Elnas used to be up there with Bernina and Pfaff. Dunno about now. They are supposedly made by Janome, and the new Elna 740 eXellence is extremely similar to the Janome Horizon. I'd by either. I've had an Elna serger since 2007, and it works great, but it's my first serger and I don't use it that much, so.....