Originally Posted by scowlkat
The new TOL Janome was just unveiled at $9,999 so it is fairly close to the Bernina; however, I would take any Janome over Bernina any day even if it were more expensive! But because when I had a windfall a year ago and Janome did not have what I wanted, I bought and fell in love with the Babylock Ellisimo! It is an incredible machine. Now it is similar to the Brother Quattro so if you prefer Brother, I would look at that. As to whether to trade in the 440, well, how much do you like/hate the machine?
Where did you see the new Janome Horizon for that price? I was at a dealer and was quoted $12,000.00.
As for trading in the Bernina, do you have a spare machine? If not, I would keep it. My friend just got the new 830 and decided not to trade the other on in.
If you can't afford to just buy the other one out right, I guess I would wait. That Bernina is a very nice machine.