I loved my Pfaff until it's motherboard went haywire. It's been in the repair shop in Spokane since February. For some weird reason, the shop keeps telling me that keep having to backorder the board. ???? I have my old 830 Bernina I'm using right now and that machine is over 37 years old and still runs and runs and runs. I also have an really old Pfaff for a backup and when that old girl sews she is noisey about it but she gets the job done.