For the money, My Brother1500s has everything that Juki does, I do believe and it was several hundred dollars cheaper. It has a 9" throat but a very high space above, cutter, knee lift, needle up or down high speed if you need or want it, pin feed and I love it. I bought it for FMQing, but find more and more, I am piecing on it too, it is so easy to acquire a 1/4" seam even without a special 1/4" foot.