I have three featherweights between two houses and wouldn't part with any of them. I use them all the time. The one downside is no zig zag so overcasting seams and making button holes I use my Viking. Two of mine were from my husband's grandmothers and one I found at a shop whose motto is "we buy junk....we sell antiques" and the name of the place is Cool Stuff. I found it way in the back in one room behind some other stuff, made them an offer and it was mine. I'm not a fast sewer so speed never bothered me. I do all my piecing on it but don't quilt as it is too lightweight so moves around when I push the quilt around and there isn't enough room to feed a quilt through the harp area. I also haven't figured out how to cover the feed dogs for free motion so I use my Viking for the quilting part.