What I like a out theBrother machines ( I would imagine other machines have this, but I am not familiar with them) is that you can run the machine without pushing the foot pedal. You take out the foot pedal plug from the machine and push the button to do embroidery and it runs. It s a nice, even speed, so if you are FMQing, it helps that you don't have to worry about how fast you are going or control the speed yourself. It takes some practice, like anything with FMQing, but I think it's a nice feature of the machines .