I have a 24 year old Bernina 910 that I dearly love, it has never ever given me a problem. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the new machines have, but I will never get rid of it. It is very heavy (all metal) and it is in a cabinet, so taking it to a class was hard. I started looking for a featherweight a couple of years ago, and my SIL heard me talking about it, and said "that sounds like my machine, but it is sooo old, I'm sure you wouldn't want it". Well that is exactly what it was, and she hadn't had it out of her basement in years, don't think she ever used it. She was so happy to give it to me....Yay!!! I love it!! Sometimes, I dream about getting a new machine, but I wouldn't get rid of either of these and I don't have room to use another one so, I don't see that happening anytime soon.