Kyle - it is a great vacuum cleaner....
I bought an identical model in green for my parents in 2002. My Dad loved the self-propelled feature and the really long cord (he did the vacuuming in my parents' condo). When they tore out the wall-to-wall carpets and put down laminate flooring, I gave them my Kenmore Progressive ("Elegance" in Canada) green power nozzle canister in exchange for the Hoover SP WT and I used the upright in my little apartment for years. About a year ago, I gave it to a friend who had just bought a big suburban house with lots of broadloom and carpeted stairs.
To me the pros are: Very powerful carpet cleaner, self-propulsion makes it easy to push and pull, lies nice and flat for getting under furniture, bright headlight, long cord, excellent filtration, and an easy to use brush off switch for floors which allows it to do decent job of picking up surface litter and hair from bare floors.
The cons are: too heavy, too noisy, hose is not easy to use and it is too short and you have to fight with it as it wants to contract when the high suction flies through it, upholstery nozzle can damage delicate fabrics since there is no suction valve on the hose and most importantly - the vac tips over when you stretch the hose too far. I also don't like the dust bag set up on all the old WindTunnels - you really have to slide the bag onto the throat in the dark and you can never be sure if it is installed all the way. Much prefer the new T-Series bagged system where the bag sits in a removeable box which has a Miele like bag holder in it.
All in all a great machine, and still one of the only uprights to rate an "excellent" by Consumer Reports in all three cleaning categories of "carpet cleaning", "bare floor cleaning" and "tool air flow". For many years, including 2010, this Hoover Self Propelled WindTunnel Bagged Upright has sat at the very top of the list of more than 30 uprights tested by Consumer Reports.
