I have had mine for 2 years now and love love love it...it has been getting a work out lately...I've posted some of the work I've done with it...I'm currently making 6 cushions with embroidered fronts and wow they are turning out great. I also embroidered 6 blocks for my dad's quilt which I'm working on right now also and I also make my labels with it....I buy pretty much all my embroidery designs from
www.emblibrary.com . For 800 I would for sure buy it as they are over $1000 new.....Go try it out and see if you like it....I also just purchased a Giga-hoop for mine and have used it once and plan to use it again.