- A winner will be selected and announced at the top of this post Friday.
- Only one comment per person unless you earn extra entries.
- Giveaway open only to residents of the continental United States…sorry.
- Winners must email me to claim their prize within 5 days.
EARN EXTRA ENTRIES
You may earn 1 extra entry each for doing the following (make a separate comment for each thing you do):
- Follow me on Twitter
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- Comment on any non-contest post (must contribute to the conversation)
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GOOD LUCK and THANKS!
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