I wanted a longarm but the price was the problem -and for just being a hobby could not justify it for the cost - instead I bought a New Joy quilt frame and a Babyloc quilters machine-this is concidered a mid-arm machine-I have had it for 5 years - but.... if I had to do it over I think I would go with a longarm that you sit down with on a large table- it is half the cost of a regular longarm.