I have a Bernina 440QE with embroidery. It is a great machine. The only downfall is that I need to hook it up to my computer for embroidery- oh well. Once in a while it will hesitate a moment while embroidery stitching, but then it carries on. For sewing, BSR etc, it is wonderful, I have never had a problem. I did buy a Tin Lizzie 18LS a few months ago and am still learning on her. The throat on the Bernina is small, so I wanted to be able to quilt easier and quicker. I looked at several longarms and couldn't justify the cost of a Gammill, but the Tin Lizzie was a lot less expensive and it did everything I needed. I do not have the computer drive, but I like to do my own quilting. The Tin Lizzie company manufactures some of the other longarms, so I figured it was better to buy from the original manufacturer. If you have a good machine for piecing and all you want is to quilt easier, then look at the Tin Lizzie machine.