I have a Bernina Artista 180 which I really love. I learned to FMQ on it. It does not have BSR. But I bought a Juki 2200 QVP Mini a year and a half ago just to FMQ quilts since it has a large throat area. I only had a small amount of trouble going from the Bernina to the Juki. Mostly I was used to not having to mess with the tension much on the Bernina no matter what type of thread I was using. I did have to adjust the tension quite a bit on the Juki. Other than that I do fine with the Juki. I have several vintage machines that I use for piecing also.