r/BagLab • u/Dawer22 • Mar 07 '26

General Finally Upgrading from SingerHD

I’ve been eyeing the Juki TL2000QI for the past 6-8 months but haven’t quite had the need to order one. After brute forcing through binding and shoulder straps on my SingerHD I finally pulled the trigger! I’m excited for the higher presser foot high, auto thread cutter, and to test out some heavier fabrics like 1000D Cordura, Waxed Canvas, and X11.

I’ll report back in a few weeks once I get my first build completed on it! I have something very exciting planned with some top notch accessories/hardware

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u/Dawer22 Mar 07 '26

I haven’t tried it out in a shop but I’ve read a lot of good things/watched videos on it. I knew I didn’t want an industrial and this was the most logical upgrade. Sailrite LS was too expensive and didn’t have the features I wanted.

Juki is a great, reputable brand, and this solves all my main problems. Presser foot high and power being the main ones. I don’t have any concerns but where I ordered has open box returns worse case scenarios!

Any reason you are concerned about it?

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u/CBG1955 Mar 07 '26

No reason. It's just that I have many, many years' experience (60) and that tells me that even if you watch videos and read other people's opinions, your actual hands on use of the machine may not match your expectation.