Great machine!

I’ve had this for a year and been very happy with it. I’ve used it with knits, for quilting and it’s never let me down. The feet that come with it have also been a lifesaver

Love the threading ease and auto bobbin take up.

I like an awful lot more than that but I was surprised how many people say they have issues with both. The machine does the hard part of threading, you just pull the small loop it pokes through the rest of the way. The bobbin, you load it, remembering to put it through the tension 'arm' you don't put it in the cutter section. Throw a bit of scrap under your foot and it feeds the bobbin thread through. Other things I like. It has all the stitches most people need, a good range of feet that come with it, lots of clear instructions plus videos and written guides (e.g. a guide to the stitch symbols is online). Is it the best advanced sewist machine around, probably not. Is it great for lots of people, especially new sewists, yes.

Constructive Criticism

I'm happy with the features this machine offers but I have two suggestions for improvement. There's a little dip in front of the clear bobbin cover that gives the cover space to slide out, but if you are sewing over a seam that's on the underside (a seam that opens towards the back of the machine), it causes the seam allowance to flip direction, as it gets caught on the edge of the dip, and for quilting this is a real nuisance. Somehow this area needs to be made flat/flush. Also, the white cover around the thread take-up lever should have a hinge on the left side so that it can swing open. This would make the last part of threading the machine so much easier as the parts would be more visible. Currently I have to tilt the whole machine back for visibility to complete the last two steps of threading.

I have tried and tried to adjust the tension, i have gone over and over the instructions. As far as i can tell, there is no adjustment on the bobbin, they keep referring me back to correctly threading the bobbin. I am not a newbie at this, my last bernina machine ive had for 25 years. Tomorrow is a new day .

Solid machine needle threading tough

This machine is exactly what I needed to pick up my sewing hobby again and offers very convenient options. I will say the needle threading is not easy and some threads are difficult to to use. The machine I wanted was out of stock everywhere so I went with this model. I would repurchase for the price

A good machine with a few drawbacks

All in all a nice machine. Lacks a few features. The case should actually attach and there should be built in storage for the accessories that actually holds them.