I have had a Janome 4800 for about 13 years. I have not had any problems with it. The only thing I will say is that, like many other sewing machines, it doesn’t care for bulky seams (though I always managed, have made several purses/totes on it). I have pieced many quilts on it, and have used it for Free Motion Quilting. It has been a good machine. It is now my back up machine as I recently bought a used Elna 740 (was after that 11 inches of harp space for free motion quilting).