Originally Posted by Rose Marie

My Sapphire 830 has a 10 inch throat and a needle down feature that I love. When the needle down is on and you stop sewing the foot pops up just a little so you can turn or feed another piece of fabric thru easily. I bought mine new several years ago for 1100 so used would be alot cheaper now. This is a good machine and have only had to service it, no repairs.