I have a Babylock Quilters Choice (1st generation -all white), but find myself sewing mainly on my $500 Kenmore. It has more stitches than the BL which cost three times as much and has given me absolutely no trouble -no birds nests, no jamming, no needle breaking no matter what I sew through! I think this Kenmore was actually built by Janome, but since I wasn't paying for the name, I got a much better deal. So sad they have discontinued the Kenmore line!