I am a Bernina person and have been for probably 45 years. Everything they do it is top of the line. Now, I will say as much as I love them, I would never ever pay $12,000 for the newest machines. There are a bunch of slightly used machines you can find at Bernina dealers where people have traded their's in for the new ones. I take good care of mine and never have any trouble. Any machine that will make tiny buttonholes in nylon tricot (nightgown) even without an underlining is my kind of baby.
Peg-TX