My first one broke. It was a generic but almost exactly like my Janome. I think I may have been rough with it. (No I did NOT throw it across the room in a fit! But might have wanted to a couple times LOL) The toes/feet part had a welded bit and one of the bits broke off so now it flops loose on one side. Maybe just the pressure of going over seams? Unclear.
I bought a mfgr foot from Janome and it has different open and closed toes which is really nice, and they snap on to the man body of the foot. Slick!