I have 2 Brother sewing embroidery combos (1800D innovis and 2500D innovis) both are still churning away and I do a LOT of embroidery on them. They both sew very well too although I don't do much of that on them since I got a Juki for that. I did lots of quilts on the 1800 after I first bought it so.....I think someone might just not want you to buy anything but their brand!