Visit dealers and quilt shows where they have display models they let you try out, check with a guild, sewing group, local quilt shops to see if anyone who owns one is close to you'll and willing to let you check it out. And { you do not need to invest the money or the space for a longarm in order to machine quilt your quilts -- there are many 'big name/famous' quilters who quilt on their regular domestic sewing machine} check again, locally for machine quilting classes while you research the longarm machines