When Rachel was having her problems with the BSR it was noted by someone that the instructions in the manual to lower the presser foot pressure to 0 was incorrect. I checked with my dealer and with Bernina directly and they verified that you should leave the pressure at the normal setting or do as Rachel does and adjust it according to your quilt sandwich. I have a 730 and have been doing a lot of FMQ lately, and never touched my pressure. I also went to a lecture and demonstration by Sue Nickels sponsored by Bernina and she said the same thing. Also she recommended that if you are going to be doing a lot of loops and curves to lower your stitch length too. I used 1.8 the other day and that worked well.