I love my brother dreamweaver but it is out of your budget, but you can get the brother Laura ashley for 1800. I had my espire for 2 1/2 years and loved her very much but couldn't pass up the dreamweaver. To me if its in your budget you can do no interest payments which is what I did on my espire and am doing on my dreamweaver. I just love my embroidery unit already. I agree about the jukis as well, have only heard good things about the model spoken about and that is around 900 and comparable to the laura ashley so keep that in mind as well.