I've had my 830LE for a year now and I absolutely love it. Luck of the draw I suppose but I have not had any major issues with mine. If I had it to do over again, I'm not sure I would though. Although I truly do love the machine, both sewing and embroidery (I have over 6,000,000 stitches on the embroidery side) I believe if I could redo it I would buy two machines, one I could use for piecing while the embroidery one is working.