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"Hunk-a-Junk" As my title suggests, this thing is a hunk of junk. After about five minutes of use, the shuttle hook became misaligned and the whole things stopped working. Unfortunately, it appears that there is no replacement for a real machine. "Don't waste your money." My credentials: I began machine sewing in 1966, and for over twenty years was a professional seamstress specializing in costumes for dancers, theatres, and re-enactors. During that time, my own machine was an all-metal Kenmore that went forward, backward, and did a simple zigzag. So I am not one of those people who cannot live without their thirty fancy stitches and automatic buttonholes. I prefer simple machines because they never break down. Literally, my metal monster never once had to go to the shop. Even when I had access to machines with lots of features, I never found anything they were good for. I bought this to have a lightweight machine, easier to set up and put away. I found it fairly worthless. It has no foot pedal. The start/stop sewing switch has to be moved with your right hand, so that when you start or stop, you only have one hand on the fabric. This may be passable for stiff fabrics like denim, but can create havoc with blouse-weight (like quilt squares) or slithery materials (like satin or taffeta). There is also no speed adjustment, so you cannot go slower when doing something complicated, or speed up when you're just zooming a long straight seam, as for curtains. Even a non-electric treadle-powered machine gives you foot control so both hands can be on the fabric and variable speed! There is a light, but it only shines brightly when the machine is still. As soon as you start sewing, it dims to nearly nothing. Tension adjustment, which is half of making a proper stitch, is controlled by a primitive screw with no sort of marked dial. It only shows direction to tighten or loosen. It literally moves in and out from the machine body, so that when loose it can catch a thread during threading. You cannot, say, remember that you should have it on 5 for corduroy and 3 for satin: every time you switch fabrics, you get to sew samples on scraps until you accidentally get it just right again. The bobbin tension (no adjustment mentioned) is set so tight that on ordinary broadcloth I never could get the stitching balanced: with top thread tension all the way up, the thread still pulled too much to the back. There is no way to adjust presser foot tension, so you can't lighten it up for quadruple layers of corduroy and you can't tighten it for thin fabrics. The needle is extremely difficult to thread, even though I have steady hands and excellent close-up vision. The thread guide right above the needle is so tiny and so closed that slipping the thread into it took several tries. The guard rails around the presser foot make access difficult even when the needle is all the way up. On top of this, the shank behind the needle is set so close that getting hold of the thread on the back side of the needle's eye to pull it through is much too challenging. Though my hands are small, I had to use tweezers! At no time do the instructions mention that different weight fabrics need lighter or heavier needles: too light a needle breaks; too heavy a needle pulls the fabric and often causes snarly stitches. For [money], you can buy an entry level Brothers sewing machine that has all the features you need (but weighs a lot: I got one a couple of years ago), or for [money]one of the minis that at least has a foot pedal . For what it does, this should only be selling for [money], like comparable machines. ... "Maybe good for teaching kids, not for real stuff" I just received the Euro-Pro EP150 today based on the one review which lauded its ability to sew even denim. I was kinda excited to see a new generation sewing machine so small, lightweight and inexpensive. I have used the old foot-pedal manual singer machine extensively so that's my frame of reference. Well, I am very disappointed in the product. It may be cheap, but I discovered it does not do even the basic stuff well. #1: For example, I tried sewing along the edges of a shirt that I was trying to change the girth of. Regular shirt, regular cloth, not very heavy. I found that the machine does not have enough pull to move the fabric along even when I held it loose (weak 'Feed Dog'), in the air to feed it in. I had to continuously pull it out of the sewing area from behind or else it would bunch up in one place. #2: The on-off switch seems to be at the most un-ergonomic location. With both hands busy with pulling and guiding the cloth, it was awkward to quickly move one hand out to grab the little button and push it right. The button should be in vicinity of the sewing area so you may turn it off without taking your hands away and out of the sewing area. I don't know what the deal is with the slide on-off. It is oval and such that you have to push it along its longer axis, making it slower for you than if you were moving it along its shorter axis (vertical looking button). A better way would have been to have a punch in/out button to turn it on/off (on top). #3: The Presser Foot does not seem to have enough pressure in it. So a fluffy fabric that I was trying to sew together would not flatten out under the Foot. #4: The needle is mounted such that its eye faces you. Now this is something you won't even notice until you sat down to use it yourself. The problem is that to thread it, you'd have to poke the thread front to back - there is very little space between the needle and the Presser Foot, so grownups with big hands will have trouble pinching the thread as it comes through the eye to the back between the needle and the Presser Foot. Now I don't know if that's the standard, since the 30 yr old singer I used before has it's needle eye facing the side. So you can poke the thread from the right and catch it on the left (or vice versa). I expect to break the thread quite a few times as you learn to sew or get used to a new machine, so this aspect alone was pretty frustrating. #5: The lack of weight worked against it, as it would move during sewing. Definitely a problem when you want a continuous undulating stitch. All in all, very disappointing. Maybe I am used to an old school, but decidedly industrial strength manual machine that you could make ride the toughest sewing situation with sheer leverage, but this one really is to sew sweet nothings on kerchiefs for your darling, NOT for situations where you are trying to put two taut pieces of fabric together and doing a tight smooth arc over them.
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Euro-Pro EP150 Tiny Sewing Machine
Why I buy this one ? - Tiny, lightweight machine for quick mending, repair; adjustable stitch length - Mends, hems, alters with durable lock stitch just like full-size machines - 15 decorative, utility, and stretch functions from 8 built-in patterns - Top drop-in bottom for ease; thread-tension knob in front for convenience - Solid metal mechanical parts and metal frame inside plastic housing What our customer's say! "Suits my purpose", I don't know what these people expected this tiny machine to do, keyword it's T-I-N-Y. Although, I had no problem with it what so ever. I just purchased it and have made completed 6 projects on it so far. My big machine died and I needed a replacement quickly. Of the projects I have made, all of different materials, not one problem arose. I have been sewing for a long time and would recommend this machine to anyone who wanted to start sewing. Of course it won't be useful for bigger projects, it's a mini machine. Taken for what it's worth I think this is a great product. "This machine is an overpriced toy", Years ago I bought a Singer Chain Stitch Machine and it functioned a little better than this machine. . The tension is just a screw, without any way to set it properly so that you can repeat the same tension you used earlier. (Something that is very important because balancing the stitches on this machine is nearly impossible.) The motor is so starved for power that the light actually dims considerably when the motor is running. The feed dogs do not actually function, so all those pretty stitches on the knob don't come out properly, because you have to pull the fabric through. The needle is hard to thread, due to positioning of guards around it. Basically, everything that everyone else has said about this machine is absolutely true. Only a *very* inexperienced sewer would be happy with the results from this machine. I'm sure one can make a pillow with it. If you want a EuroPro, go with one of the bigger models. (I have the Silk and Denim and I love it. I'm getting the 9025LCD today!) If you find this one somewhere, give it to a six year old. At least it sews a locking stitch and the drop in bobbin will be easier for a little on to work with. (Just make sure you don't leave him/her alone with it, because the needle is real, but then so was Singer's little toy chain stitch machine.) This machine is comparable to Singer's current Tiny Tailor,.The current Tiny Tailor is also only good as a child's toy.  |
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