I said the same thing about that red face... didn't really like it when I first met it. And it wasn't so much the red face as the chrome dial. I had been comparing it to the Elna Excellence... and I loved that footsie garage on the front of the Elna. But then I realized I didn't like the screen up in the middle of the machine and then the red and chrome started looking and feeling better to me. Then when I got done doing all of the used-car-like-negotations and got the Horizon for $700 less than the Elna... well... I learned to love that red real fast! You're gonna love her/him.