Nanax4, I highly recommend you try out the laser and pen at the store several times on different colors of fabric. The laser is red and does not show up on some fabrics. Also, the laser light is not visible right at the needle (it looses visibility about 1 to 1.5 inches from the needle. I found it too hard to track the laser light because I sew looking at the area right before the needle. I've had it a year and haven't used it once other than when I was experimenting the first week.