I have been following this post and have been seriously considering a LA for a while and have done a lot of research and test driving. I pretty much have it down to the Innova or Tin lizzie (Nolting not completely ruled out) so I am wondering about those of you who own those brands, if you checked out any of these others and what differences you found to make you choose the one you did. I did read the thread difference thing but were there other deciding factors? If you are more comfortable doing a PM, please do. It is a big investment and I want to do the right thing! Thanks

Actually if someone does post an answer to this, I would love to see it here, rather than a PM to Dar-midlife. Thanks.

I have the Nolting 24" Pro and just love it.

I don't know about the others, but I also had pretty much narrowed it down to Innova and Tin Lizzie by researching. But also very high on my list was to keep the cost down to around $5000 or less - I'm not really doing this to go into business, tho I won't mind quilting for others occasionally. I certainly don't make that many of my own quilt tops in a years time, but have been having a blast learning with pantographs on our guilds charity quilts for now.. There are some really terrific deals on a couple different used machine sites for bigger throated machines, but I also was pretty OK with the idea of less than 20" for the reach from front to back or back to front and even the idea that I should be pretty well set for quite a long time if I have the capability of quilting in a 15" space. And at this point I really don't need or want all the bells and whistles, just a basic machine that works well and doesn't have issues. What it boiled down to for me was I stumbled on an excellent deal that was actually local to me. So far so good...

I have a Nolting 24 Pro and just love it.

so what did you end up buying?

what kind of price do these run?? I'm just coming out of my fainting spell from the 35 - 40,000.

I have a new Nolting 24, and I love it. Test drove 5 different Brands of machines before I purchased it. My one $$$$ hint. Purchase your machine at a Quilt show, Expo, etc. As they will have show specials and extras that you may have to purchase seperitly. So get those extras if possible.

we pd $9000 about 1.5 yrs ago. great machine for the price-frame is not the prettiest but very sturdy

I JUST GOT A TIN LIZZIE WHILE AT THE SEW EXPO IN PUALLUP WA. PAID $6,584. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THE MACHINE COST $6000 THE REST WAS SALES TAX! DO NOT WANT TO SPEND A LOT IN THAT AREA.