I love my automatic thread cutter on my Janome QDC 3160 (I named him Quentin lol) One push of the button and the thread is cut, no more searching for scissors or trying to find the thread cutter on the side of the machine (that I can never find on the first try) The needle threader is a must for me, too. I also love that if I change from one stitch to another stitch, Quentin will tell me if I'm using the right foot. I wish my machine would tell me when my bobbin thread was getting low or out, my Singer tells me, but not the Janome.