I have had two Juki TL machines. When the 2010 came out with speed control I bought it and gave my TL 98 to a friend. It is the best straight stitch machine I have used and I use to have an older model Brother 1500. I don't know about the newer Brother straight stitch. Babylock has a straight stitch but haven't used that one. I would not buy one for machine quilting without some speed control from slow to fast and auto thread cutter.