Everyone seems so happy with their machines. Guess I'm gonna be the wet blanket here. My first machine was a babylock Esante (sewing & embroidery). Worked good for a while and I was having a good time with it. Then it started having problems after a couple of years. First time or two, the dealer fixed it under the warranty. But it still wasn't right and then they started in on they could fix it but the guarantee didn't cover that, etc. Mother board went out - several hundred dollars to fix and no guarantee it would sew because there could be other problems. Easy person that I am, I let the salesman talk me into trading for an Esante2. It has done ok but now it won't sew although the embroidery unit still works. Guess I will take it to a repairman soon. Definitely will not go back to the dealer. Don't want to change brands as I have a bunch of the embroidery cards that go into the machine. All in all, I'm very unhappy with my Babylock Esante experiences.