Brother XL2600I Sew Advance Sew Affordable 25-Stitch Free-Arm Sewing Machine
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Brother XL2600I Sew Advance Sew Affordable 25-Stitch Free-Arm Sewing Machine
Customer Review: Wonderful basic sewing machine!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been sewing for overfourty years ,and so I am aquainted with sewing machines starting with my grandmother's treadle White to my current Viking.
My Viking had to go for its yearly tension repair so I was left ( not very happily , I might add) in the middle of a project that required a lot of straight and zigzag stitching ..... I decided to buy a good BACKUP machine.
I read the reviews and checked the Consumer Report (March 2009) and found the Brother XL2600I. I decided that if the reviews were correct then this was exactly what I was looking for....and it was and is. This is a great little basic machine. The stitches are uniform, the tension is amazingly perfect , and the instructional manuel is EASY to understand . This machine allows the project to be the focus of the sewing experince.
The price is exceptioanl for the quality of the product.
Good buy.
Customer Review: At first, a great deal!
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this machine to use while visiting my daughter in another state. I used the machine to make a shirt with buttons and an apron out of canvas. I was quite impressed with the quality of the stitches for such an inexpensive machine. It did a great job sewing through multiple layers of canvas and the button holes were perfect! Then, before packing it up, I decided to check out the bobbin case and clean up any lint. It was nearly impossible to remove the plate over the bobbin. The plate is in two parts, one is plastic. I have to admit, that I did not look in the Owner's Manual, but figured removing the plate is a no brainer. (I have used dozens of machines over the years and have been sewing for over 40 years!) Eventually I was able to remove the plates and reassemble everything. I am concerned that routine maintenance on this machine will be a problem. Only time will tell!!Customer Review: Great for beginners
Summary: 5 Stars
My mother taught me how to sew the summer before I went to college and over the summer I really enjoyed learning and decoded I wanted to continue. I found the Brother for cheap and decided to go with it. It is a very hardy machine and has moved with me from home in New Mexico to college in Wisconsin for the past two years and I took it with me on a trip to Oregon. Each trip it was bumped and banged and buried under a pile of other things but came out working just as good as ever... a real plus in the life of a college student. I have learned how to do much more in the two and a half years that I've been sewing since I bought the machine and I am happy to report that I have not year found a project I could not do with this machine. It is easy to thread both the needle and the bobbin and rarely breaks a thread or catches. It has been a great machine to learn and grow onCustomer Review: Awesome Machine
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the machine after going thru the manual worked out the kinks to get familiar what does what.
Im no sewing expert but a novice! The only problem I had was with the threading of the bobby cylinder pin.
The first time I had the wrong tension on the dial to the left zero thru 9. So when I loaded the bobby with like a number low number it wasnt a tight fit and bunch up and gave me an underside garment sew that didn look like a stitch. Plus the thread was coming off too fast and getting cuaght on the thread holder on top. So increase the tension to 9 and threaded another bobby pin and it fixed the problem!
Damm machineworks great for me! I do minor sewing like hemming pants ...
Great machine Love the bells and whistles! It takes patience at first to figure out what does what but a piece of cake after that!
Great product, lov it!
Customer Review: Do NOT buy this sewing machine!
Summary: 1 Stars
Based on the reviews, I thought this Brother would be a very good starter machine, and it is just that. It *starts* off fine. But I am now dealing with the same problem on my second replacement machine. For a while, the machine runs great, is easy to use, and then the lower bobbin thread starts to mangle here and there. Eventually, the bobbin thread is such a mess that it is unusable. I'm not doing anything complicated, not trying to sew through leather, and this problem crops up to a debillitating degree within a few months (bought my first in June 08, had replacement in August 08). I know people who have bought similarly inexpensive machines by other brands and have had no problem with this issue. And Consumer Reports is finally scheduled to publish sewing machine reviews in February 09, so my advice is wait to follow their recommendations.