I love my brother SQ-9050 from walmart 200 bucks. what features are you looking for. There will always be conflicting reviews of machines, some people can love and hate the same machine. There are those that hate low end brothers from walmart but I love mine. It's an amazing piecer, travel , and class machine. I have used it alot for almost 2 years with no problems. I have seen bad reviews and good of my machine. Good thing everybody has different tastes or we wouldn't have so many wonderful choices. The babylock audrey is also a nice choice or the brother pc-420 if you want more of the high end features without the high end price. it runs about 400 and it has needle threader, automatic thread cutter, ability to adjust presser foot pressure, needle down feature. I don't have this one but it gets good reviews as does the brother cs6000i which my SIL has and loves.