I have a pfaff 1472 that I love. I love the builting walking foot and wouldn't get rid of it for anything. I have never had any problems and when I had it cleaned after several years, the gentleman that worked on it offer to buy it for almost what I gave for it. He said it was one of the best machine made. I also have 15 other machines like 7 feather weights, a Bernina etc. But, the feather wights and Pfaff are my favorite