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!

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.

I have always had Pfaff sewing machines, however this is my first Pfaff overlocker, bought to replace a very well used old 3 thread overlocker about 2 years ago. The tension is constantly wrong. I have had it serviced twice and at great cost to try to get it right and it changes as I am sewing. The thread guides had to be changed at the first service and since then I have tried working it out myself via you tube vids but have now given up and gone back to my old 35 year old Singer. Not happy.

I can sew, but I'm not an expert, and I've found this overlocker to be easy to use, especially re-threading. It've found it simple to do many different styles of stitch, 3 or 4 thread, and rolled hems.
Easy to use!!