It depends on the function you want. I loved my Pfaff 1471. I could design and program my own stitches! You could do quite a bit with the built in stitches, too. Wanted that in a new machine, and mostly only TOL had it. A lot bought the machine for the hoop size (12x12). I've always been impressed by the European machines' feet. Bernina, Pfaff, Viking, even Elna when it was Swiss, had a foot for almost everything. A lot of the feet were handy for other than recommended usage. I've done heirloom on the Babylock Ellegante when it was TOL, and it wasn't as straightforward as the European machines. It had that auto threader that made a wing or twin needles a pain.