Originally Posted by lyric girl

My direct experience is with the predecessor machine, the 8900. I despised the 8900 and gladly traded it on my Bernina 770QE less than a year and a half after I got the 8900. It wound bobbins SO poorly that I was winding bobbins on my 30 year old Bernina. It was also extremely tempermental sewing over quilting intersections. I never sewing anything heavier than quilting cotton on it as I was pretty sure that it wouldn't handle it at all. Read the reviews and trust your gut.