Originally Posted by
Skylark53
I'm still having trouble discerning whether they are truly comparable in terms of number of types of stitches. Does the 500A with it's built-in stitches plus cams end up with more overall, or does being able to use cams + the 400/403 model cams basically even it out?
IMHO The 401 stitches seem to do a lot of repeat. You can always buy all of the cams somewhere for the 401 or 500. Jenny at sew-classic has an article comparing the stitches:
http://blog.sew-classic.com/2008/10/...ne-review.aspx To get more variety you might want to check out the old flat disks & a Singer 306 or a Singer 319 which not only uses the flat disks but can combine them with the built in disks.