Singer Heritage Commemorative Electronic Sewing Machine on Sale
 

The Heritage machine must not have gone over well. At $600 I can understand, but maybe it's worth the $199 it is now selling for. What are others experiences. Good, bad, noway, stick to iron, enquiring minds need to know.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Singer-Her...chine/26376267

Edit - I just now noted this is not the Commemorative issued machine. But, is it the same without the gold embellishments?

$199 is still too high.

Lol, when I saw the "heritage" I thought you were talking about a golf tournament! :D:D
Personally I wouldn't pay $50 for a new Singer. I own 30+ vintage Singers and every one of them would run circles around the new plastic junk of today. ;)
jmho though!

Too much even at $1.99.

I had a chance to examine one of the actual Heritage models at JoAnn Fabrics not long ago.

Pure unadulterated junque.

The machine is huge compared to say a 66 or a 319 or even a Touch & Sew. The bed is curved, and huge so it looks to be a good work space, but the space under the arch is smaller than a vintage Feather Weight.

The body is a two piece clam shell made from genuine plastic. I suspect what's under that is equally cheap. The hand wheel is also plastic and the plating was reminiscent of the cheap plating on imported plastic toys.

The machine made a most nerve wracking noise when it was running. Sort of a tinny but rasty whine that was very loud compared to real metal sewing machines.
Sewing with it would produce what Audiologists call; acoustic trauma. A condition where the nerves in the ears are damaged.

No, the only reason to buy the Heritage commemorative model would be to put it on a display shelf and never use it.
Given WalMarts penchant for selling sub bottom of the line cheap junk, I would pass it by.


Joe

I am done with plastic machines! I don't intend to ever buy another one. I think $199 is too high.

Joe I'm surprised you even touched one. :) Thanks for the review.
I'm happy I played with old machines first. I've seen no reason to even consider getting a new plastic one.
Rodney

Lol! I guess I did exaggerate a bit! You are right. $1.99 is too much! I feel sad when I think about the high quality excellent Singers of old and how far they have fallen.

More a symbol of a "lost" heritage, sadly

Joe, your review a treasure. The machine is certainly not.

Wow, what a price drop from when they were released. Not interested at all, but I bet there are some bummed people out there that paid $600..

And thats a statement about perceived vs. REAL value. real value endures!

If a person doesn't try the new ones, how is he / she going to know about them?

The way I look at it, any machine with the two piece plastic bodies is junque. I've seen several of them apart at the LSMS, and I even had a 2005 vintage Singer apart myself and found them lacking in quality beyond my ability to express it.

Joe

I have a sledge hammer.....

Personally, I wouldn't buy ANY new Singer, regardless of the cost.

There was a lot of "Talk" about this machine here when it was first released, and several gals bought them. Many chimed it about how "cute" is is. Several of us pointed out that it lacked speed control and needle up/down and at $400+ it should at least have those things, to say nothing about the quality of the newer Singer machines. The harp size is tiny compared to the large size of the machine. I wondered what in the world Singer was thinking to release such a machine,.....I wonder how many fell for it..... I see they have released a similar machine in white....so maybe it did sell well. I'll take vintage when it comes to Singer's.

Joe, your review made me genuinely laugh!

Was it really that awful? Yikes.

About a year ago, when I took up sewing (and knew even less than I do now, hard to imagine (*wink*) ) I considered one of these. They were going, used, for a few hundred. In the end I went vintage, my Avatar Clone here for $35, and I have not looked back. I -adore- these oldies!

It sure is a shame if they are indeed as awful as you say. :(

Haha! There's not much difference of opinion, is there? Obviously, the board is saying DON'T BUY IT!

I used to sell those machines, they're not a very good machine.I was shocked that it was priced at $600 when they were first brought out on the sales floor. They are noisy as are the majority of the new Singer machines. Its a Singer Curvy in a new dress.
Sharon