I have a older pfaff hobymatic, then many years later upgraded to the pfaff 2170 embroidery/sewing machine that was great for about 5 years. Worked great and it had nice hoop sizes to work with. Then I got the new pfaff Creative Vision 5.0. A great machine and BIG BIG hoops. Most of my quilts include embroidery; therefore I can use both the 2170 as well as the CV 5.0 at the same time and get the embroidery done in one half the time. I would agree with the others to purchase a machine that will give you the size hoop that your budget will allow.