I am a die-hard Bernina fan, but I have a friend who bought a 530 and is not happy with it. She is a power sewer and I think that may be part of the problem. The other thing she doesn't like is on the 530 you can't increase the size of the stitches to 9 mm. She is considering trading up to the 7 series...doesn't want to embroider. She is a die-hard Bernina owner as well. But not as crazy about this 530 as she has been about older models.