My Tin Lizzie has the same height and throat as a HQ. And you can also upgrade it to a standard stand up model. I love my Tin Lizzie. It was way more affordable than the HQ and I love that I can do any maintanence on it. All of the components are plug and play. If there is a problem you simply call tin lizzie and they can usually diagnose it and send you the replacement part.Very little down time. I got mine at the Lancaster AQS show. I got the floor model so it was very reasonable.
Originally Posted by gotta-sew
Just a little reminder. The Tin Lizzie is a streatch maicheine. Thus the neck heigth of a regular machine. If your choose to go Handi Quilter, if at some later date you want to turn it into a stand up model, you can. and you will still have the heighth and length of a long arm. Good luck!