My mom had a Janome Jem for a number of years. She upgraded to a Janome 3160 about 6 years ago, and I would highly recommend it as a class/travel machine. It weighs about the same as the Jem, but is a full-size machine. It's extremely quiet; she can sew kitchen and my dad 15 ft away inthe living room doesn't have to turn up the tv. It's been a real workhorse of a machine.