I like Connecting Threads Essential. Nice colors /cotton/ reasonable price and easy people to deal with. I have not had problems with thread breakage. I change needles often and clean my bobbin case everytime I put in a new bobbin. I also clean the feed dogs frequently and this seems to take care of any lint. I do not see that there is more lint than with any other cotton thread and I prefer cotton thread and all cotton fabric. Also use pure and natural batting that lies flat not packaged. I guess everyone just has to use what works for them and their machine. I have a Bernina and contrary to what the dealer says it is not fussy about thread.