Bernina 830 Review

My Bernina 830e has made sewing and embroidery so easy and so much fun!  I have never enjoyed sewing more.  Yes, it is a highly specialized sewing machine that is also a computer.  

You can create your own stitches, sew in different directions without moving the fabric. Create, design, import and adjust embroidery designs without needing a separate software program.  It sews at 1100 stitches a minute and embroiders at 1000 stitches a minute. It has a library of almost 1200 different stitch designs.  I continue to learn more with it everyday.  It's that powerful.

I bought the extra hoops and use them all. I can embroider down a sweater or do a large design on a jacket without having to split the design or move the hoop.  If you have to stop in the middle of an embroidery design, the machine remembers where you were and takes you back like you had never stopped.

Threading is a breeze, fast and so convenient, especially when you embroider a multi-color design.  You just push a button.  It is 99.9% accurate.  The extra large bobbin is wonderful. You don't have to change so often and you can tell it how much to fill the bobbin and the adjust the filling speed, handy if you are using a special thread or doing bobbin work. You don't have to hand wind yourself.

I can go on and on. Yes, I've had some blips. Most of it is user error. You can't treat it like a mechanical machine.  Problems have been minor. I've not had many problems with the sensor. It recognizes your presser foot and tells you if you have the wrong one. A nice feature to stop you from breaking a needle.

What's most important about getting this machine and having success, is that you buy from a good dealer who gives great support. This is KEY!  The sales assistant at my dealer has been with Bernina for 40 years. The owner has been a Bernina dealer for at least 20 years. I don't regret my purchase and this is my first Bernina.