Thanks Lynn, good suggestions. I'm thinking it might be worth the full price if the dealer really knows a lot about it and isn't just a seller of machines. I can get there in an hour. I'm hoping to travel there in the next week and take my first look at it and try it out. Thanks for the tip on the regulator. It's probably an option they'll improve on in the future. I guess it is better to learn the technique without it and I can always add it later. I too don't have the room for a frame and even this will be a squeeze, but you know what quilter's are willing to do for a new 'baby'!