They are SOOO cute and powerful. I wanted one so bad and diligently watched Craigslist. Finally one late night last year right before Christmas one appeared for 200 dollars. It must have been just for me because the guy selling it was in a town we were going to be traveling through that morning. I met him with fabric, thread and power cords, I tried it out and it wasn't working great so I got it for 50 dollars. Took it home, cleaned it up and made minor adjustments and it works and looks like new. Did I need it? No. Did I want it? Oh yeah. And I love it.