I have a Bernina 830 (the old, old 830) and a Brother SQ9000. Neither has a large throat space but I can't bring myself to trade in my 830. So, I'll see how far I can go with them. There's absolutely NO space in our condo for a 3rd machine; in fact the Brother sits on top of my Bernina cabina. I got it to take to classes. It's only 10-11 lbs.