Sorry to hear about your Brother troubles. Have fun testing the Janome, you'll love it!

I am in South Africa and had trouble with my Brother tension and had the same trouble where time means nothing - thank goodness I had a back-up of my Bernina or else I would have been climbing the walls Jillian

I have a MB4 and love it. I hope you will have a good test run with it. Good Luck. Hugs Lynn

Brothers do have some plastic gears so did you know that if you live in a very hot climate that those gears will warp causing problems that just seem to add up over time, you will love the MB4!!! I have yet to own one but use it everytime I visit my dealer one of these days though, but for now, it is my little MC350e HA!!

Funny, I had problems with my Janome 9700 and it was gone for almost 6 weeks. In the meantime I bought a Brother PR600II. I am so happy with it.