A year or so ago I talked to my sewing machine repairman and asked him what the best machines now were, those which he seldom saw in his shop for repair, and he said the only machines he could now recommend were Brother and Baby Lock were by far the two best machines being made now. My main machine is a Pfaff 7570, which has an embroidery unit with it, but I also have two Brothers, a Viking 1100 which is out on permanent loan to a dear friend, a rather old New Home and a 1954 Featherweight.