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From: Melanie T
Date: 02-08-2006, 08:03 AM (1 of 2)
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I had a private email asking if I like machine and some other questions about it. I thought I would post it here incase anyone else is wondering that someone else thinks about them. I really love my 19010, and when I outgrew the 5 x 4.3 embroidery field I just had to keep it. It comes with the Janome F hoop which is a spring hoop, not a screw hoop and I just love it. Supposedly, it is the only hoop that you can use with it, but I have used the janome 2x2 and also the 4x4 'a' hoop that came with my Janome 300e when I wanted a larger field. I bought it bacause I wanted a machine that could do embroidery and sew as well. Ha, I never get to sew on it bacause it is alway busy. However, when I can force myself to stop using it as an embroidery workhorse, the stitches are lovely. It is also very sturdy and will chew through many layers of heavy fabric when necessary. The ladies in the yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenmore-elite-ergo3-19010/?yguid=145440205 more than made up for the lack of support at sears. They were awesome about answering my newbie questions and everything. Sears may not have any support, but there is a number in your manual for the help line at JMAC which is the janome company that sears has make the machines. Bonnie, the lady that answers that phone, monitors the 19010 group list and if nobody else answers your questions she will jump in. I have seen it three times in the past 2 years since I have been a member. If the question has already been answered, someone will gently directly you to the archives of the group. The machine uses a standard compact flash card in a laptop adaptor to hold and transport designs. No fancy embroidery cards or expensive card readers necessary. I got everything I needed from best buy for under $20 bucks. If you have a laptop then you probably already have what you need. The smaller the card the better. I got 2 4mb cards and 2 8 mb cards by asking on freecycle. The sears customizer program is useless compared to embrid. It will only resize designs up to 20% and can't alter stitch density at all. It comes with a CF card and adaptor, 187 of sears oldest designs that need to be redigitzed with todays programs and customizer for $200 you can do alot better with embrid and ATW. You don't have to buy their cards or the card reader either. When you do by one, don't pay full price. They go on sale for about $1500 every couple of months. I bought mine on ebay for $800 in april of 2004 and one went yesterday for $580. If you are comfortable with the risks inherent in the auction process that might be the way to go, I bought mine from a reputable liquidation warehouse that stands behind their item descriptions. You also don't get the warrenty that you get when you buy it from the sears. The techinal help, will however be the same, zilch from that end. Hope this helps and good luck, Melanie
4 little sewing machine mechanics (6, 4, 2, Born June 14) Ontario Canada |
User: Melanie T
Member since: 09-21-2004 Total posts: 155 |
From: MaryW
Date: 02-08-2006, 12:00 PM (2 of 2)
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Thanks very much for this Melanie. I really appreciate your comments. I will pass this along to my son's girlfriend. She would love the yahoo group.
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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