I love my Bernina but the larger hole face plate and the wider feed dogs necessary to allow the decorative stitches I like to use does cause a sucking problem. I do a lot of "princess pillowcase dresses" for a local chairity project that require making straps from bias binding etc. My machine is notorious for sucking it down into the "lower reaches' of my machine. The binding is often to narrow to be caught by the feed dogs which is also frustrating. My current machine also has the option for the embroidery module, which I did not purchase. That makes the throat plate and feed dogs even wider.