Pfaff Hobbylock 2.0

Disappointing choice – Bought this as it came recommended by staff at the store. Worked fine for a few garments and now cannot get tension right despite trying everything in the book and getting help from an experienced sewer. I have been seeing for over 40 years and had a Janome for 30 years with no probs. Threading is very difficult and spaces to small to get fingers in. Am sending it back under warranty after only a few months. So disappointed. Also very noisy and plastic

Hardly use it as hard to thread and keeps snagging up – I find it hard to thread and it constantly becomes unthreaded. The tension is hard to get right. I follow the suggestion in the guide but it never looks right. On the rare occasions when I do get it running it soon comes to a stop with a big tangled snag. So frustrating!

A great basic machine – I purchased this overlocker 12 months ago when my u-beaut electronic machine died. I needed a machine to get stuff done, and this machine does that. No nonsense, easy threading (I learned to manually thread overlockers over 20 years ago) and hardly any need to adjust tensions. Has a differential feed which is great for sewing knits and easily sews a rolled hem with minor changes. Even has decent led light but it could be brighter which is common for most machines. Only thing I would say is that it is a little noisy - very mechanical sounding compared to my higher priced failure. All in all, good value for money.