I'm a Kenmore fan...own 4 of those...but also have a new (walmart) brother which I bought to teach my granddaughter to sew and I don't like it and neither does she! LOL Of course she may have heard gramma "cursing" it a bit and that may have swayed her (she is only 7)....have just been given my MIL's Viking....still learning to use that one but so far I like it...and I have a white, a new home and a singer that need work! Oh, and I also have a brand spanking new (4 years ago) serger, never used! But I HAD to have a serger! Thankfully, it came with a dust cover!