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I have a Janome 720...it weighs 12 pounds,is smooth little machine.

Janome and Brother both have great lightweight machines.

A few yrs ago I bought a Kenmore with lots of fancy stitches to do all of my sewing and now it's my lightweight machine. My teacher this weekend said if she had the money she'd buy the Passport because it has the built in walking foot and its light weight to carry when you don't need the big heavy machine. She's an award winning quilter and garment maker so I trust her opinion on what's good.

I bought a small Brother - its a sewing/embroidery machine - think the number is 390. Anyway, it is used mostly for regular sewing and I really like it a lot. My main machine is a Babylock Crescendo, but this little Brother is getting a lot of use! It costs more than some of those mentioned earlier, but since I was getting a second machine, thought it might be good to add the embroidery function. This particular machine seems to be at the low end of what is available through a Brother dealer (rather than a big box store).

I have a brother sq9000 (now the sq9050) that I got from Walmart for $200 that I use for classes and I love it. It was my main machine for 4 years before I got my Babylock. It's a great little machine and I think it weighs 10 pounds.

I have a Brother CS6000i and love it - the specs show it weighs 13lbs but is so much lighter than my Brother NSX 2000! It performs great and I just bought my niece one for 139! I use it as my backup machine and the nice thing for me is that both machines share feet, bobbins, etc.

I bought the Pfaff Passport 2.0. It weighs just under 14 pounds, but I absolute love it--it's small but has their built in walking foot, very easy to use. I have more expensive machines, and much larger, but find myself using it more than any of them.

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Originally Posted by trennag (Post 6411890)

the SQ9050 is what I use for classes also from walmart

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Originally Posted by Ginaky (Post 6412218)

I have one too and it it great!

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Originally Posted by Belfrybat (Post 6410963)

I have a Featherweight, but find I use my Brother cs6000i a lot more. I had a Jem and didn't like the fact I couldn't set the stitch length to what I wanted (it only has three options). The Brother is a fantastic machine with lots of stitches. The piecing stitch is exactly a scant 1/4" from the side of the presser foot, but I can also use a 1/4" foot with guide if I want. It even comes with a walking foot and a quilting/darning foot. I use mine to piece when watching videos and it sits just perfectly on a 14" media table. It also comes with a nice extension table if I'm using it on a larger surface. At $139.00, it really can't be beat. The weight is about the same as the Featherweight, and a bit less than the Jem.

Thanks for the comparisons. I also have the Brother CS6000i that I carry to classes, etc. It is a nice little machine, particularly for the money, but I've wondered how it compares to other lightweights. I have a Janome 7700 that I use at home but that thing is way too heavy to take out of the house.