I just bought Passport 2 and love the way it sews. I bought it primarily to take to class as my Performance 5 is to heavy and bulky to lift in and out of my car (or is it that I am just getting to old). I even used it for finishing the panels on my Angela Atwood Jewel Box quilt and worked as well as my Performance even though the throat is smaller. This is my 4th Pfaff that I have purchased. I compared the Passport 3 and decided that the extra difference in cost just for the thread cutter and a few other stitches was not worth the extra money.