I love my BabyLock Ellageo for embroidery something bigger than 5X7; my Brother PE770 for embroidery 5X7 an smaller, and my Babylock Sofia for sewing and as a lightweight machine to travel. I have a Janome 9000 also that is wonderful for sewing AND small embroidery as my backup machine! Fortunately I have never gotten a "bad" machine so have not gotten rid of any of them.