I have a Bernina 440EQ and love it. I have the BSR also but have not use it much. At first I did not use the needle threader and then my Husband help me to figure it out. I never took the lessons because I live to far from where I bought it. It only had 17 hrs on it and I bought it from a LQS shop. You will never want any other machine. Read the manual when you get to something you don't understand. You will be fine.