Sergers & Overlockers

The alternatives

Other contenders

• Baby Lock Splendor

  Choose the Baby Lock Splendor instead when you want the widest choice of seam types, since it sews with up to eight threads.¹²⁵

• SINGER 14T968DC

  Choose the SINGER Professional 5 when you want stitch-selected automatic tension and both overlock and coverstitch, and can accept manual threading and clutch conversion.²⁰²¹²³

Buying advice

• Look at threading help in two places, the loopers and the needle eye, since machines here assist one, the other, or both.^1351417
• Ask about coverstitch conversion before you commit, as some of these sergers sew no coverstitch at all.¹⁶¹⁵

For everyday seam finishing

A four-thread overlock stitch is a useful starting point for everyday seam finishing.^91315182627 The Husqvarna Viking Amber Air S 400 also sews 2-thread edges and carries a built-in needle threader.^13151719

• Brother 1034D
• Brother PS3734T
• Brother ST4031HD
• Husqvarna Viking Amber Air S 400
• Janome MyLock 634D
• Pfaff Admire Air 5000

For fine fabrics that need a lighter stitch

Consider a 2-thread stitch for a lighter edge on fine fabric.^24131519 The Pfaff Admire Air 7000 sews its 2-thread stitch with automatic tension and a built-in needle threader.¹²

• Pfaff Admire Air 7000
• Baby Lock Splendor
• Husqvarna Viking Amber Air S 400
• Janome MyLock 634D
• Pfaff Admire Air 5000
• SINGER 14T968DC

For sewists who struggle to thread needles

A built-in needle threader does the fiddly work at the needle eye, and four machines here carry one.^1131719 The Pfaff Admire Air 7000 threads by air as well.¹

• Pfaff Admire Air 7000
• Husqvarna Viking Amber Air S 400
• Janome MyLock 634D
• Pfaff Admire Air 5000

For sewists who dread rethreading the loopers

Threading help counts for most at the loopers, whose guides are the difficult ones to reach.³ The Baby Lock Splendor threads its loopers at the push of a button.³

• Baby Lock Splendor

For sewists who want the machine to set the tension

The Splendor, Admire Air 7000 and Professional 5 set thread tensions automatically; the Professional 5 sets them for the stitch you select.¹⁴²³ Of these three, the Admire Air 7000 also includes a built-in needle threader.¹⁵²⁴

• Pfaff Admire Air 7000
• Baby Lock Splendor
• SINGER 14T968DC

How they compare

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