Baby Lock. You don't have to worry about tension or threading - makes using a serger a breeze.Mine also does chain stitch and cover stitch which makes it very versatile and useful.

Sergers are great for any construction - pocketbooks, pillowcases, potholders - but do consider the advice about BabyLok. I have a Bernette serger that works great but is a real pain to thread (supposedly you can just knot the thread from the new cone to the one in the machine and run it through - sometimes this works and sometimes not). My mom got the BabyLok. What a difference.

I have 2 sergers. One is a brother, and the other is a simplicity. Like them both. Very bare bones, horrible to thread, but I use them when I am making quilts that are going to be washed alot and are very simple. For the project Linus quilt tops the B&G club is working on I pieced alot of them together with the serger. Plain patchwork, or snowball, it is wonderful. My sergers are old. Bought Simplicity for $399 in 1996 and the Brother I got from St Vincent DePaul's thrift store used about 1999. I recommend having one especially if you are making some quilts for children or babies, that are going to be washed alot or hand tied instead of quilted.

I have had Berninas since year one and except for one lemon, love them. I have updated a couple of times and now have one that does chain and cover stitch. I make most of my clothes and home dec and wouldn't be without one.

Don't use it for quilting. Makes the seams too bulky.

My Pfaff serger is 11 years old. It never misses a stitch. I really love it. I took another serger class a couple of weeks ago. There were 8 of us in the class. My serger and an old, old, old White were the only 2 that could be set according to the instructors directions, and work perfectly every time. Prior to the class I was beginning to think that it was probably time to start thinking about getting a new serger. Since the class I am very grateful I have the Pfaff and realize there is no reason in the world to replace it.

My Pfaff serger is 11 years old. It never misses a stitch. I really love it. I took another serger class a couple of weeks ago. There were 8 of us in the class. My serger and an old, old, old White were the only 2 that could be set according to the instructors directions, and work perfectly every time. Prior to the class I was beginning to think that it was probably time to start thinking about getting a new serger. Since the class I am very grateful I have the Pfaff and realize there is no reason in the world to replace it.

I have a Baby Lock Imagine-Self threading and LOVE ir!! Use it all the time.

Go to a reputable dealer and let them show you different ones. You need to know what you are going to be mainly using it for. There are 3threads, 4threads, 3-4-5threads, etc. I have 2 Vikings, a 910 and a 936. The 936 is the top of the line and is computerized. Are you going to be making clothes, hemming tablecloths, making fleece throws? The prices also swing from about $200 to up way over $1000. A dealer can answer all your questions.

I love my Babylock serger, air lock threading, never have to adjust tension. My first was a Juki about 1980 and it was soooooooooooo hard to thread the loopers and adjust the tension.