At your Janome Dealer, ask to look at a Janome Class Mate model S-750 This is the newest version of one I have been using since early 1990. Mine was ok, just wanted a new one. My dealer had a deal where he would give me a $75.00 trade in on any machine I had/ I didn't want to trade in my Class Mate, so I took an old Bernina that I had bought from him a few years ago for 75.00 I think everything was under $400.00
I can testify that the Janome Class Mate is a work horse, I have made upward to 150 quilts on mine.