I wouldn't get a brother serger. I had THREE of them in a row and they all broke. The only saving grace was that I got them from wal-mart and they took them back. Now they don't carry them anymore.. at least not here. When I called the company, they said I had to pay shipping to send it in to be fixed and they would ship it back to me in 6-10 weeks.. IF the warranty covered the problem.
Now, I have a babylock imagine. It's a WONDERFUL machine, but at about $1000-$1200, it doesn't fit in most budgets for diaper sewing (I sew my daughters clothing, etc etc etc so it was a solid investment for me)
But inbetween, I had the MOST wonderful serger for a basic serger. It was a Kenmore serger from sears. The cost is about $300 if you find them on sale.. $350 if you don't. This serger handled just about everythign I threw at it (it didn't like more than four thick layers though.. so no 5 layer hemp fleece soaker .. but that's just too much for almost any serger) But the best part was the Sears warranty. It's extra, but for like $70, you can get 3 years of cleanings and ALL repairs (except light bulb and blad kind of stuff) covered. This sounds like a lot of money, but just a yearly cleaning here costs $100 for a serger.. and that's with NO repairs. So, if I paid for yearly cleanings.. which you NEED with a serger it would cost me $300. Say my timing went out once a year.. that's another $40 each time. Really, their warranties are the BEST out there.
Sears doesn't offer in store support, lessons or anythign like that. But their mchines are awsome. And, they have a 30 day money back guranatee.. no questions asked. I have their basic sewing machine and I love it. I thought I wanted a computerized one so I spent like $800 on one.. got it home, and I just didn't enjoy sewing on a computerized machine liek I thought I would. After two weeks, I took it back and they gave me my money back with a smile. You will NOT find that anywhere else either. The $1000 babylock I got had a five day money back gurantee.. heck, that was barely enough time to get it plugged in and threaded!.
Anyway.. For $350 (I recommned waiting for a sale.. they happen a lot at sears sewing centers) and $70 for a warranty, you'll get the best deal. Yeah.. it's more money now, but after 3 years of paying for repairs, having yoru machien possibly gone for months at a time, and paying for yearly cleanings, you'll spend WAY more than that and most likely not be nearly as happy. I wasn't anyway until I got my kenmore serger. Here is the link
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=02016655000
Sorry so long! I've just been really happy with sears and this serger. I dont' use her anymore because I have this one that has no tesion dials to set and is self-threading and I'm super spoiled.. but I'd go back to my kemore in a heartbeat if I really had to.
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