Well, I have a Bernnia, 2 Elnas and had a Phaff. I love my Elna's. I have sewn on my Elna(Sewing Room) for 7yrsnow and I love it. Just wish it had a thread cutter. I paid $.1,000.00. Special ,came with acrylic table and lots of extras , too. My second Elna(in livingroom)has the thread cutter. That was also on sale, $1,200.00. Also came with acrylic table. Both have lots of different stitches. And the Dealer is within 45min from home. That is a very important issue. My Bernnia 830, I purchased second hand,$800.00. Dealer is 2 hours from home. I use it to Embrodery. As I use Elnas as main machines. I had A Pfaff, Shortarm quilting machine. It worked very nice. Although it was just a straight stitch machine. Dealer was also within 20 miles from home.