I have a Viking Designer 2. Got it 7 yrs ago and just took it in 3 weeks ago for its first cleaning. The person that did it said it was not as bad as she has seen some. Really was nothing wrong with it other than I thought it was time for me to give it some TLC. I use it a lot not always every day but sometimes several hrs. a week. Make sure where you buy has a service dept. and most all places give free lessons.