manicmike

I don't share your enthusiasm for Brothers Cari. Nearly all the stories I've heard have been very negative. My sister bought one 20 years ago and it never worked very well. A few people I know have had modern ones and the experience has been so horrible they've been put off sewing. The lady I sold my 830 Bernina to had been given a new Brother as a wedding present: She said she'd have been put off sewing forever if she hadn't been given the opportunity to use her aunt's Bernina.

I read (probably here) that even the late '50s galaxy models had plastic gears and didn't work well. Until I read that I was very keen on getting one (was blinded by the chrome).
Of course many of the Japanese clones were made by them, and they're usually good machines.