i have a bernina artista 730e ,that i paid 7000-8000 with taxes,i love it has so many features but best of all it has a stitch regulator for quilting your quilts i love that regulator it,s good for smaller quilt tops but hard to quilt a quilt size like a twin,double or queen size quilt very hard to handle that size projects evey thing eles is wonderful about my bernina,then i have a elna that i brought several years ago now that sewing machine was put away for a long long time now this baby works like a dream to be trueful i think it sews better then my bernina and i think i paid 1,500.00 for it ,thats a very good sewing machine ,i was surpise when after several years of it not sewing i just took it out cleaned dust off and guess what it sewed like it was new wow ,what i like about this sewing machine is very easy to use and low maintenance hope this helps