Pfaff vs Babylock opinons please
#21
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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I just bought a used Pfaff 1469 and it only had the embroidery design book not the operating instructions book. I have most things figured out ( I think). Does anyone have a copy or ideas where I can find one? The dealer tried her sorses and came up empty. You'all are great helpers so thought I'd ask for ideas. Thanks ahead of time.
#22
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Location: South Africa
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My fist machine was a Pfaff Hobbymatic and I still have it and my second machine was the 7550 and I trade it in for a 2170 and I am ever so happy with them all. Pfaff is not well known in South Africa, but the German craftmanship is excellent! I must say I have a Babylock overlocker and it works very well. I spoke to a person who works in one of the biggest repairshops locally and he said that those 2 are the best, because their body is still steel, where the others are strong plastics. So, I agree, it is mostly personal taste, but I will stick to my Pfaff machines, come what may.
#26
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: IL
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Well, it gets trickier, ladies. I just bought a Babylock Quest Plus for $1300 with ONE extra foot and the $80 (ha!) workbook included. Felt great about it, since the Janome 6600 which is VERY similar was the same price but lacks a free arm. If I'm not quilting, I'm making couture pajamas for my boys, so I need a free arm to put deco stitches on the cuffs. Considered the Pfaff QE 4, but read several bad reviews, apparent lemons.
#27
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Sorry, hit send too soon on my iPhone. Anyway, the dealer had the Pfaff Smarter when I bought my BL Quest Plus, but the sales gal told me it was a straight stitch only machine or some such thing. I hadn't seen or read anything about it, just saw it on a table in the back. NOW there's a website for this new machine and it's just like the BL Quest Plus but with a low bobbin alert and auto cut and a few other extra features. Same body, it seems. Elna has a model like it too. But feature-wise, the Pfaff is the best.
#28
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: IL
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Argh! Phone again. Did the dealer fail to mention this near twin to the BL Quest Plus they sold me to get rid of a BLQP and make way for these? Could she have seriously not realized or thought of it? Prices very close. And price not my big issue. What should I do now, try it out and see if I can get the dealer to let me trade laterally? Go to another, far away, Pfaff dealer if I want it and sell the BLQP on my own? Forget about those features I didn't get and just enjoy what I've got? And has anyone bought/used the new Pfaff Smarter? Any complaints? I avoided the Janome Horizon and Pfaff QE 4 due to lemon-phobia. Btw, I don't just obsess about stuff. I bought my house the day I saw it, warts and all, and married my man 12 days after we met, so I'm not a waffler or if-only type. Advice from the saavy is sincerely appreciated.
#29
I have had my Pfaff 1475CD for a very long time before the 7550 came out,not one bit of trouble with it.I did buy a Babylock Estante,it just sits.I do all my free motion quilting with my Pfaff.I don't think you would be sorry with a Pfaff.
#30
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Since I last posted, I decided that the Pfaff 2058 was NOT the machine for me and when hubby begged me to put it away and get a different machine (he was afraid of having to replace a window - when I was tempted to toss that Pfaff...) I went on the hunt. I test drove Vikings, Janomes, and assorted others but fell in love with the Babylock Espire (now being marketed as the Symphonie). I figuered if Eleanor Burns and Nancy Zieman like the Babylocks, I should give them a try.
Can honestly say that I LOVE my Quilla. She is the bomb! Nothing I don't like about her except that she doesn't have a built-in walking foot. But the add-on foot works just fine. LOVELOVELOVE her!
Can honestly say that I LOVE my Quilla. She is the bomb! Nothing I don't like about her except that she doesn't have a built-in walking foot. But the add-on foot works just fine. LOVELOVELOVE her!
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