First, thanks everyone for taking the time to reply. I find most interesting the time noted to embroider something. So would you all say the average embroidery job (hat, left chest) would take 15 minutes?
A general rule that we use is : a single head running at 750 st/per minute will do 37,500 st per hour. The faster you run your machine, the more stitches per hour.
This is taking into account thread breaks, bobbin and garment changes, misc. distractions. etc.
Most left chest logos fall between 3000 and 9000 stitches (4000 to 6000 being the average)
Typically flats will sew faster than hats only because you generally have less problems.
I'm not doubting the Barudan is better. But would two I be better off with 2 heads of Amaya or 1 head of Barudan? Or are the Amaya's just really bad machines?
The one thing I do know is that people either really like or dislike the auto upper thread tension on the Amayas. (It's kind of like a mechanic contstantly adjusting your carb under the hood. For better or worse)
If you have never worked with any other machine, you wouldn't know the difference.
I think it comes down to what you are going to be embroidering.
We do lots of winter horse blankets. They are heavy and I need a big table to accomodate all the extra bulk.
This is why I bought this as my newest toy.
