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Help to buy Bernina Embroidery machine?
My wife informed me that I have to buy her a Bernina embroidery machine. What do I need to know before I start shopping? What are the important features? How much should I expect to pay? Buy online or is it better to buy locally?
Thank you.
Jo B
Most definitely purchase a Bernina embroidery machine from a local dealer. Your local dealer should provide free Mastery Classes, so your wife can learn from an expert how to use her machine. A local dealer will be able to help her with questions. She can take her machine to the dealer if she is having a problem and they should be able to help her. The dealer I purchased my machine from gave a free one year check up with a Bernina trained technician. In my area that would have cost me at least $90.
Personally, I prefer the Bernina 730 with embroidery module. It is Bernina's top of the line, and you can expect to pay around $8,000 unless they are running a promotion, sale, etc. Bernina often offers free financing, no interest for a certain length of time. A local Bernina dealer should be able to tell you if a promotion is available now or coming up soon. Well worth the wait if you want to make payments.
A used Bernina 200 with embroidery module is also a great machine, very similiar to the 730. Ask dealer about the differences. Because they no longer make the 200, you should be able to get a better price. Not sure how much.
I own a Bernina 730 and also a Bernina 440. The 440 also has an embroidery module which works great for around $4000. There are embroidery hoops, such as the mega hoop, that will not work with the 440. Be sure you know all of the differences before you make a decision.
If your wife has never done embroidery work before I would consider the Bernina 440 as I know lots of people who thought they would do lots of embroidery and after trying it, decide it isn't for them. It is an expensive hobby. Designs are expensive, embroidery thread isn't cheap, and you need stabilizer with each project. All of the literature, etc. will tell you to stitch out a trial design before stitching on your intended projects. So everytime you do a design, you stitch it out twice, so you use more thread, more stabilizer, etc.
The dealer I purchased my Berninas from also offered upgrade deals. I will try to explain by example: If you bought a Bernina 440, and your wife loves embroidery; you could turn the 440 back in to the Bernina dealer within a certain time frame, and they will give you the full price you paid for the 440 against the more expensive Bernina 730. I don't know if all dealers offer this or if it is a Bernina policy so all dealers have to offer it. Ask your local dealer.
In my opinion, Bernina is the best home machine on the market. I have never had to have any of my 4 Bernina's repaired. Two of them are well over 20 years old, and I sew almost everyday, lots of times all day.
Hope this helps!
JN
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