I am a new (and I DO mean new
) quilter, teaching myself through books, mags and every online tutorial & Youtube video I can find lol. I have a Brother NX200QE that I bought about 5 years ago that I find is quite good, but after we got back from our US holiday last month I bought a Juki Exceed HZL-F600 which so far I think is fabulous.
I looked around a lot before I decided on the Juki, but I think for the $$ (I paid $1300AU on special normally $1600AU ) but did see it advertised in the states for around $1000US. It has all the bells and whistles
Now if I can just learn to use it to it's full potential and produce some stunning quilts (ok ok so maybe not stunning, but decent quilts) I will be a very happy quilter...Good Luck with your purchase.