If you are considering a serger - go try one out. Most of the ones that people here have are very good sergers. I found that some are make it harder to do small items with the distance between the knife and the stitch. I do doll clothes at times and got frustrated with the larger foot. There was one Elna and the Imagine that had very short feet. I own the Imagine and have played with the Evolve. The Evolve is a very nice machine, also Babylock. It serges and cover stitches in one machine. I found the foot too wide for my taste although it is one of the easiest sergers to convert to coverstitch. I have an Imagine and a separate coverstitch. The chain stitch is handy for decorative.