I own a Singer Quantum LE which I bought back in the early 1980s. Over the years I had several Viking, Husqvarna dealers put down my Singer telling me what a piece of crap it was... that it was made out of recycled tin cans etc...... Well the joke is on them because I used that machine practically every day for 15+ years and with the exception of having that machine cleaned once a year it has never gone into the shop for repairs..... I mean I have NEVER replaced anything on it. After I got my Janome MC10000 I would use the Singer whenever I didn't want to change the settings on my MC1000. For the last year my GD has been using the Singer QLE and she hasn't had any problems with it either. Actually my GH says she loves the Singer QLE!