I have had mine for over five years now. It has held up fine and I use natural colored thread when I put my quilts together and when I run low on bobbins (I have a lot of them), I sit and watch a tv show and reel up thread on my bobbins and put them (like about 30 of them) in a container. I always have my natural bobbins and then I have another container where I have "one of each" bobbin when I need a different color. On the "one of each" bobbins, when I run low I just automatically run another through, so they are always there. Oh yah, one more thing - VERY IMPORTANT - use the 1/4" blue painter's tape and wrap a little piece around your bobbin - keeps the thread in place perfectly. Doesn't get loose and tangle up with other bobbins. Works great for me. I love it!! Edie