I often heard my aunt say she was borrowing a friends serger in order to finish a sewing project. Then I noticed many sewers owned one so after doing a lot of research I decided to purchase the Brother 1034D. Yes, the machine was intimidating at first and I broke 2 needles trying to learn how to use it AND I jammed the thread. BUT after carefully following directions I have mastered properly threading the machine. I don't have any complaints about this machine. The price was great and thanks to YouTube and Brother support any operator errors have been quickly corrected.