Having quilted on bernina, brother, babylock and pfaff I much prefer my brother dreamweaver to any. Haven't used a janome yet so can't comment on it. There is a stitch regulator for the brother/ babylock models but I never use it and i dont recommend it. Everything is a breeze on brothers/babylocks so I highly recommend both over bernina any day, only bernina I like after having used a 5 and 7 series was the Q20 for quilting, that thing was beautiful and the stitch regulator on it is the best of sit downs but the price tag on them is hefty