I have a Brother...and for me, I have learned to get used to the "hopping"" as a sort of stitch regulator for me...hard to explain, but every "hop" is a stitch, and I get into a thing with it, where I know how how big the stitches will be by how fast I move my hands related to the "hop"...I don't mind the hopping foot, because that's what I learned on..but I am always open to a better method!!!