I'm not a big fan of the foot with a guide. I have a seam guide that I just stick on my machine bed that works really well and that is what I use on my straight stitch machines. I *love* knee lifts. Ever since I got my first Bernina, I've been hooked. One of the pleasant surprises about my Juki 2200 mini was that it had a knee lift. I use my left foot on the foot control and right for the knee lift. I've been using my left foot on the foot control so long that I do it even on machines without a knee lift. I have to say that the thread cutter on the Juki is really handy but I don't consider it something I couldn't live without.

Love it! It's my go-foot for most stitching.

I haven't mastered the knee lift and would probably just bruise my leg on it. LOL!

Maybe I'll try my knee lift after all the positive comments on it. My quarter inch foot that I mentioned above does not have a guide. I like it a lot.

I have a quarter inch foot that came with my machine (Elna 740) that I consistently use for my piecing. I also use the knee lift lever and wouldn't be without it. I use my right leg for the lifter and my left foot for the foot pedal. If I go somewhere where I can't use the knee lift, I spend a lot of time trying to use it!

I have a Pfaff and prefer my foot with the guide.

I don’t use the knee lift, although I have never given it a try. I can “tap” the pedal on my Pfaff to get the foot up/down and needle up/down.

No way could I sew with my left foot. That's probably why I hated my knee lift. I keep a plastic table set up on my left side and the knee lift just gets in the way. I decided to use my 1/4" foot with guide to sew binding on my quilts. For piecing I use either my compensating foot or 1/4" foot that came with my Babylock Jane. It actually sews a scant 1/4". Practice makes perfect and much easier than when I started using it.

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I love the knee lift on both the Juki and the Janome....and I use either of my feet to operate the foot pedal...just depends where the pedal has "wandered" under my desk as to which foot I use!

The knee lift was hard to get used to, but I can't sew without it now. It's great that I don't have to move my hands off the fabric to raise the presser foot. I can sew with or without the guide fence.

My (Viking) machine has a needle setting for a 'scant' 1/4". It's perfect. I did purchase a foot w/guide for it and ended up hating it. Fortunately the dealer returned and refunded that purchase! Don't have a knee lift but don't think I could get used to that feature and/or sewing 'left footed'.

I have 3 Janome Machines, but one is strictly used for quilting tops only. I use my MC6500P Janome for regular sewing, both machines came with multiple feet for different processes....not a good 1/4" attachment in the bunch. I've tried the generic with the side bar for 1/4" seams and to me they are so tiny that I find them totally inaccurate. I'd rather cut my fabric a tiny bit bigger and use a regular foot for seams to make up the difference. Or cut the regular given size and sew with the normal foot and have my project be a bit smaller. At least all my seams would be cohesive. Clear as mud right?? Foot Petal for me.