I have had a Bernina 440 QE for a number of years. It is a good machine, but did not have any of the bells and whistles that are on the market today. Last year I bought a Brother Innovia (Laura Ashley Edition) I am in love. It has all the features I wanted. Thread cutter, wide stitching, multi directional stitching, etc. Any problems I have had were operator generated as I have learned the tricks of the machine. I worked at a quilt store that sold Bernina's. Then the owner wanted to expand and took in Babylocks. It turned out, most of the employees would gravitate to the Babylocks when we were sewing projects. Brother manufactures the Babylock machines so if you like Babylock you will like Brother.