Need your rating between two sewing machines

I am buying an inexpensive new sewing machine. My old one has bitten the dust. B-)

It's between the Singer Esteem, 34 stitches, Model 1732.CL @ @129.00 at Target and the Shark (Euro Pro) 60 stitch Model 384 also at Target for @129.00. I have not heard of the Shark. Couldn't find much online. Need to go to the library and look at Consumer Reports, etc. The latter is guaranteed for 25 years and comes with a case (cover) and some other extras.

What do you think? Singer is an old name of course, although I could find no ratings or comparisons for this model.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Betsy

Reply to
Elizabeth M. Phillips
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There is probably a very good reason you can't find them rated.

If you maximum budget is $129.00 you would be far better served to find a good 40-50-year-old machine IMHO. I still sew regularly on my Singer 401A, bought new in 1960, and I wouldn't trade it straight across for *both* of the above choices. You may be able to find a dealer near you who will have trade-in machines, which should be fully serviced, and possibly have a short term warrantee.

Another possibility is thrift stores, where you often find older mechanical sewing machines. Test one, have it serviced, and it will still be sewing well long after the "new" ones you are looking at are in the land fill.

NAYY,

Beverly

Reply to
BEI Design

I second Beverly's post. The $129 machine will likely have you pulling your hair out in a week. There is a reason they are cheap...

Purchasing a good, second hand machine is the way to go. A top of the line 50s era machine will sew rings around a low end new model any day.

-Irene=20

Reply to
IMS

Betsy, almost any new machine with all those extras is not worth the money. You would do much better with an older, used machine. I suggest that you read the FAQ put together by members of this group.

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can't recommend any particular machine but there are others in the group who cam and will.I can tell you that I bought an inexpensive machine some years back and stopped sewing for 10 years because it was so bad. I can also say that I passed an old Kenmore *about 30 years old* along to may daughter a while ago, just cleaned and oiled it for her and it sews like a dream. Unfortunately I can't remember the model number.HTHJuno

Reply to
Juno

Depending on what your "Old" one is, you may be far better off getting it repaired than buying a new junk machine.

Reply to
Ron Anderson

And I third it, if nobody has done that already.

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Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS

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