Originally Posted by
Teesside
Hi,
I am thinking of making the leap to purchase a used Handiquilter Longarm with a frame.
it has 78 million stitches, so I suspect it was used to quilt customer quilts in addition to "demo".
Handi Quilter recommends dealer cleaning/lube/service every 2 years or 10 million stitches, whichever comes first. You could probably use that as a guideline that 78 million stitches represents nearly 8 dealer servicings or close to 16 years of "average" use.
That said, I'll have to look at my Amara later today, which is not quite 3 years old, and give you an idea of stitch count.. I've done 6-8 large throw to 96 x 96 bed quilts on it and I think I have around 2 million stitches on it.
If this isn't MK Quilts in Florida, check with them on demo machines. They regularly cycle through machines and their demos should have fairly low stitch counts and come with the full 5 year warranty.
Also, which model Handi Quilter are you looking at?