I have the Janome 7700 and am quite disappointed. I have had it for a year now - it definitely doesn't like sewing over bumps! The biggest problem for me is that I do a huge amount of sewing for Project Linus and my machine needs cleaning weekly. Without it the machine skips stiches and eventually starts to break the thread. It went back to the supplier after 9 months to correct the problem but I was told that there was nothing wrong with it and just needed cleaning. For me it is just not up to the job but for less frequent sewers maybe it would be fine.