I bought a Brother at Target and after 2 months I broke a needle and knocked it out of alignment. I finally found someone to work on it and have had nothing but trouble so I saved and got a Janome. The lady that fixed it told me that Brothers are very good machines as long as you DON'T get them from Walmart/Kmart or Target. She said they are made on an assembly line and not tested to make sure everything is ok before shipping because they are so cheap most people will just go buy another one instead of paying for a repair