What are your favorite Embroidery Machines

What are your favorite Embroidery Machines? Why are they your favorite? Which machine do you like the least? Which has given you most trouble? There are so many machines out there and not enough time to test all of them. Did all of you test each machine prior to purchase? Thanks, John

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marriz
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Did not test everything-----bought a Brother 2002D on the internet, read the book, and never looked back. It is a terrific workhorse and has done everything I have thrown at it. It is not picky about every little thing, and will sew a beautiful design.

It has a larger hoop......about 6 x 10, a medium 5 x 7 and a small 4 x

4.......It can do anything I can dream up. I love it.
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Pat S. in Arkansas

You will have to go a long way to beat a Brother machine, whichever model you can afford. Consider also the cost of the software as if you are going to do any amount of embroidery it will be necessary, I do not have dealers locally so had to rely on personal recommendation and the reputation of the sewing machine company. Liz

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liz hall

Check out the Janome models if you can. The flash card technology is the best and Janome does a lot of machines for other companies so have a proven track record. Their new Janome 300e is a good alternative to the combo machines.

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Hanna's Mum

Flash cards are a pain in the neck but the USB port is worth it's weight in gold.

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John P. Bengi

Clearly a matter of opinion and personal taste. Compact Flash cards are significantly less expensive per megabyte than the various USB Pseudo-drives. On the other hand, usb ports started appearing on computers a year or so before flash-card slots. But those computers typically had the USB ports awkwardly in the back, and a USB-attachable flash card reader can be had for under US$10..

I wouldn't consider the choice of Flash vs. USB vs. Floppy Disk to be at all critical in choosing a sewing machine. I WOULD try to stay away from those (like the Viking Rose and OnePlus and older Brother/Babylocks) that can ONLY use their own proprietary format cards, which then also require a separate piece of reader/write hardware connected to the computer.

- Herb

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Herb

Have Brother 7500 and 300s and bernina 180. Took almost 2 years before bernina finally figured out that the mother board was bad. Now it sews just fine. But 2 years! found out from other bernina owners that skrewey mother boards occur. Never had trouble with the Brothers, still use the old 7500 workhorse. Like the bernina software but you can do as much with Embird for much much less. Bernina also has to either use a converter to use standard feet or you buy them from bernina. They both embroider just fine. Think if I was to do it all again would have gotten another Brother and not go thru the hassle.

my 2 cents, not worth anything any more.

Apr 2005 19:18:29 -0700, "marriz" wrote:

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JayBird

Anyone using the Stitchlink from Silex. This really interests me as my sewing machine is a long way from my computer and although the memory stick is by the far best to use at the moment, would like a direct link. They are not available in the UK yet. Liz

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liz hall

I was referring to USB serial links, not flash memories

You hook it up once and communicate with the machine anytime you want a pattern on it. The flash memory will wear out with the way I would have to use them. To evaluate a pattern I am designing I would be all night burning flash images instead of sewing and designing.

If you want to edit and.or catalogue your images you need a computer close to your mach>

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John P. Bengi

Just more wires to trip over. As I said, it's very much a matter of personal choice. But if you really like the direct hookup (we had one years ago with an older Pfaff and it was a real pain), then setting it up with a wireless connection would give you the best of both worlds.

- Herb

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Herb

i must agree with john. i use a happy voyager with a usb cable. never used the cardreader. i can change my design and much more easily program the machine with the computer then with the machine (which has a much worse user interface then most embroidery machines, so thats not a good comparison really) i guess there will be wifi capable machines soon. that indeed would be really nice.

janm

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Jan Mannoury

I use floppy disks to my Brother ULT2002 and direct connect serial link to my Toyota 850. We much prefer the direct serial link to the constant burn and return of floppy discs. After you try both methods I think you will too.

Like I stated previously, if you want to do any pattern design cataloging, designing from scratch or even minot modifications you need a computer very close to your embroidery machine.

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John P. Bengi

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