Originally Posted by dunster
Originally Posted by Candace
Walkingfeet are big, noisy, slow, clunky, and obscure vision a bit, so I use mine for quilting on my vintage machines only. Though on my Bernina 830 it has dual feed built in so I use that while piecing
Not all walking feet have these problems. Perhaps there's a better one available for your machine? The only time mine has been noisy was when I forgot to engage it properly. It is just as fast as any other foot, and although it is bigger than the other feet I don't find that it obscures my vision at all. And it has markings on it that make it just as helpful as the 1/4 inch foot in maintaining seam size.
No, I have several different walking feet on my older machines and have one on my Janome 9000. All are louder than using a nice 1/4" foot. The built in dual feed or IDT is the best though. quiet and nothing to get in your way visually.