Love, love, love my juki!! Can you tell how much I love this machine? This is really a serious quilting machine and I have not had any problems with it. My previous machine, Janome Horizon, was very temperamental - threw fits at the worst times. After 18 months of this, had to change machines and went to the Juki. Previous to these two machines had a Pfaff which worked pretty well - not as heavy duty as the Juki, but can still do fancy stitches and I will still keep it. Good luck with your new machine (whichever one you chose). Linda