DianeR Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 How valuable is a bobbin thread cutter? I'm considering purchasing a Freddie or a Millie and the only difference seems to be the manual vs. electronic direction locks, and the bobbin thread cutter. I'd appreciate input from anyone with this option vs. without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningThreads Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 We had two machines both with bobbin thread cutters and never used them. You have to cut the top thread anyway so why not pull the bobbin thread to the top and cut both at the same time. To my knowledge APQS is the only machine I’ve seen with the bobbin thread cutter. Just my two cents Nigel DianeR and dbams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbams Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 I have a Freedom (now called Freddie) without a bobbin thread cutter, and I have never missed it. As Nigel says, pulling the bobbin thread up and cutting it with the top thread is easy peasy. And as my husband says about everything, the more features there are, the more things there are to go wrong. DianeR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYork Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 I have the bobbin cutter on my milli and never use it. DianeR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeR Posted June 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Any thought on manual vs. electronic direction locks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningThreads Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 Had both either work fine. If you have never had a machine with the electronic locks you won’t miss them. Now if I was buying a new machine and going back into business (I’m not) I would even consider a Lucey with the deluxe table ($2000) and power quilt advance. Same warranty and same quality stitching, you lose the touch display and you can’t have Quilt Glide (again don’t know what I’m missing). I certainly wouldn’t make it as a salesperson for APQS. Nigel DianeR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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