Originally Posted by Missi
Lesley - can I ask why you went with the 730E over the 640E? I see that the BSR is standard with the 730 but an option on any of the 600 series and there are a few other things that are options versus standard. The 730 also has more built in stitches am I correct there? Thanks for you help and input!!!!
Sorry to be so long getting back to you. Yes, the 730 has a lot more stitches on it, and a MUCH bigger screen. Since this was my first computerised machine, and I had just retired, I pushed the boat out and went for all the bells and whistles. The 730 came with the embroidery module here, whereas with the 640 that wasn't standard, you had to buy it as an extra. I know this as a friend and I went to Dublin together. I got mine, and she bought the 640 without the emb. module. She wishes now that she had paid the extra and got it, as she has seen everything I do on mine, but she had an emb. module with her older Bernina, and had never taken it out of the box!
I figured that I was only ever going to be able to buy the one more sewing machine, so went right to the top - this one will have to last me for as long as I can keep sewing, as far as I am concerned. The dealer wouldn't take my old Bernina 1260 in part exchange, so I kept it, and use it about half the time. If I only want to piece a few things, the older machine gets used, partly because I don't have to wait for it to boot up. The newer machine gets used all the time for the BSR and embroidery, plus piecing if I am in the mood. I have both set up ready to go, one in a Horn cabinet, the other in a SewEzi table - Bliss.