I have the brother pe180D embroidery machine and for a low end machine it works great. I would really like a larger embroidery field but otherwise the machine has served me well.

I also have an XL-5600. It's a very basic low end machine. But it works well. It's rather loud and when I get to a certain speed it shakes (so does my car...hmm maybe I drive to fast lol) I also don't care for it's "satin stitch" it doesn't really have one, I just adjust the zigzag to be as close together as possible, but it doesn't like to keep good tension with the stitches that close together so some of the stitches look real loose.