I have an 18" Innova and my frame has a dead bar - love it! I have my take-up bar as high as it will go and I never have to move it to keep my quilting area level - I hate having to remember to lift that bar up as I go (I borrowed a friend's machine when I was quilting out of state). I have done king size quilts on my 12' frame. It does end up making the quilting area smaller when you get to the end. If I were to get another machine, I would get the Innova 22" just for a few more inches of quilting space with no loss of control. I do love the honest-to-goodness 24/7/365 free tech support that comes with the Innova. I have called on Christmas day afternoon when I had a quilt that had to go out of town the next day...they are always available because they sell industrial machines world-wide and those cost major $$$ for every minute they are down. I love my Innova and I have had it for almost 5 years.