I have been sewiing since high school so I guess that would be about 45 years or so and I have always owned and sewed on Kenmores and I just love them. I have never had any serious problems with them. Nothing I couldn't fix myself.I have 2 sisters and we all sew and it was required to learn and know how to take them apart and put them back together before we left home. I am on my third Kenmore and I bought it in 94 or 95. It is not in a cabinet I have a vintage one in a cabinet and it is a metal one and a workhorse. I love them. I also have a brother embroidery machine and a vintage White in it's original cabinet but I always use my Kenmore.