I bought the Singer 9960 Quantum Stylist Oct. 9th and took it back Oct. 14. The thread keeps shredding due to all the rough plastic parts on the machine. I had so many thread breaks and re-threading of the machine that I was ready to throw it out the window. I was only doing straight stitching, making pillowcases, I like to use reverse to lock my stitches in place. The reverse worked for a while then jammed everything time I tried to use it. I bought this to use on the RV, I figured the price was right, it's lighter than my Brother at home and it would make a good spare machine and I'd keep it on the RV. Boy, was I wrong, I now have an inexpensive Brother and it is wonderful.