I'm a minority here. I've had one for several years and have bought the longer poles to fit the different size quilts I've made. I have actually quilted hundreds of quilts on the Flynn Frame ranging from Quilts for Kids to bed queen quilts on this frame. Yes...there is a learning curve but it's that how it is is with any new thing we learn? You can't expect to master it after trying a few times and deciding it's to hard. For me it is so fast and effortless to quilt a quilt. I love mine and would like to have an extra backup one.