My 13 year old 6600, which I love, sits in its table unless I take it in for service. It came with a dust cover, no case. My Jem Platinum came with a hard case. This 12 pound workhorse is the machine I have taken to the desert in the winter for five years. It has also traveled to Hawaii five different times when we wintered there. I still have the original box that is pretty beaten up now, but its foam packing really protects the machine. What great sewing machines!