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review-oreck-xl-ultra-140.jpgI hurt my back.

And not just a little twinge of pain. This is a full on, my-back-seized-and-now-I-can’t-pick-up-my-kids hurt. With a four month old and a two year old who insists on playing “two babies,” I am in a bit of trouble.

So, you can imagine, I am more than a bit excited that an Oreck XL Ultra just arrived at my door. This mighty little vacuum weighs only 9 pounds! To hold a vacuum that weighs so little is the strangest feeling – like when you have a toddler and you pick up a newborn. It is fantastic! (Now if only my kids still weighed 9 pounds!)

Considering my back is so damaged that I wouldn’t be able to use my old vacuum for months, a vacuum that is super light would be good enough for me.

But there are even more reasons I am giddy with vacuuming delight…

This tiny thing is a powerhouse, sucking up filth at the velocity of a cat 2 hurricane AND it has a hypo-allergenic filtration system that eliminates 99.9% of all allergen AND it even lays flat to fit under the bed or furniture. (Considering we are jammed with a home office and our family in a tiny townhouse, the fact that I can hide it so easily is super cool.)

Okay – I want to do a little vacuum dance right now. But, as I said, my back really hurts. So I am doing a happy dance on the inside.

(As moms, there is far too much vacuuming in our lives. Really! It is a never ending chore. So I am just counting my lucky stars that I get to use this fabulous vacuum while vacuuming again and again.)

If you haven’t seen the ads for this fabulous machine, check out the Oreck YouTube channel.

They have demonstrations, like this smoke chamber demo, that will have you dragging your husband to the computer and saying, “But Honey – look – all the smoke disappears! We really neeeed this!

Yes, it is infomercial style. But if you can move past that, it does make a darn good case for the vacuum.

Speaking of wanting the Oreck XL Ultra – do you want one?!? Cause we are giving one away!

All you need to do is:

  1. Publish a post on your own blog linking back to this giveaway post and also linking to the Oreck XL Ultra.
  2. Leave a comment on this post.

If you don’t have a blog, we understand you can’t link back, but then please spread the word amongst your friends.

This contest is only open to Continental US shipping addresses.

We’ll announce the winner on Thursday, February 28th. Please remember to check back then to see if you won and check your email (including your junk mail folder).

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  8. I have an Oreck now that is a few years old, but it’s a much more basic model. I would love to upgrade!

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  15. Thank you for this generous giveaway.
    I’ve been wanting an Oreck forever because my kid has asthma and allergies, so removing dust and particles from the air is important.
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  23. WOW!!!!
    I would rather win this wonderful cleaning tool than win a huge diamond ring.
    I am so ecstatic to find this sweeps/giveaway.
    It is absolutely thrilling to have change to win this amazing vacuum.
    I would be overjoyed to have a change to own the Oreck XL Ultra for so many reasons.

    One being in need of a new vacuum desperately. The fact that it weights only weighting 9 pounds…..
    (I injured my my neck, right hip and right shoulder in a bad car accident)…It has tremendous section power…
    Great for pet hair & all the durt, dust my family brings in our medium home plus hypo-allergenic Filtration and folds under so I can have space!!!!! Crossing my fingers!!!!

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  41. this would help my allergies out so bad! i really need one of these and i will be glad to let others borrow it!

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  61. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~

    Count me in too, please.
    My 8 year old cheapy vacuum died and I am currently using mu husbands shop-Vac from the storage shed. It bulky, with very little electric cord! With two cats the floors need vacuumed several times a day.

    Thanks so much for a wonderful giveaway.

    Tammy

    ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~

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  62. Believe it or not my sweeper just broke–strange but true. A new sweeper would sure come in handy between kids and the cat. I never knew a beast could shed as much as ours.

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  68. Aaaacckkk….I have pet hair everywhere. It has been a miserable winter and the indoor heating has made my dog shed SOOOO much. I desperately need a quality vacumn!

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  79. I really need a new vaccum! My old vaccum doesnt work it is throwing white carpet powder out instead of sucking it up, so everything is not getting clean, its just stirring it all around!!

    This would be the ultimate vaccum to win!
    Please include me in your great giveaway for the Oreck XL Ultra!

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  81. With a long-haired cat and allergic teenager, I need this so badly. We love the cat too much to give her away so this would be the greatest fix for our dilemma. Thanks for the great contest!

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  90. I really, really need a new vacuum. It’s actually going to be my next major purchace =( With 3 kids and 2 dogs, I need something that works. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  105. Wow, a chance to win an Oreck! What a wonderful prize! Thanks for the chance to win! My three small kids and 1 dog are murder on my carpets. An Oreck would be terrific help. Thanks!

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  109. The is a professional cleaning vacuum and it would be used everyday to keep my house clean and be told to all my friends.

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  119. With 3 children, a husband, and cats the Oreck XL Ultra vacuum is something I definately need. I have been wanting one for so long so please help me out and pick me.

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  121. Told a couple of friends of this great giveaway!!
    Man my wife sure would be estastic if this showed up in the mail!!

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  122. …reminds me that it’s time to shop around for a new vac: they only seem to survive about two years or so in our house.

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  123. I really want that vaccuum. We are moving and I have two little kids and 2 dogs and this would be perfect. Gimmee Gimmee Gimmee. I mean……….Please! Hahahaha

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  136. I would love love love to have a new vacuum. I still own the first and only one I have ever bought. My 18 month old loves to help me vacuum, and what better than to have her help me with a brand new Oreck?

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  141. Gosh, it’s remarkably lightweight. Couple that with the fact it can lay flat to fit under the bed or furniture and I can’t resist! 🙂

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  142. I’m grateful it’s got a hypo-allergenic filtration system that eliminates 99.9% of all allergens. My five-year-old son takes allergy shots for his severe allergies; and, this would be a godsend. Many thanks for your thoughtful giveaway.

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  160. oh oh, I want. I just found out that they don’t make a belt anymore for the vacuum I have, so that would be so cool.

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  169. I would love to win this. It seems that we ahve dog hair everywhere no matter what we do or how often we vacuum. I am hoping that with this we might be able to wear black around our white dog again.

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  180. I would love to have this! I don’t have a blog to link back with, but I will definitely tell my friends about this light weight heavy duty (almost oxymoronic) vac!

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  182. After two back operations I have difficulty standing, or walking, with my hands out in front of me. Our present vacuum cleaner (a canister, no less, fatigues my lower back after a couple of minutes.

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  186. My sweeper spews dust and falls over when you try to stand it upright. This makes me the obvious choice to win this or at least to have a “Pity Party” thrown for me.

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  197. My new vacuum just doesn’t pick up hair. So I am guessing that it doesn’t pick up a lot of other stuff. I need an Oreck. I would love to win.

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  213. When my kids won’t pick up their toys I plug in the vacuum and pretend I will suck up their toys. Even if the toys are too big, they start scrambling to get them picked up, it’s funny, and fun too. (No, it doesn’t “upset” them, I’m really a nice mom)…I’ve got a living room floor that would be a real test for this vacuum, heard its really good.

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  223. This would be a great replacement for our ten year old vacuum that my husband and I bought as a floor model when we were first married.

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  224. Every one leaves a comment but no one says any thing about the thought you put into this vacuum, which is why you have such a great product.

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  238. I have seven cats, and a husband with dust allergies. Some of the cats have allergies, too. So we could really use a powerful vacuum that filters allergens. I think it would make us all a lot happier and healthier.

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  240. I have had the worst luck with vacuums – they seem to have a life span of about a year. I would love the opportunity to give a good quality vacuum like this one a try!

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  241. My little guy thinks it’s fun to pick up the tufts of cat hair and taste them. My vacuum doesn’t do the job. This one would!

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  256. I have a back injury as well and vacuuming is VERY painful. A lighter vacuum would be a real treat! And I love the Oreck products.

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  260. I have wanted an Oreck for a very long time…In the pass I have purchased cheap vacuums but now that I am older, I now realize that you purchase great quality such as an Oreck…I would truly love this vacuum

    Good luck to everyone!

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  272. Lemme tell ya, if anybody needs an OreckXL, it’s me!!

    My husband of 23yrs works for the water/wastewater maintenance department. He installs and repairs water and *blech face* wastewater lines for the entire city. He inspects new installations, he is creating new water line maps.

    He does all these things in mud and dirt and grit. Thankfully, his company provides a uniform service, but those uniforms reside in my house in all their muddy-dirty splendor before they’re taken to be laundered.

    That’s not even counting the boots. Thick-mud-caked boots with gravels ‘sprinkled’ throughout.

    We don’t have a porch or any sort of “mud room” where he can keep this dirt before he comes into the house. So it’s all like right in my kitchen doorway and the utility doorway immediately to the left. GAH!!!!!

    I think I’m the most frustrated woman sometimes. I mean, frustrated about MUD and DIRT!!!

    Did I mention I have two sons who ALSO WORK IN THIS KINDA STUFF?!?!?!?!?!?

    I NEED SOME SERIOUS HELP!!!

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  274. So glad I found this (at the last minute!!). This would be awesome for all of those little crumbs that my 20 mth old scatters through out the house. My mom has an Oreck and LOVES it!
    I would LOVE to win!

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  282. I HAVE WORKED FOR AND SOLD THE OTHER OPPOSING COMPANIES. YOU HAVE DEFINATELY MADE IT EASIER TO DO THE SAME THING WITH LESS WORK OR STRESS.YOU HAVE DEFINATLY IMPRESSED ME.

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  289. At seven months pregnant..I could deal with a 9 pound vacuum! My two little boys keep me busy with the dirt tracked in, too. Sounds like a great product!

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  294. I’ve posted about this giveaway on my blog. Would sure come in handy in our home…we could even retire the bumbling ole Shop Vac…ahh..dare to dream…! 🙂

    Blessings,
    Laurie

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  295. I could really use Oreck, actually any kind would do i am tired of picking all the dirt off the floor with my fingers…JK!

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  297. We used these at a daycare that I was working at before my child was born. They are amazing and do wonders with allergens! I’d LOVE it!

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  300. Wow. I would love this. We always only have the cheap ones that you know are on their death bed by the time you get them out of the store.

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  314. I need an upstairs vacuum because mine is too heavy to carry up and down the stairs. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  323. This sounds too good to be true! Just to let you know how much I want this vacuum, I have actually watched the infomercial several times and sat and wished I could get one of these great machines for my mom. My mother is 91 years young and the 9 pound Oreck would be easier for her to use and perhaps she would suffer less with her allergies. She (and I) could have a spring cleaning extravaganza in her house! Thanks for giving us the chance to win.

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  329. Please enter me. I am on my 4th vacume in two years. Id love to find something that really works.. Thanks for the contest !!!!!

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  332. I know that over 1,000 people have entered, but someone has to win, and why not me? So please enter me! My old Kirby vacuum is just not doing that great of a job on the dog hair, cat hair, and all the crumbs the kids leave behind.

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  334. Oreck is indeed the best around. I worked at a children’s group home for over eight years. The kids went through commercial grade vacuums like there was no tomorrow. Every six months or so we were buying a new vacuum, until Oreck gave the junior boys cottage (ages 5 – 11) to try out. The vacuum was never out of commission, worked like a charm. It was light and easy to use for everyone.
    This sold me! I bought one and have had it for 10 years – still runs great – no surprise, since it is not used by 12 munchkins twice to three times daily. Anyway, I want to give one to my sister , a mother of an infant, toddler, and dog – and could really use this mircle machine to clean up. Pick me!

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  338. I would LOVE to win this vacuum! I love the commercials that Mr. Oreck does on TV and can’t believe how wonderful this vacuum must be. I have 3 kids and 2 dogs and am ALWAYS vacuuming.

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  341. This sounds like the solution to my aching back and carpet woes! I would love to try it out and will tell all my friends about it too!!!

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  346. This would be so perfect for my family. Both of my children suffer with allergies 3/4 of the year. I can not think of anything that would be better for us to win!!!

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  348. Wow, I really could use a new vacuum. I have a 19 month old and a 5 month old, and you could imagine the mess that’s made on my floors with crackers and cookies!

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  355. ‘Finally, a giveaway prize my family could actually use! Please, count us in on your givaway drawing! Thanks!

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  359. We have TWO vacuum cleaners and both of them refuse to pick up cut fur. So now I have to get on my hands and knees and literally use a COMB to sort of “rake” it up – it takes hours and the dust that comes up really aggravates my allergies and asthma! I need help!

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  361. This would be great, as Orecks are fabulous vacuums and with 2 boys tracking in dirt, it would really help. Thanks.

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  366. with my kids and their friends always in my house, i could use a lightweight vac for all the cleaning up i end up doing. thanks for all the great contests

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  368. Please pick me I have an old dinosauer that hurts my back when I vac because it is so heavy and old. I need the vac to pick up whatever is tracked in from the lake I live on, sand, seeds, burs, etc. Please. and Thanks for the contest.

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  372. I could really use a new vacuum cleaner! I just adopted a long haired cat and she sheds everywhere. Crossing my fingers to win!

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  377. Wow, this is some machine, we have a new baby at our house just starting to crawl and lots of stairs. I am tired carring the baby, a lightweight vacumn would sure be nice. Thanks

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  397. I don’t have a blog! I guess I should look into getting one, it sounds like it could be fun. I could use a new vacuum cleaner. I have one from the 80’s.. it still works but I’m sure the new ones are much better!

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  408. I just reviewed one of these puppies for the BellaOnline Cleaning site. I have to agree, this vacuum is amazing! Great contest! I’m not joining in, but I’ll tell my readers at Bella about this contest. (i can’t win one, they already sent one, but it’d be nice to have two, lol)

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  413. Gals, I need this more than you know. With four dogs, horse hair and barn dirt being tracked in we could really use a great sweeper like this. Our vacuum is about as old as me. I beieve if it could talk it’d ask to be retired.

    Thank you so much for the chance!

    My website is under construction for now but I tell everyone I know about ya!

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  414. Hi, great website, would really appreciate being included in this contest! My old vac really needs replacing. I too am a member of the bad back group so a light weight powerful Oreck would be just the thing! I’ll be sure to pass this on to my friends,
    Thanks!

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  415. I owed a cleaning business and have used ONLY ORECK vacuum cleaners for over 20 years. Oreck is the BEST IN THE BUSINESS!!!

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  419. I have a long haired cat and wool rugs so it seems like i’m always trying to get the hair up. I really need the help.

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  437. I would love to have a these for upstairs. I have a Bernese Mountain Dog with a heavy coat and a German Shepard, Chow, Huskey mix Dog with a medium coat.

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  453. SERIOUSLY, THIS WOULD SAVE ME SO MUCH MONEY. I AM NOT SMART WHEN IT COMES TO UNCLOGGING VACUUM CLEANERS, SO I END UP HAVING TO BUY NEW ONES….I KNOW PATHETIC!!!

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  472. What a great product! I’m in the process of buying an old home and would love to have this as a housewarming prize! 🙂

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  477. I so need another vacuum. Lightweight would certainly be a bonus. I have to have hubby lug my Dyson from downstairs to upstairs… and then upstairs to downstairs. It seems it’s always on the wrong floor when I need it!

    I bought a cheap, lightweight one at Wally World, and it’s so noisy it’s ridiculous, and it doesn’t suck well.

    Pick me please?

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  478. This would be so nice, I’m sure it would be way better the the hunk of junk I currently have. I have heard a lot of great reviews on the oreck.

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  486. I guess everyone would like to win the best vacuum
    around and some need it more than me but i want to win this one ’cause that’s the only way i’ll ever get it thanks for a great sweeps

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  492. I’d love to be entered into the contest please! 4 kids are really hard on my vaccum which honestly is about to die on me!

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  494. Why I need a vacuum: I had a housekeeper that came once a month to help me tidy up and one day I got a message on my voice mail saying “sorry, I can’t work for you. Goodbye and good luck.” Later, someone else she does work for told me that she quit because my vacuum was terrible. Yikes- she could have at least warned me!

    Anyways, she’s right. The vacuum stinks. Now that I am cleaning on my own permanently after my full time job (40 hours a week) and mommy job (I have a demanding one year old), I see the light. Would LOVE this helpful tool! Does it have an attachment to get near the corners of the wall?

    I don’t have a blog, but will spread the word.

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  496. I have two dead vacuums in my closet right now and am coveting that snazzy looking oreck. It would be a lifesaver to cleaning up after my three boys, husband, and lovely dog!

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  497. I would love a new vacuum cleaner! I just got married and could really use a new one!! Thank you for a great giveaway!!

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  498. I need a new vaccuum. Mine when you plug it in it just goes whether its on or off and it doesn’t suck up anything anymore. Help!

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  503. It sounds exciting to read about this Oreck; hope to have a chance to put my name in your drawing. Was diagnosed with leukemia/and lymphoma cancer and in remission. Have changed my eating habits, environmental habits; and product habits. Great blog.

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  508. this is by far the best ever!! light and great suction. my husband fought over his during our divorce!!! so i want/ need a new one. no other compares for price or power and the weightlessness is just a bonus.

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  513. We have this in our store where I work and we have to use it everyday, it is the very best! Who wants to vacumn at work, but with this no problem!

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  514. This contest came along at just the right time, since my vacuum is on the way out! I’ve heard a lot of good things about Oreck brand, and would love to win one.

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  515. Oreck is a must-have for households like mine, where we have pet hair EVERYWHERE and every one of us has an allergy!

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  525. I don’t want to win a vacuum cleaner, especially not an Oreck. With five kids between the ages of 7 and 13, my house is understandably spotless. In fact, I’m insulted that I have to leave a comment. But just in case I won it, I could probably find a use for it.

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  527. OK so my husband laughs at me constantly. I am always vacuuming. I swear I do it at least once a day. Even if it doesn’t need it I still vacume. I cannot go to bed if the floor needs vacuuming (or so I think) I know the floor is never as bad as I think it is but I cant help it. Well after all this vacuuming you can imagine just how wore out my vacume cleaner is so I am in dire straits for a new one so please, pick me!

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  542. Oreck XL Ultra offers everything I need to weigh so little. It hurts my backto vacuum and with this it would be a lot easier. Thanks for a chance to win one.

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  543. I would love to win this fantastic vacuum! Would be great for my carpel and slipped disc. I’ve blogged about the contest and linked to you & Oreck. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to win such a use-able household tool!

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  547. My husband has a herniated disc but still insists on helping around the house. This would be a great vacuum for us. Thanks for the contest.

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  548. OOOOOOOOO! My vacuum is 25 years old!! I could use more power!

    Looks like there’s a lot of us in dire need!!
    Thanks for the contest, you’re going to make someone really happy!

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  551. OK OK OK…I admit I am a closet dancer. My talents only come out when I vacuum. For an ol’ gal 49 and holding, I must say that I can bust a move. With the help of a vacuum humming and the music blaring.

    What could possibly make this scene more worth while? That would be dancing with an Oreck Vacuum. Are you serious..9lbs.? Oreck would make those fancy turns smooooth. Smooth as a hot knife going through butter.

    Thanks

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  558. I have dust on top of dust on top of dust and my vacuum is worthless and does not work anymore..I need this , I want this,
    Crossing my finger and ties,
    Blessings,
    Melinda

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  559. I recently moved out from my mom’s home and am “on my own” for the first time. I would love a vacuum but I also unfortunately cannot afford one.

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  565. i wouldnt mind winning this. we have a cat and found out that my daughter gets hives from it. and now there is cat hair all over the place. plus to catch those extra dust mites we cant see is also good! this would help a lot!

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  571. This Oreck XL needs a new home and I just happen to have a vacancy. And if I happen to win, would anyone be interested in buying an old crappy used vacuum that works sometimes when it feels like it….

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  573. I have more vacuuming to do than I care to think about. Maybe if I won, I would once and for all commit the spelling of the word to memory – is it vaccuum or vacuum? or vaccum? no, not the last one for sure 😉

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  576. I would LOVE this vacuum. My house might as well be a dog hair factory with our two big monsters! Between them and my messy hubby – I need this!

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  583. We just bought our very first house and are settling in with the three little kiddos and one little on the way in April. This would be just perfect for our new diggs!!!!

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  584. Oh, I would love this vacuum! We really need a new one… ours is old and the bag part separates from the head about 3-4 times each time I vacuum… 🙁

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  585. I need to win this so very badly…Mine died and on my fixxed income, replacing it is going to be tough..
    BUT
    I also wish each of you great luck as well…

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  587. It would be nice to win this cool vacuum cleaner. I’m just waiting for my visa to join my husband in US and it would help make cleaning the house easy for me when I get there. 😀

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  588. This vacuum looks amazing! I would LOVE to have one. Our current vacuum is worthless and we desperately need a new one!

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  594. I run a little home day-care so that I can stay home with my littel ones. It seems that I vacuum everyday! The wear and tear on my house unreal which has caused me to go through several vacuums. I would love to try something that can keep up with my household.

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  599. Please pick me! I could really use it with my kids and the dogs. My old vacuum just broke another belt and I can’t find bags for it at the store anymore!

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  600. Cool! My back is killing me now that I’m pregnant again and this would be great – if for no other reason that carrying it up and down the stupid stairs…

    Thanks a bunch!

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  614. Oh my, I would love, love, love to have an Oreck. I too have a back problem and this would help immensely. Thanks for offering it.

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  616. Would love to have one of these incredible machines! What a great giveaway! Would love to have the grand experience as would my hubby!

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  623. I was just thinking about how I need a new vacuum the other night…and I wished we’d invested in a nicer one when we got married…however, we took a commitment to Buy Nothing during the Lent season, so I can’t buy anything soon…but winning this would be perfect timing for me!

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  633. I need a new vacuum so bad that I’ve been entering EVERY contest to win one, so that’s how I wound up here. Got my fingers crossed!

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  638. Would LOVE to win this for our new baby so that we don’t have to use a leaf blower to find her under all the pug and cat hair in our house!! Please pick us 😉

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  639. I HAVE A BISSEL THAT I TOTALLY HATE. IVE ALWAYS WANTED AN ORECK BUT JUST COULD NEVER AFFORD ONE. PICK ME AND I WILL USE IT WITH AMERICAN PRIDE.

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  641. Please chosse us! I have 2 girls and no vacuum (our 3rd one in 2 years just broke!), and this would do wonders for my floors, as well as the approval of hubs. I want him to come home and say, “Babe, the house looks great!” You know what I’m talkin’ about! Pick us!!! Thank you.

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  648. My old vacuum smokes and the filter clogs up after just one use. If I win this Oreck & it works as well as the company claims, I’ll sing it’s praises from my rooftop!

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  653. Wow! You ladies are wonderful! I have back trouble, too, so my dear husband does our vacuuming but if I had a lightweight Oreck I might even be able to vacuum once again! Enter me, please!! Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!

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  654. What a wonderful Prize to win. My back aches so bad when I use my regular vacuum. And it’s SO heavy to carry upstairs to the bedrooms, too.

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  655. Wouldn’ it be GREAT to have a light-weight vacuum cleaner. Oh how my back aches when I use my regular vacuum. Oreck would be a super win!

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  663. We recently moved into a two-story house and my vacuum weighs a ton! Would love to have a lightweight model that I could easily take upstairs.

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  667. Oh I REALLY need this! I spent WEEKS researching vacuums last year (since we don’t have much cash and I wanted to spend it exactly right!) and bought a …….(I won’t say)….but it sucked. And not in a good way. It was a total waste of money. I now prefer to crouch down on my hands and knees and waddle around my house with a dust brush and pan. Much for effective than the machine I own, but killer on my body! We can’t afford to blow another few hundred on a new vacuum. Please, please, please. I hope, I hope, I hope.

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  668. I would thank you, my dogs and all of their shedding hair would thank you…but most especially my husband who keeps sneezing because of that hair would thank you.

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  669. I would love to enter. I could really use a new vacuum mine just does not want to work lately. I now include the dust bunnies as part of our family. 🙂 Thanks for the awesome giveaway.

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  678. I’ve been without a vacuum since mine was STOLEN from my storage compartment in the basement of my apartment building. (And I thought I was messy. I guess if it was needed by someone else that badly . . .) Really makes you think about who your neighbors are! Thank heavens there are nice people on the web who give vacuums away.

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  689. Oh I would sooo love to win this! We are moving soon and going from a home with mostly hardwood and a few area rugs, to a home with lots of carpeting! Keeping my fingers crossed! Thanks for the opportunity!

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  702. I don’t have a blog but I have been spreading the word about your Blog to all my friends, and I see some of them have left posts here before me!! Owning this vacuum would be a dream come true for me! I am a cleaning DIVA and this would be my favorite accessory!!

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  703. I have endometriosis and vaccuuming is one thing that makes the pain way worse! My vac seems about 50lbs! Maybe a lightweight one would help! Please consider me!

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  710. I don’t have a blog but I let my parents and best friend now about this! I have 7 pets and would be ESTATIC to win this!

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  711. I don’t have a blog but I have spread the word about the contest. I emailed my friends. I would love to win this with two hairy dogs I know all about dog hair everywhere. GOOD LUCK to all.
    kelly

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  736. I so want to win this one. My carpet is stained in many areas due to having 2 kids with projectial acid reflux. I need to keep my stain free areas just that way:) Great giveaway!

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  738. My current vacuum is almost 9 years old and has been repaired several times by my husband, the most recent being a new plug, which is already almost worn out…so…A new vacuum would be wonderful!

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  741. Ever since my son got really into cutting up every little scrap of paper, I have needed to vacume more often. This sounds great.

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  749. i am in despret need of a good vacum i am a single mother who is struggeling to get by.every year i purchas a cheap vacum just to get me by and i have yet to find one that will work properly i am always tearing it apart for clogs.even my hoover that was given to me out to the trash it went.on top of that the cat hair and dog hairballs are growing.i am now down to borrowing a vacum. i seen this on tv and it looks like the vacum i need and so much want .thanks

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  762. Oh boy could I use a new vacuum cleaner!! I have 3 cats, one of which is a persian, and we heat the house mainly with a wood stove. So, I constantly have tons of cat hair and wood dust/splinters everywhere, and it kills my vacuums quick! The one I am using right now is on it’s last duct taped legs…

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  769. We inherited vacuum cleaners when we moved into this
    house, but they smell like the dogs that used to live here! I would love a new Oreck!

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  770. I wish I would have seen an ad for an Oreck, before I paid a ton for a Kirby that weighs a ton. I guess it makes sense, Pay a Ton and you can Haul a Ton.

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  781. I haven’t had a vacuum in years (I use a little wire brush on my hands and knees to clean our rugs), so winning this would be fantastic!

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  796. My wife only has 1 lung due to a stabbing she got about 25 years ago. So I vaccum since she can’t what with the dust flying around. An Oreck would really be a help. Thanks!

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  803. Oh my gosh, SIGN ME UP!

    My mother-in-law came to visit for three HOURS today, passing through my State while on a trip. For the past three DAYS, I have been on my hands and knees picking up little bits and crumbs from the carpet and around the furniture legs. No vacuum = lots of pain.

    It may take me three WEEKS to walk upright again. Maybe I can use the Oreck as a cane, if I win it!

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  807. I’m pretty sure mine died a couple of months ago…we were actually trying to save some money to buy a really great vacum. I’ll get my fingers crossed.

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  824. Susan,
    Winning an Oreck would be such a blessing!
    Just a thought — have you considered prolotherapy
    for your back? It’s awesome & it has worked
    wonders for us — just google prolotherapy and lots will come up for you to research.
    Praying healing and freedom from pain for you!
    In CHRIST,
    Barb

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  833. love this contest too! I’m a starving student, and can’t buy a nice one on my budget, but sure would do mom proud keeping my place clean.

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  845. I would love a nice quality vacuum! It seems like you really have to spend the money these days otherwise you end up buy a vacuum every year. I think I am on my 4th or 5th one and we have owned our house for only 4 years! I remember my mom had one and it lasted about 20 years or more! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  848. This would be so great for me. Whole left side is swollen for over a year, of course 9 Drs and a gazillion expensive tests can’t tell me why, I can’t lift, push or bend without pain. This vaccum would be a blessing!! Did I mention I have two stairways and 2 dogs?!!?

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  850. I don’t have a blog but will pass this on to my friends…I would love the opportunity to have a cleaner house without all of the back breaking work of hauling a much larger vacuum around.

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  856. My back hurts too when I vacuum – – plus trying to get the darn heavy thing up and down stairs is a pain—so I would really like a nice light Oreck.

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  858. My vacuum just went out on me this week. I’d love to win this since I’m too broke to buy another one right now.

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  860. Vacuuming is one of the worst things that can hurt anyone’s lower back (many people have osteoarthritis in their lower backs as early as as age 30 and do not know it. Having a light weight and powerful vacuum like the Oreck XL Ultra, especially if you have children and/or pets, as I do, is imperative! Suffering from bulging disks in your lower back from vacuuming can seriously harm your back, your career and quality time with your family. It takes a long time to recover from herniated disks. Don’t risk it!

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  861. Ok, you have got to check out my latest post-http://familosinsweethomealabama.blogspot.com/2008/02/child-labor-is-not-illegal-in-this.html

    It is a funny story about my son and our gigantic vacuum cleaner. After seeing this awesome giveaway, I decided to embed my links to this giveaway in the post. It was the perfect ending!
    Thanks for the chance to win!!
    Lisa

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  874. i have spread the word amongst friends, i could really use this prize to clean my home! thanks for the contest

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  888. I don’t have a blog or website but I could really use a new vacuum 🙂 Just found your site via on the road to glory.

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  892. I really could you a new vacuum cleaner, I live in florida and even though we dont live near any beaches we still have sandy dirt that is hard to get up with normal vacuums. A hotel owner says his oreck is the best and only carpet cleaner to have so please choose my name.

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  904. We moved into this house just over a year ago, and the previous owners had left a small Oreck. I used it for about a month and loved it! However, they eventually called looking for it, and I sadly returned it to them. I would love to have one, the small one was incredible.

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  909. An Oreck is an amazing machine and would lighten my load considerably (dog with double fur coat, cat and three boys). I hope I win!

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  912. I have a cat that sheds everywhere and a mentally handicapped child that eats stuff off the floor all of the time. I go through so many vaccums that it’s not even funny and I would love to win this! Pick me please!!!

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  918. I’ve had spine surgery on my neck and have a limit of 10 pound pushing, pulling, or lifting. The Oreck is perfect for me!

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  923. I feel your pain, girl! My babies were all 10 lbs., and my back hurt constantly – lots of prayers for those critters to walk early! Now that they’re all walking (read: running, and fast, and away from me), it would be great to have a 9 lb. vaccuum to clear up crumbs left behind.

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  926. please please please. My new baby is at the ‘floor stage’ and I cant put him down cause of the dog hair, and my vaccum just doesnt pick up like it should.

    Plus I hate for the older kids to hold him or get in my lap after rolling on the floor!

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  930. oh please pick me!! my vacuum weighs 500 pounds (feels like it anyway) and I am preggers and can’t carry it up and down the stairs. this would be soooo great!

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  932. With all the hair on the floor and a baby who has just recently started crawling I’m in desperate need of this vacuum! Ours is old and inefficient. This is a great giveaway! Thanks!

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  939. It seriously lays flat??? I am on the hunt for the BEST vacuum around and I am planning to rate each one as I try them out. This is now on my list. Thanks. I hope I win.

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  955. O perty please, with gravy on top…
    I need a vaccuum that can clean my nasty stairs from the grunge of my 4 boys and 2 dogs. It is easier to invent bread again than to get me to clean them. I will shout it from the mountain tops of B’ham & tell all my friends how awesome an Oreck is!

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  960. I get tired of wagging the Dyson up the stairs. But, if I win this I will hold another drawing and give it to someone more deserving than myself.

    My first born weighed 10 lbs 4.5 ounces at birth. It is nice to know this vac is lighter than my son at birth! LOL

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  976. Now that is one nice vacuum cleaner! Since mine makes such a racket and doesn’t pick up half the time I really could use a new one!

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  978. WOW….now that is the ultimate!! We have an older model Oreck, and while it works well still, it does need a cleaning, and getting a new one would never hurt! Thanks for the chance!

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  985. Wow!! Wonderful prize! I’ve heard nothing but good things about the Oreck vacuums. So, I think this will link me. Now I’ll go create a post!!

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  987. Both my parents and my in-laws have one. They both love them. I need to be part of their awesome Oreck vacuum club! Pick me!

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  991. I would love this – with two BIG dogs, a messy husband, and a new baby, I could use the help. My back already aches after work and right now I have a Kirby that weighs a ton. I have been wanting an Oreck for awhile!! My fingers are crossed!

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  998. Who would’ve ever thought that at the age of 26 I would be DROOLING over a vacuum cleaner! LOL! I’ve always had the cheapies and my carpet really shows it! Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

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  999. Oooo, oooo – pick me!!!! I REALLY need a new vacuum and have heard such great things about this one. Please, please, please!!!

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  1008. What a great giveaway! I’d love to win, we recently adopted a dog, so now I have to vacuum daily, and the cheep stick vac we have is just not cutting it!

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  1011. Oh WOW, what a relief it would be not having to lift a big old heavy vacuum, please send it my way.
    Thanks for a great giveaway

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  1013. I can definitely use a new vacuum cleaner that is by far superior to my 7 year old. Making a life easier when it comes to cleaning!

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  1014. Wow – Are you guys awesome or what?! Please send that vacuum to my door! 9lbs of HEAVEN! It would make a great birthday present!

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  1026. It seems as though I’m always having a vaccume die on me. Hopefully, I’ll win this one before the one I have now croaks!

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  1056. WOW! I need this. I use the same vacuum from when my husband and I got married 4 years ago. It is a small vacuum that was suppose to be temporary, but I am still using it today. I would love to win this:)

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  1057. I could really use this for my upstairs. My other vacuum is heavy & I hate dragging it up & down the stairs.

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  1061. We really need a vacuum. I am using my husband’s shop vac to clean my house. Our other vacuum stopped working. Sign me up!

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  1062. You don’t need to have a bad back to enjoy using one of these. I’ve actually used one, and believe me, it’s heaven on earth. So when I saw this giveaway, I knew THIS was the one for me. So that’s why you’re seeing my comment – I WANT THIS. Please? Thank you.

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  1063. I’ve heard only good things about these vacuum cleaners, so put my name in the hat. Please? And then, have your random picker PICK my name. Please?

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  1064. I think vacs are one of the best inventions ever. I understand that Oreck is one of the best, so I would sure like to have one.

    Thanks a lot for the offering.

    Joanna

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  1065. Wow! It would be wonderful to have a vacuum that really sucks. Well, ‘sucks’ as in inhales the durt. You know what I mean. 🙂 And one that is so lightweight would be an added bonus. I could relaly use it because the older I get, the more my back hurts. So I’m there with you girlfriend, I know exactly what you’re talking about! It would be wonderful to win this! So pick me, pick me, pick me.

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  1070. I’d love to own a lightweight vac! Please count me in for the contest! I’ve been looking at getting a 2nd vac for the upstairs… the timing would be PERFECT!

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  1079. Mother always said – good things come in small sizes. She meant me, of course… but it fits this case like a glove. So count me in. Me and my tiny vaccuum… ah, I’m ready to do the happy vaccum dance already, lol.

    I’ve blogged about it at my contest blog – A Bookworm’s Diary. Here’s the direct link – Vaccum Cleaner Giveaway

    Thanks!

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  1081. I know that several people have said they need this but ladies – I NEED IT!! Do you hear me? I NEED THIS VACUUM!! Oreck’s ROCK and I have lupus and would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to have this!! Thanks for offering it!!
    WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

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  1096. You always have the best giveaways!! Who wouldn’t love to own this!! So light, yet such great cleaning power!!

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  1101. My vacuum is horrible, this would be a dream if it is as wonderful as you say! Two kids, dog, bird and husband to vacuum up after, this would make my year!

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  1108. Love to win this Vacuum. My dad does all the sweeping in the house, Because all vacuum are to heavy for me to use.

    God Bless
    &
    Good Luck to everyone

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  1110. I’ve never used one of these vacuums, but I’m very intrigued by it! With two kids, a husband, two cats and one very large, very fluffy dog, well….. you do the math!!!!!

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  1114. This sounds great! My vacuum right now is so heavy. Having to pick that thing up is torture on my back.

    Thanks for the contest!

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  1124. What a back saver this would be!!! Gona pass this one along to everyone I know!!! Count me in for sure. My back could use a break as much as my house could use a clean floor!
    TFS,
    ~Lana B.~

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  1158. OH Please Pick ME!!! I need two vaccums- I have stairs!!!! I am so tired of lugging my heavy vaccume up the stairs- I do know that in the end it is more exercise! -smiles!

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  1160. My current vacuum sucks. Well, actually, it doesn’t and herein lies the problem. I could really use a new vacuum!

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  1166. This is a fantastic machine and oh so easy to use! I had one a couple of years ago but can you believe I lost it to my ex-husband in the divorce? Would love to have another one:)

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  1177. I would love to surprise my mom with this. She could us a new vacuum and she is always thinking of others before herself

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  1181. I need this so bad. I have pergo downstairs in my house and my current vacuum won’t do anything but push the dirt and crumbs around. I have a 1 and 3 year old so there are a lot of crumbs.

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  1183. Yes, I really really want one! I need a vacuum that doesn’t smell like it’s burning every time I use it… or I should just get mine checked out!

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  1184. What a wonderful prize! Our old Bissell is hanging in there…but I would love to win this so that I can finally retire it! Please enter me.

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  1188. Seeing as I have to vacuum at least once a day (side effect of two toddlers running around the house) this would be GREAT to have. I will definately tell everyone I know.

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  1197. my vacuum is almost 20 years old its a signature commerial vac and i need a new quality vac before this one dies! i have had it repaired twice already.

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  1198. With two indoor pets (a black lab and a black kitten) my home has a definite dark haze. I could really use a lite weight vac for daily use.

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  1207. Wow! I am sorry to hear about your back. I understand what it’s like to have major back pain and little kidlets.

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  1209. Our Phantom Lightning broke down earlier this month and we need a new vaccum because their company went out of business. This one looks like a great replacement

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  1219. I SO want to win this! My husband actually does the vacuuming because I had hurt my back a while ago. My back is fine, but I do not want to reinjure it by lugging around the vacuum – so, he still vacuums, which is a great thing…however, once in a while, I would like to do it while he is at work. So, this would be great to win! We have actually been talking about looking into this!

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  1224. I understand the back deal. I have a 2 herniated discs in my back so vacuuming is always a chore I really dispise especially with my vacuum which was built in 1974 (5 years before I was even born)… not only do I get a nice work out lugging it up & down the stairs, but I have learned to be a vacuum repair person, because I have to fix it every time I use it. Oh and I have to vacuum every room twice because of the lack of suction.
    Winning an Orek would be a dream come true.
    Thanks for entering me :)!

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  1234. I would feel so SPOILED to upgrade to this Oreck! Sorry I don’t have a blog to link to it. Thanks for the opportunity to enter for this great giveaway!

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  1277. oooh…i’d love to get a good vacuum. we vacuum once a day usually since we are cursed with white carpet. no good!

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  1280. You don’t even know how badly i could use a new vacuum. I know people who have oreck’s, and they are great

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  1293. Wow! Just want I need. I have two small boys and two very long hair furry cats that make a vacuum part of my everyday life. 🙂

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  1295. please pick me! I have 3 teenagers, dog, cat and guinea pig that thinks he’s a dog-my carpets really need help!

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  1296. A vaccume so light would make me ecstatic as I too have bad back problems and lugging my big monster up and down the stairs is killing me.

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  1299. I clean houses for a living and I have used the Oreck but never could afford one. They are the best vacumns out there. I would truly love to have one for my own house. Thanks

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  1315. My sister has an ORECK and they are EVERYTHING they say they are!! I have used it at her home they they are light and easy to manuver and do an excellent job. I would love to own one of these.

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  1320. Would love to have this Orek, especially with it’s filtration system and light weight would be very important to me.

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  1322. I love the whole “inhibits bacteria” part. Please enter me too. Thanks for the contest!! Can’t wait until Feb. 28th….

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  1324. What a wonderful giveaway. I really want to win this. I too hurt my back. For the past number of years my back tends to ‘go out’ on occasion, but last summer, during our family vacation was the worse. I guess with packing for the family, I over did it and sure enough my back went out. It was so bad, that while on vacation, my husband had to bring me to the er to get shots and medicine. After that trip, I was knocked out the whole week. With 2 young children….this was not the ideal vacation.
    Please enter me, not only for my back, but we could really use a good vacuum.
    Thanks for the awesome contest.

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  1343. I would love to own an Oreck vacuum. With a 2 year old and 6 year old in the house, the messes never stop. I’d like to see if the Oreck vacuum lives up to the hype and can tackle my carpets.

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  1352. This vacuum is a perfect birthday present to my dad whose hobby is vacuuming. REALLY! Oh, his birthday is 2/22.

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  1355. This Vacume will help me pick-up the loose bowling balls that are just laying around the house. Thank you for the drawing!

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  1357. Hmmmm . . . we could all use a vacuum, I guess 🙂 My husband would probably laugh at my excitement over this contest, but he would also understand our need for a vacuum. Financially we won’t be able to afford one for a while, and we’ve never owned anything as nice as an Oreck.

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  1365. Im sorry I dont have a blog but really need a good vacuum! I just bought my first home and own a “labradoodle”!! (Very hairy dog!) This would be perfect for us. Pick me!!

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  1373. Ten years ago, I never would have been this excited about a vacuum, but now, I’d rather have a quality machine than a new Dooney!

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  1390. Wow I have 3 year old twins and I can relate to the back pain! Sure could use one of these.
    Good luck to all and best wishes to the winner
    Thanks for the contest

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  1398. Awesome! I’d love to win it for my family that we are living with, they are in desperate need of a vacuum with 14 people, 3 dogs, and 2 cats living here and no working vacuum.

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  1400. Oh, please pick me. I’ve been needing a new vacuum for a long time and I think my current one just gave up the ghost!

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  1406. This would be an awesome vacuum for me and my arthritis. I put off vacuuming way longer than I should because it hurts to use my old heavy vacuum. Great giveaway!

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