Love that it has the changeable faceplates. Very easy to choose the stitch you want to use. It only comes with two hoops and both are large. Wish it came with a smaller one also. Uses USB port to transfer embroidery designs. I have already tried transferring from CDs that I have bought. This is the first new sewing machine I have bought since 1969. Love that you can start and stop it without using the foot pedal. Like the thread cutting button. Don't know why it took me so long to embrace model technology when it comes to sewing machines. I learned to sew on a 1915 Singer treadle machine of my grandmother's.