I agree with what has been said above. Decide how much you have to spend and what features you want. An older Bernina is a good buy and can be used as a trade in if you ever want to upgrade. The feather weights are awesome, real work horses. I would go to some dealers and see what they have available. When you go to a dealer you can take some quilt sandwiches and thread and spend a good amount of time trying them out doing what you would do at home. If you get a machine online that you have never test driven you can't be sure if you like it. In that case look online after you have tried a similar model. Also they have some good buy s on refurbished machines on Overstocked.com, but there again, you can't test drive them. Good luck, don't forget to post pics of whatever you decide to get.