I had a service call on my longarm last summer and the tech saw my 440 QE asked me how I liked it. Told him I loved it. He said the company he worked for used to sell Bernina but discontinued to handle only longarms. He said to hang on it it. It was one of the best machines they ever made. Newer ones aren't as good. I think the 550 replaced the 440 and is very similar. I looked at the new bigger ones, 750 & 850 and liked the lighting and they have a lot bigger bobbin but couldn't see spending the money basically for a bigger bobbin. I should add the sewing machine store I frequent said they can't keep the 550s on the floor. As soon as one comes in, it's gone.
Last edited by Cam's gram; 02-01-2016 at 03:22 PM.