I would go with janome or juki. I personally dont care for bernina, some love them. I used both a 5 and 7 series found them to be overpriced and less features of similar price points in other brands. I have used janome want to say it was either an 8200 or 8900 for a week. It was a nice machine. I used high end pfaff several times, love the idt. I loved the stitch quality of the viking saphire I used. However after having used all these machines I still prefer my v-series brother to them all. I havent used a juki sewing but I do love my juki serger so would trust their products