I bought a Pfaff Creation 4.0 and I love it. I would do it again in a heartbeat. What I have liked is the classes offered by the dealer. She helped me learn the machine. The help she gave me made the price not so bad. I have only taken it in for cleaning twice since I bought it in 2012. I have had trouble with metalic thread, but I have slowed down the machine and can get them to work. This was my first machine and I was embroiding so much I bought a less expensive backup. So I could sew at the same time.