I have an inexpensive brother, (35 stitches) from Walmart, and a high end computerized Brother that I bought at a sewing machine shop that has hundreds of stitches. I would not trade either of them for anything. I have been a Brother user since I started sewing, and have never found any reason to change now. (For the record, I have never had a machine in the shop for any reason, so I will just stick to what works for me.)