I'm with everyone else - try them out! I did at a national quilt show. Bought it later from a dealer that set it up for me. Does your husband realize how much they are? About ten years ago my DH order a Harley Davidson motorcycle. I told him I wanted a new sewing machine. He agreed. Later, my DSIL told me he was telling his brother about the wonderful deal he made with me. He gets a new big motorcycle and two or three hundred, I'd get a new sewing machine. Can not tell you how much we laughed about that! I got a Bernina 440QE with the embrodiery unit - a little more than he thought. I still have that sewing machine and he sold the motorcycle two years later.