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List Price: $149.99
Best Price: $93.77 (new)
Availability: New (18)
Brand: Brother
Model: XL2600I
Weight: 11 pounds
Dimensions: 12.26 x 7.73 x 9.6 inches
Publisher: Brother
Release Date: 2006-10-16

Customer Review

Basic Mechanical Sewing Machine with 25 stitch free-arm sewing
by Customer ACR5QLU0U114J at September 01st, 2008
This is your basic mechanical sewing machine. The picture they already show is what you get. It's light weight and easy to use. It comes with three all purpose needles plus all the extras they list. I purchased some heavy weight needles for jeans and had no problems sewing them. It has reverse stitching for locking in the stitch. (Though you do need to hold down the button it's not a problem).

If you just want a mechanical sewing machine that does the job and is affordable this is it. I use it for hemming; fixing; and sewing curtains and other tasks as they crop up. It has a stitch length dial that is pretty basic. Also a width dial that mostly positions the needle to the right; center; or left.

Now This machine's foot pedal is tender to the touch I work it in my socks so I can regulate the speed better. Good lighting also.

The only bad I would say about this machine is that the tension dial. It is picky beyond belief. It takes patience to find the right number or close to one for different sewing material. I just mark it off so I don't have to look for it again. Go right to my marks and I'm set to go. ( Took one star off because of this).

Now of course if your a professional seamstress or someone who sews a lot and is looking for perfect stitching you better off with the new computerized sewing machines. This sews like machines of the past which is no problem for me. Yes that means occasionally you get tangled in the bobbin area but it never effects my sewing as I'm done by then and just cut out the mess and continue. Price is good; plus I applied for amazon's credit card which made it approx. a $67 dollar purchase and you can't beat that.

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