Viking makes a super excellent machine! When you spend time going to test each major type machine, and really test them with your own fabrics, and your own way of sewing - you can find out alot.
Pfaff did vey well. "THE OTHER" major machine - sold in many quilt shops - was a bust. Really it was. It shook and rattled alot, even at medium speeds. That stunned me.
The Viking are apparently very well thought. As my husband says they are intuitively designed. Logical progrssion of thought and movement of the human has been worked into the design.
This is my 2nd, have a daughter who has a Viking about 15-18 years old, works like new. And she has really worked it hard.
We know don't we, that most of us a loyal to our machine's manufacturer LOLOL. Here can i find a VIKINF HELMET towear!!!! Just like in sports, support your team! lol
Julie