You're going to love it, once I got the bobbin case to stay in mine, found it makes a nice stitch, reverse is dead on, and handles heavy work. It seems to automatically adjust the top tension, turning the dial didn't change anything, and the stitch was good with both normal and heavy thread. Look at my profile pic to see mine, oddly it is 2 tone gray. It would be interesting to document the differences, though, I suspect the innards are the same.