I bought this sewing machine so that I could make masks for my family.  I love it !  It came reaady to go and that is exactly what happened.  I plugged everything in and had a mask made in less than 2o minutes.  Easy to use and I think pretty sturdy for a small machine.  I have not used it with heavy material, but it did do well going over the elastic. Before I started I did watch any videos I could find, so I felt that I was very prepared to use it.  I would hightly recomment this to folks.