I would normally agree with the Pfaff as I had 3 of them over a 25 year period. My daughter has the second one I bought (at my house for now as my newest Pfaff went haywire on me.) If it is an 10 year old Pfaff, it should be great. the only problem is going to be be getting original Pfaff parts for it if something breaks as Pfaff is now longer owned by Pfaff and and now being built in I believe China. I was really bummed to hear this as I dearly loved my Pfaff - needle threading, Upper feed dogs and it let you know if the bobbin was low. I now have a Brother and a Jenome which are great. Still learning on them as I have only had them since March and April.