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Efficiency - it's a beautiful word.

According to Dictionary.com, efficiency is both:

1) the ability to accomplish a job with minimum expenditure of time and effort

and

2) the ratio of the work done by a machine in comparison to the energy supplied to that machine

Measured against both definitions, the Eureka envirovac™ scores high marks.

In our tests, this vacuum did a great job. Using the machine's hardwood floor setting, we quickly sucked up dust and debris from our floor, then turned to the hoses and attachments to polish off dust bunnies from the window blinds and corners. The machine seems well-made -- easy to maneuver, not particularly noisy. It does the job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort.

(Oh the 25-foot long cord also came in handy. We didn't have to unplug the machine once to vacuum the entire apartment...which gives you an idea of the size of the apartment.)

That's all well and good. But is the envirovac really green? Yep.

According to Eureka, the envirovac's 8-amp motor uses 1/3 less energy than a standard upright vac's 12-amp motor. That makes sense, as near as we can recall from our study of fractions.

The good folks at Eureka have also figured out how to fit the envirovac into a smaller package. The packaging that remains is made of 100% recycled, unbleached cardboard.

Even if you're trying to be green, the world outside your door is still polluting like mad. Fortunately, the envirovac has a washable and reusable HEPA filter designed to trap 99.97% of dust, allergens and other small particles.

Less effort, less energy, less indoor pollution - all of which should help you breathe easy. Here’s looking at you, Mr. Efficiency…

Where to buy:
Eureka has an exclusive distribution with Wal-Mart for the envirovac. You can buy the envirovac online or in stores for an MSRP of just $72.22.

Based on its efficiency and good value, we feel the Eureka envirovac deserves a strong 1GreenProduct.com recommendation.

How to win:

We're delighted to announced the first ever 1GreenProduct.com Sweepstakes. Thanks to the generosity of Eureka, we can offer you the chance to win a free envirovac vacuum cleaner.

As we promised last week, entering the sweepstakes is simple. There's no purchase necessary. Just sign up for a 1Greenproduct.com email subscription using the sign-up box in the upper right hand corner of the screen (underneath the rabbit photo) or by using this link. You must subscribe by 11:59 p.m. EDT on AUGUST 10, 2008 in order to enter the sweepstakes. (Apologies that sweepstakes ending was originally listed as October 10. The actual ending date is August 10.) We will then choose one (1) winner using an Internet-based random number generator at Random.org.

By the way, we don't have a formal privacy policy at this point, but we can promise we will never sell your email address or send any spam. The email address is used solely to deliver 1GreenProduct.com updates whenever we post a new story. Generally, you can expect to receive between 3-5 updates per week depending on how energetic we feel and how many cool Green products come our way.

We hope to run quite a few more Green product giveaways in the future and the good news is that if you sign up for the email subscription list just once, you'll automatically be entered into all future sweepstakes as long as you continue to be an email subscriber in good standing.

Already a 1GreenProduct.com email subscriber? Then you're automatically entered to win. Although of course you're under no obligation to accept this or any prize if you're name is chosen.

Unfortunately, for legal or logistical reasons, we apparently have to limit the sweepstakes to residents of the 50 United States and D.C. who are 18 years of age or older. Apologies to all of our overseas and/or youthful readers...

Looking for a way to improve your odds of winning? If you have your own blog, you can write a post about the 1GreenProduct.com Eureka envirovac Sweepstakes. Include a link to this post and then send us an email with the URL of your blog posting. (Please send us an email from the same email address you used to sign up for the 1GreenProduct.com email subscription so that we can match you against our subscriber list.)

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Thanks for playing. We hope that reading 1GreenProduct.com is its own reward, but we also like to think that giving away great Green products like this Eureka envirovac to our loyal readers helps sweeten the deal.

Good luck! We hope you (yes, you) are a winner.

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