I have 12 machines now. Mostly vintage, which I really enjoy. Having said that, my go to machine for the past 12 years since I got it (well, lifted it from my son who bought it at Costco so I could make him drapes, long story, but I did) is a mechanical Brother XR-52. I love that machine. It sews over anything, is not fussy about thread, can do a nice job of FMQ, has some decorative stitches. I made said son a king size quilt and did stitch in the ditch on that machine with it's tiny harp. I yanked the quilt through it, and the machine never missed a beat or a stitch. So, as much as I love the vintages I am now collecting, that dinky mechanical Walmart version Brother (but bought at Costco) is to me as good a machine as any. Whenever anyone "disses" those machines I think, not mine!