You probably already have hundreds of preferences as there are so many machines. SO far I have owned Kenmore, Singer, New Home, Janome, Brother and Juki. I still keep the new home for classes but I simply would not trade my Juki's for anything else. I have the TL98Q and the 2010Q. The 2010Q I just got to use with my frame and love it but the 98-TLQ I bought over 3 years ago and still runs like brand new and it has FMQ'd at least 50-70 quilts.