I myself bought a Bernina in the 90s, a 1530 and I have loved it. I haven't had any problems with it except for when I was using can air to clean out the dust bunnies and had to replace the bobbin case. I haven't heard may go review on the BSR. My opinion is that it is an overprices accessory. The ONLY thing that will give you perfect FMQ is a computer doing the quilting.