They tend to be trouble-free and easy to use and that is a GREAT price. I have seen these substantially reduced lately and I wonder if a replacement model might be coming because these have been out for several years and due for an upgrade. The ATA PC cards are kind of hard to find and the new models will probably have USB sticks, BUT they will cost much, much more. Embroidery size is the same as the 350e and most people do fine with that one but embroidery field isn't much over 5x7. The 6 x 10 emb areas are quite a lot more $$.