I have three singers and I love them all. One is an old treadle I got on eBay for $200. It has been in use do 90 years and it is still going strong. Other two ore heavy duty/ classroom machines with metal motor housing. They are both workhorses and they were less than $200. One is Singer 5050 and the other one is the same but European version. Works on220 but I changed the motor when we moved back to the states. Love Singer. Good luck.