Horrizon 7700:
 

I have been reading about people not liking the Horrizon 7700 . A year ago I bought one , & I'm very pleased with it. I love the looks of it & all the bells & whistles. Can anybody tell me what is wrong with them ? It's kind of scarey now to think I might have a break down any day.

I have had mine for around 2 years now and am very happy. It took a little while to get acquainted, but we have bonded now :) She gets a little temperamental now and then, but I can usually work out why. Enjoy yours.

I love mine! I have had her less than a year, and it took a while to work up the courage to get really sewing with her, but she sews and quilts like a dream! I am fairly new to fmq (hand quilter long time). My 7700 has made fmq so much easier than ever before! I think that sometimes there may be "lemons" in anything. I also think certain people "click" with certain machines. If we all liked the same thing how dull this world would be, eh? :)
Regards,
Kif

I had one and got rid of it. There wasn't anything wrong with it, I just couldn't "bond" with it. Guess I've had Pfaff's for too long to change my ways:)

I've had mine for a couple of years and love it!

I wouldn't worry about what others think of theirs, if you love yours that is all that counts.

I got mine, a couple years ago. Every time I use it, I love it even more!

I always try to remember, when reading reviews, that it's human nature to report more negative than positive things . People who are loving their machine are too busy using them to hop online and write a review. My guess is that far more people are liking than not liking theirs. I wouldn't waste time worrying about a breakdown that might never happen .

I had mine for a little over a year. I really did not like the built in walking foot. I decided to trade mine in for the 8900. I am so glad that I did. They redid the walking foot. Now you have to put it on.

I have had mine for just one year now. I have no complaints. In fact, I love:D love:D it.

I love mine and just started using the button to start and stop when I do my binding...no foot pedal....Wow wish I had not waitied two years to try it. Love it!

There were so design problems like with the O foot. Also it tends to be finicky when compared to the 6600.

Thank you so much everyone . I feel so much better now. I will start using her more now. it was just so upsetting when I heard all these negitive things.

As others have said, when reading reviews, always remember that people with unpleasant experiences feel more pressured to "tell the world", whether it is problems with a machine, a car, a store, a hotel, etc.

Those who feels like they got their money's worth, while maybe wanting to share, don't have that internal push to "tell the world" everything.

I've had my Horizon since 2010 and have used and used it. I'm enjoying it. It is my first "higher end" machine. I didn't have the 6600 before to compare with it, and thus, am very, very pleased with it. I use it daily (almost). My dh said that he didn't think that they really intended it to be used quite as much as I do--more like a manufacturing machine. :) Summer of 2012 I started learning FMQ on it and I love it. I had previously tried quilting on a small Hobby Pfaff with a very small throat. There is no comparison.

I love mine too. I've had it for about 18 months, and it was bought after much agonising as it was a lot of money from my limited savings. It's been worth it just to be able to do FMQ without endless fights with the tension, which was the case with my old machine. So far I've used it mostly for quilting and I still have a lot of exploring to do. I do tend to go back to my Janome 4800 when using the walking foot as it produces such high-quality stitching with it, and I haven't properly got to grips yet with the 7700's built-in one. The one issue I have with it is that it doesn't like bulk, and I have to use another machine if there are several layers of fabric.

if it's a problem during "dogs up" sewing, experiment with the foot pressure settings.
if it's a recurring problem during freemotion, use the little wheel at the top of the spring on the convertible FM foot to adjust the distance between the foot and the fabric.
also - as with any machine - different feet will perform best under different conditions. you might want to experiment with those to see if you can find one that works better for you than the others.

the reliable opinions of others have value while in the process of choosing a machine.
once you own it, the only opinion that matters is yours.
there are things i love about my machine that leave others cold.
(the opposite is true, as well. LOL)

There are lemons with every machine. I've had mine since they came out and it's been perfect since I got it. I did break the thread uptake lever thingy, which resulted in skipping stitches, but I got that fixed and now it sews great again. Besides that, all of my other problems have been "user error" so far LOL. Just got to remember to oil the wick once in awhile and clean the bobbin area, and she's been fine.

Hi junior Member, what is the wick?

when you oil the machine, you don't glob oil all over the parts.
you put a drop or two onto the top of the wick, which distributes the oil to the places it belongs.

if you take out the bobbin case, you can see the wick in the center of the circular base underneath.
i know somebody who mistook the wick (in a previously owned machine) for lint.
she didn't figure out what it really was until she had "cleaned" off a chunk of it.

no.
i won't tell you who.
but you can probably guess. LOL LOL LOL

Thank you Patrice, for the info. Will go & check mine out right away.

Hi I have a 7700 and I Love mine. Never had any trouble with it and it sews like a dream. I think a machine is only as good as the usurer. if you do the wrong thing sure its going to play up. Just enjoy what you have and make the most of it. I LOVE my Ruby Red. :D

I have a little Janome but I started the start-stop button when I got the machine and now I unplugged the foot pedal, and only use the pedal when I am doing something where I absolutely have to control every single stitch for accuracy. the Janome has a foot pedal in name only - mine has about 4 speeds so the notion of the pedal being a continual increase in speed is wrong. I just set the speed slider to something that works, (I marked my favorite spots right on the machine) and off I go! Liberating and less hassle tracking down where I kicked the pedal to!

Patrice, I did the exact same thing. It was a devil to get out, but I managed. After it was all the way out, it dawned on me what it was. I put it back in (with less trouble that there was getting it out) and my machine has been fine. I test drove the Horizon 7700 a couple of months ago and loved loved it. I am currently using a Janome 4800 and have no problems with her, but the 7700 was so NICE. I keep dreaming about her, and hope to get one soon.
Sue

I did it too--the first time I thoroughly cleaned out my machine's bobbin case. Later I discovered what I did. I never saw a replacement wick for sale, so I put a small piece of felt in that spot.