Originally Posted by
marshaKay
... I live in Fl and our electric goes out on a monthly basis. Don't know why. Anywho, love the way it works when my featherweight is sidelined...
If you actually use your hand crank regularly, you would love a treadle. It's not at all as difficult to get the feel for the treadle part as it might sound, and you have two hands free like you are used to. The pluss side is the feel you get for the stitching, needle movement and and speed flows like a dream. It's a joy to sew and almost preferable to motor on unless you require something super speedy. It generally runs faster than hand crank.