I think Berninas are nice, I have used 1130 and 830s that belonged to friends of mine, but my machine of choice is Pfaff. Not so much the brand new ones but the "made in Germany" models. There is not a machine on the market that has the great built in walking foot like the Pfaff has.I dont want to fiddle with an attachment if I want my seams to match perfectly I just snap my foot down and off we go. I have owned 4 Pfaffs up to the 7570 and all of them have been champs. Now that the company that owns Pfaff/Viking/BabyLoc and Singer are all the same, they are putting an even feed foot on the new ones. I have a Baby Loc Quest, but its walking foot does not work like the Pfaff does. I never had to take any of my machines in for service and I could use whatever thread I wanted. Do go to a store and at least test drive some of the other machines. Also dont overbuy features you wont need. Analyze what you are doing with your machine and buy the features you will use most often. For sure needle threader/ needle up/down and multi speed motor are on my list, but maybe you would want other features. Good luck and Happy Shopping!