Needle breakage is one reason I dislike drop in bobbins. With the vertical bobbin, most of the time it drops out underneath somewhere.
I had a Rose and bought the older 1+. It had a vertical bobbin. The 1+ was a nice machine, but I missed designing my own stitches and went back to Pfaff. I have the last of the Creative 2170s also vertical bobbin.
I fought with my mother's Featherweight. As a result, you couldn't give me one.