I have the Janome 6600P and love it. I bought it from an employee of a sewing store who had it 6 mo. She wanted to upgrade to one with the embroidery. ( I have a Tajima embroidery machine) I bought it for a lot less then half. She gets a big discount from work and so it wasn't worth it to her to trade it in. The only thing is that once in a great while the thread does job out of the path, it is rare but does happen. Look around deals are out there.