Originally Posted by romanojg
I have a basic Janome/kenmore machine and it sews great. It never cares what type of thread I use it keeps on going. It never needs oiling just dusting and cleaning the bobbin area and it is happy.
Me too. For the money, the Kenmores have a lot of quality. i did have to buy the walking foot separately, but lots of heirloom and decorative stitches, and it's cheap to keep. Aside from cleaning, mine hasn't needed a thing, and it's five years old. It has needle up and down settings, stitch in place to tack, the threader, and feed dogs go down for free motion. It was on sale over Labor Day for $259.