I have a featherweight and love it. Just a great size and weight. My friend has the Janome Gem and if I didn't have the featherweight I would get one of these. She just loves it for traveling. Her larger Bernina stays home as it is just too heavy for her. I also have a Viking Quilt Designer that I tried to take to classes but it got to be too much to take around and was afraid I would wreck it.