Do I qualify as an acceptable 'somebodt else'?

I have a TL-2 with the full enclosure and am very happy with it. Apart from making flood cooling practical you also get a higher top speed option, 3500rpm I think, and faster rapids which are much better.

Yes it is not a perfect enclosure and you can get coolant splashing out of gaps; I had to install baffles above and beside the headstock and I also mounted a large one at the back of the carriage. Somewhere there is a post with some pictures.

I do not find the enclosure too restrictive, the left door slides open until it is past the end of the headstock and the right door goes back level with the front of the tailstock at its rearmost position.

The windows are quite large and it is easy to see what is going on inside so long as not too much coolant splashes. Actually there are two windows in each door; one for the operator view and the other on the top rear that lets light in. I mounted a fluorescent fixture directly above the top windows and have excellent illumination.

EDIT: Look at post #13 in this thread:

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44745