Originally Posted by cashs_mom

Berninas have always been set with high upper tension at the factory. I've had two and had to lower up the upper tension for a lot of thread or it would break. I use aurafil on my Artista 180 with no problem at all. I don't even have to lower the tension. In the 20+ years I've sewn on Berninas I have people tell me that they can't use specific threads on them because they would break. I've been able to use most any thread with a bit of tension adjustment.