Well like others have posted I like the older Singers that make a beautiful straight stitch for piecing. I have several machines and use them for different types of sewing. 2 Featherweights, (was given 1 with the card table from my husband's cousin), Had 2 301-A's and gave 1 to my daughter, a 99 with the dome wooden lid/cover, a treadle that is in the process of becoming "unfrozen", a Babylock Imagine serger (that I love!), Bernina 180E, 2 Necchi's that may be beyond repair-but have been wonderful machines. So I guess I have 9 at the moment and if I happened to stumble across something that needed a home and to be loved again I would probably bring it home with me. I just remembered I gave away a featherweight, 2 White treadles and set one at the curb for the trash man so I have had another 3 that could be added to the 9 - but who is counting?