I too own a Bernina 440 QE and was using on my quilt outings, until I was told not to take it on trips. With the computer you can easily put it out of whack and will cost a fortune to repair. Then I bought a Janome Gem (Gold I believe)before I discovered how wonderful Featherweights are. The Janome is very light weight and is a wonderful machine. It went everywhere with me for the longest time. You can get them computerized but they are still very simple to get to know. Know I use my Featherweights for all trips and love it. But it's for me and I didn't buy it for someone else to use. Check out the Janome's small machines I was impressed when I took a second look years later.