I’m still looking for my first post-bed machine. I passed one up a few years ago because I was afraid that I might have trouble finding needles and parts for it. It was a 2-needle machine too, which I didn’t think I wanted for a repair/mending machine, even though it could be used with only one needle in it. The post is generally larger for 2-needle machines, so I held out for a single-needle.
I use my cylinder-bed machines regularly for things like purse mending, and I haven’t ran into a situation where a post-bed would have helped much, but then, I’m only doing repairs to things. The post-bed machines would be ideal for some production tasks, and maybe the only thing that would work.
CD in Oklahoma