I have the Esante Ese2. It is an embroidery machine, on a scale from one to ten it is about a 9. Some designs turn out great and others will pass. It has always been noisier than the Viking. It will not let you do free motion on it. I can put it on zig zag and take it down to zero and I can do free motion, go figure. I have a Juki for the free motion. I do most of my straight stitching on the Juki. I love the way it will speed through a seam and stop on a dime !!! I'm thinking of getting another Juki that has all the bells and whistles, but my little old Kenmore still runs great and has lots of built in designs.