Thanks all for the input. There's a used Innova with Navigator that I've considered. It's a long way away and I'd have to go get it and break it down. Even though I'm very mechanical, that may be daunting, particularly away at someone else's home.
There is an Innova dealer near our home and my wife is renting time on their machines. So she's familiar with that brand, but not married to it so to speak. We don't intend to get one for business use, but being technical, I would like to get one that is computer controlled/automatic. But the Innovas have been the most expensive, used in that category. And I know less about the other brands.
I'm not clear on the difference between Innova's Navigator and their Pilot Mach 3. I do use and have built non-sewing CNC machines that are run by "Mach 3" software, I expect that's the same thing the Innova Pilot is using, at least under the hood. Anyone know a summary of what Pilot does that Navigator does not?
What are typical stitch counts that would be considered high usage, medium usage, barely used? Or maybe what's an average stitch count on a Queen quilt?
Thanks to all of you who chimed in so far. I appreciate the input on this research very much. Glad I found a friendly place to ask questions.