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Originally Posted by Raggiemom
I have the 6600 and LOVE the acufeed feature. If you think you can swing the extra money, I think it's well worth it. But maybe you can find a used 6600. I know our local dealers have been taking them in on the Horizon.
the little wire thingy just gets bent out of shape. if you're brave you can fiddle with it. i just fixed my own. i'm still going to order a new one, but for now i'm all set again. :-) |
My mom has one and the only thing she does not like about it, there is no arm.
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It is a great machine; but I think if at all possible...you should go with the accufeed. I have the 7700 and love it!
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I love my 6500 and do NOT plan to up grade to the 6600 or horizon. I think you will be very happy. Our local quilt store owner has a 6500 and she likes it and doe snot plan to get the 6600 or horizon either. I actually looked at buying a used 6500 for my DD. I recently quilted a 10 ft by 10 ft quilt on it.
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Originally Posted by sewmanyideas
The Accufeed is not that great of an extra in my opinion from reviews that I have read. I have the MC65000 and it is my baby after my son:):):):)
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Originally Posted by BabyCakes
My mom has one and the only thing she does not like about it, there is no arm.
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I really appreciate all the comments. I even spent some time looking at the 6300 which has a lot of the same features of the 6500 and 6600 (specifically the 9" harp). I just couldn't seem to find much info on the 6300. If anyone knows anything about it, please let me know. If I had the extra money I would probably go with the 6600 but with the encouragement from many of you I'll probably get the 6500. BTW, Annaquilts - great job! Beautiful quilt!
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try it first. i just got a used 6500 and cannot get it to free arm quilt for the life of me. It keeps getting caught in the feed dogs and i've heard this is a common problem.
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I am waiting on mine, so all the feedback here has helped me as well. I'm curious to the special 1/4 foot the one poster got....
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I have been reading all the wonderful responses and I have to ask now that you have read them, and you end up getting the 6500, will you always be wondering if you should have gotten the 6600? Just a thought. I have the 6600 and still absolutely LOVE it!!! It has made many a beautiful quilts for me from start to finish with never a problem with the machine. I LOVE the built in walking foot/accufeed. I chose not to upgrade to the new 7700 as I Love my 6600 and the other feature that I like is the totally separate bobbin winding in which the 7700 does not have it. Shame on Janome for eliminating that feature. I know the 6500 is a great machine too. So you have two good machines with different features and prices. Good luck. C.
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