My Viking Designer 1 was a nice machine, as long as I didn't plan a sewing marathon.Good thread,cleaned,rethreaded & ready to go.Never happened....after 1-2 hrs....or less, would Clunk Clunk & stop.Would go thru the rethreading etc again & it might sew another 15 mins, then nothing.
The bobbin was a pain to fill.Took the machine in & dealer said "all is fine now" But,again,same thing & dealer went out of business after 1mo or so.Sold it to a woman who knew my probs with it & bought a Bernina 440.I don't embroidery,but went with it because of dealer & reading on line.
Prob all the good machines are good...anyone can get a lemon :-) I did.
In 2 yrs,I've only had 2 calls to dealer & she had the ans....no need to take it in.Have never had a problem except user mess up :-)
Best anyone can do is their homework, think it over, then repeat.Decide what machine works best for you & enjoy!
Originally Posted by jnaz
I owned a Viling Designer I and had many, many problems with it. I finally traded it in for a Baby Lock when I was told it would cost qver $300.00 to repair it. Even though it was an embroidery machine I hated to embroider on it. It was very unpredictable. It would be sewing great and then it would mess up and I would have to start all over. I had it back many times for repairs. Another problem I had with Viking was the software you could purchase to do your own designs or edit other designs. It was very expensive and it was not updated after a couple of years. You were expected to buy the next version for hundreds of dollars more.
I love my Baby Lock and enjoy embroidering on it.