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I have the Brother 1500S and have been in love with it from day one! I have a friend who owns the Juki....she feels the same way about it. I think either one is a good buy. I think both these machines are extremely durable....workhorses, if you will.......I've owned mine since 2000 and have no intention of getting rid of it!
I have an 2 Elnas, 2 Brothers and a Juki TL98QE . Depending on what you are going to use them for go with a Brother. The more expensive Elanas are also very expensive to fix when the break/malfunction. The Brother is a good sturdy machine, I use one here at home and one for class. Now the Juki is a workhorse and that one I have on my Grace quilting frame and I use it only for quilting. So again depends on what your use will be. I like them both.
TxCaRose
Leah Day now does all her FMQ on the Juki 2010. I've only heard good things about the Brother, however. I found a Brother 1300, an even earlier model than the 1500, and snatched it up for $100. Works great!
Laura
I have the Brother use it for EVERYTHING! Love it...but straight stitch only is a draw back for some.
Brother does have a good reputation. If they built bad machines I promise you, they would not be building machines for Babylock.
Some people have had trouble with the Brother machines sold at Walmart and the like. I attribute some of this to operator error and some to inventory handling by the big box stores. Buying anything electronic at walmart is a crap shoot at best.
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