Love my Viking Ruby! I enjoy embroidering on it and love all the bells and whistles when I am just sewing. I do have a back up machine that I can sew on, if I want to have some embroidery going at the same time. (like a few days before Christmas). I have played with a Brother...loved the Disney embroidery but it only had a small hoop and I just couldn't justify the expense (800+) just to have Disney embroidery.