I used to work at a Bernina and Pfaff dealers years ago in the UK. My mum has had her Bernina for 44 years and it is still going strong, a work horse without doubt!! I personally have always gone with pfaff. BUT I do love Bernina's as well. The only reason I went with Pfaf... my colleague was pure bernina and we taught classes on how to use etc. so it made sense for us to have different machines. I wouldn't change brands as I ave never had a problem with my Pfaff's but if I did it would certainly be a Bernina.:)