My Viking "went down" in the midst of sewing for DD wedding this summer. Due to finances (or lack of them) I bought the Singer Simple-$89. I was pleasantly surprised in mamy ways-the auto needle threader and fast threading was much better than on "Ms V"! However I do find the thread jumps out of the bobbin case causing tangleing. But it served it's purpose,and I figured out how to make that stop. Now I have to quit saying bad things about "new Singers"! Is it a Dream Mdachine? No. Does it sew? Yes. Is it forever? Probably as my back-up machine. If it breaks down will I pay money to have it repaired? No.