amandasgramma - OH NO about your first experience with the HQ!!! I would be devastated...just to be so thrilled to finally have your long arm and then OH NO!!! It already had to be fixed!
Thank you all so much for your help. I really like the HQ - and I agree it was really light and very easy to maneuver. If the dealer will give me a reasonable price on it I'd consider it, but I would like something that stitches faster. I'm kind of at the mercy of my budget and what I can find in my budget...but I think this one is high on my list.