I would not recommend a Pfaff Passport until you have researched the newer models. I have a Pfaff Passport 2.0 and it has been in the shop a couple of times and I simply don't trust it anymore so I am not using it and I don't feel comfortable passing it along so I just may recycle it. It works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't and one time while it was not being used but still plugged in, it took off at full speed and would not respond to anything I did so I had to unplug it fast. The tech tried to explain a possible problem to me something about the circuits not being very well position and that if a speck of dust got inside, it could trigger a reaction from the machine. I really need to recycle the thing as I don't want it taking off full speed and hurting someone. Pity, I only had a couple of hours on it