I have the Janome 760 and I really like it. It does a whole bunch of stitches. Or I should say it used to do a whole bunch of stitches until I sat my magnetic pin holder on top of it. Now it will only sew the decorative stitches back wards. But it still sews a straight stitch. It only weighs 13 lbs. It is great for taking to classes. It was around 300.00 or something like that. Janome also had the best manuals around. It tells you how to do various stitches the foot you need and much more. You can't go wrong with a Janome.