I recently won a Janome Gem silver addition, and really, I would stay away from it. Nice enough, but smaller and only preset stitch length, needle can't be adjusted left or right. My DH got me a Brother CS4000 refurbished with full warranty for around $100 on Overstocked.com. It is my back up machine and I love it! Needle can be moved left, right, has a number of feet, about 20 or so fancy stitches and digital stitch length and width adjustment. Check Overstocked out for some great deals.