If you care to brave the crowds on Black Friday, Walmart has the Brother LX3014 for $50 or the CE1100PRW for $100. I started out on a Brother machine similar to the $100 one. I used it almost daily for 4 years before upgrading to my Juki. I then used it as my travel machine for 2 more years until upgrading again to my Babylock for travel. It still runs flawlessly and has never been serviced. I gave it to my daughter when she moved out. These are lightweight machines and Walmart has some cute rolling cases for $40-50 that would be a nice add on.