Hoover - Anniversary WindTunnel Self-Propelled Bagged Upright

My mom still has and uses her kirby. I’m 30 and she bought it when I was a wee baby. I purchased a ‘99 model of the Hoover Windtunnel upright off of marketplace a couple years ago and that thing is amazing. I love bagged vacuums lol

The Hoover Anniversary WindTunnel Self-Propelled upright vacuums are capable vacuums but they are heavy. I don't love them, the self-propelled drive adds complexity and weight. I think the regular WindTunnel bagged uprights are better. This is a repairable vacuum so if you want to keep it you could get the height adjustment repaired but that won't help the weight. It should clean carpets well and be mediocre on hard floors. Hepa bags are still available so filtration is ok. Just for carpets I think there are better lighter vacuums. For all around there are better and lighter vacuums. The current Hoover Complete Performance Advanced UH30650PC and Bissell BigGreen Commercial PowerForce Bagged BGU1451T are both around $160 and they are good at cleaning carpets and they are both lighter, no brushroll shutoff though. The Kenmore Elite Upright 31150 $250 is good at carpets and hard floors but it is heavy too. Karcher Ranger $212 is a lightweight upright that primarily cleans carpets, there's no hose or tools.

I went I to get a Miele, and ended up getting a SEBO. Love it so much! It’s much more user friendly in my opinion. Before that we had and our Hoover Windtunnel Pet bagged upright (went through two..maybe three in 18 years) and it was a couple hundred. It was really reliable with strong suction. It actually still works great. The SEBO is a dream, though and is much easier to handle.

Co-sign. We got a Hoover in 2010 (I think it's a bagged WindTunnel) and it's still goin' strong. Vacuum shops will service them and give them tune-ups. When we took ours in to be serviced (it was something really minor), the guy literally said, "They don't make them like this anymore" and that this would outlast all the sharks and dysons etc. they are selling these days.

We use our cordless vacuum just for the hardwood floors and tiles. We used a bagged, corded vacuum to clean area rugs. If I run the Dyson stick over the rugs, I can run the 12 amp Hoover after and still suck up a bunch of dog fur the Dyson missed.

I have 2 Hoover Windtunnels. Work great very old. I have 3 working Shark Robot vacs. Oldest is 12 yrs old. Still using all 3 on each level of house.