I have a Futura from a few years ago (150, 250, can't remember) that I bought for a steal. My thought was, if I hated it, I wasn't out the thousands of bucks on an embroidery machine. About six years later and it sews like butter, love it. The embroidery aspect and I are never going to be besties though. As in, I can't even get it to work, let alone do I know if it embroiders nice or not. I have friends with Brothers machines that have no complaints and I'm debating one of those in a couple years.