I use to be a diehard Brother fan I have the Brother ULT 2003D then I bought a Janome 10001 at a garage sale got it for my DD who wanted a larger hoop than her Brother 270D but I liked the machine so much it was so easy to change from sewing to embroidery I kept it for a year when I got a new machine for my 41 anniversary I went with the Janome 11000SE because my sister had let me use hers for 2 weeks and I had to have one Janome makes great machines and I love not having to change the unit from sewing to embroidery