I bought a gently used HQ 16 a year ago.....love it. Has been a real learning curve....so different from DSM. AT $5,000....to me it didn't seem so much more than the $3,500 sewing/embroidery machine that I purchased 10 years ago. Probably cost a lot more than that now. I love being able to just go and quilt my quilt top as soon as I finish it and not have to wait months for it from a long-arm quilter. Would never do it as a business....as I have to limit my time quilting, because of health issues. Only work an hour or two at a time. But, it's certainly better on me than trying to shove the quilts through my regular sewing machine....can't do that.