Originally Posted by
GrandmaSewNSew
Before getting to the Juki or the Janomi dealers (one 2 hours away), I read a post about the Brother Dreamweaver VQ3000 and found that a dealer not too far away had one. Well, what a great machine, great price, lots of features for the money too. Then I saw the same machine with an embroidery feature and I think this will be the machine for me. I'm still going to go looking at others first especially as I never would have thought to look at this machine before. One dealer who used to sell Jukis told me that their shop stopped selling them as they didn't like them anymore. I find this odd and wonder if they could have lost the dealership somehow.
#1 you really can't beat the Brother/Babylocks - good machines. The F-600 is a fabulous machine for the money. If it had a larger harp it would be hard to beat. (I'm going to bet the dealer who stopped selling Juki's and doesn't like them is angry with all the online selling of Juki's - no money to be made if you can wheel and deal on the internet). Brother/Babylock as does Viking and Janome don't allow for their high end machines to be sold on the internet. I know people who lost their dealerships from the machines being taken from them because they tried it.
I really depends on what machine makes your heart happy. You'll know it when it comes around. I love embroidery on my machines, but never sewed on my embroidery machines. It's why I've always had several machines. I have the Janome 7700 and I like it, I have the Juki 2010 and I LOVE it. I have the Juki F-600 and I really like it, and I have the Babylock 10 needle that I adore. So everyone has their favorites. You just need to find yours. The one thing I don't like about the B/B, the Viking, the Janomes all have sissy motors - lol - really, it is the gear set, or motor or whatever, but the motors will stall whenever challenged. My girlfriend was sewing with her V Diamond and could not sew thru a few layers of something - the motor locked up and carried on. I gave her my Juki 98 to try, and she went out next day and bought one. The Juki motor will go thru anything without whining - the others will not. I love the vintage machines for the same reason - they will try their best., the newer machines not so much. So if you go with one of the big 4 B/B, Janome, Viking, not mentioning Bernina because it's been a while since I owned one and then it was one of their golden oldies, buy an older vintage or straight stitch Juki if you can and have it for the times when the biggy just won't co operate. Best of both worlds.