Mini Sewing Machine, Portable Electric Crafting Mending Machine 2-Speed Double Thread, Double Speed with Light & Cutter, Foot Pedal for Household Travel Beginner

I bought this little sewing machine early last year because my sewing space had recently been converted into a nursery for our baby. I wanted a portable sewing machine that I could use for small projects instead of having to be in the room during nap time. I finally opened it over the weekend and was unpleasantly surprised. This sewing machine works - it has a top thread and a bottom thread, but that is about the only nice thing I can say about it.Here's what I am very disappointed about it:1. It has a European electricity adapter. That was my first disappointing shock - forget plugging it in, you'll HAVE to use batteries. Did it work after I rounded up the 4 AA batteries I needed? Yes.2. It is loud and klunky. I am not sure if the needle is any good, or if it is to blame for some of the klunkiness, but I wasn't prepared to go through the hassle of replacing it with one of my good ones to find out.3. There's no way to control the bottom tension. I am by no means a master seamstress, but I don't like there being slack on the lower thread and tension on the upper thread.4. There's no way to backstitch, so you can't lock the start and end of a run.Conclusion: My concern is that if you've never sewn before and you buy this little guy as a starter piece of equipment to see if you like it, you will be turned off to sewing because it's not a very user friendly machine. And if you are familiar with sewing and have used a decent machine before, you will waste so much time fighting with this sewing machine that you'll wish you'd gone to the trouble of getting out the good machine to begin with.

Didn’t even get through one line of stitches before it broke