A friend of mine down in Florida has one and she loves it. We both started out with Viking's Designer 1 back in 2000. She'd gone away from doing embroidery for a number of years so she's having to learn all over again but she's having a blast with it. I've got the Epic 1 and I love it so I can't give you a personal opinion other than what she tells me daily. She did have an issue with one of the hoops breaking, the knob that tighens the hoop, something about it being a different type of knob, it was on the 150x150 quilters hoop. I've not had any issues with any of my hoops so far.