I have a Brother that replaced my older Brother, that replaced my original Brother. The first one cost me $79 on sale at WalMart 10 years ago. The second one I bought for $139 on eBay when my daughter took the first one to college. The 3rd one I bought for $189 at WalMart on sale last year so that my DH could have my 2nd one. His little old $80 Brother kept losing tension after 2-1/2 years of nearly constant sewing. I like my new Brother...it was inexpensive and it only weighs about 12 pounds. It has a bunch of special stitches, and can do block letters too, and came with an extension table. I love these little Brother's to do piecing on.