Brother AE2500 Sewing Machine

Product Information

In total there are four presser feet included when you buy the Brother AE1700. These are more geared towards making clothes, which is why I recommend this machine as a good choice for beginners and any budding fashionistas out there. It is also suitable for home furnishings and similar sewing projects and is a quite versatile machine. The next step for us was to look at all of the products that fall within the Sewing machines category, of which we found 15 products at Argos. So we pulled together all of the prices of these products to analyse the average prices as well as finding the cheapest and most expensive options.

The accessories that come with the Brother AE2500 aren’t by any means anything to brag about. However, it does come with a darning plate which is a positive. Due to the fact that you cant drop the feed dogs on this machine the darning plate allows you to perform free motion sewing. So let’s carry on with our Brother AE2500 Stitch Sewing Machine review and explore the product’s pricing. The brand of product you buy can vary in importance, from person to person. Some people will of course be much more particular about the brands they will use. Whilst others aren’t interested in the brand and are more interested in the overall quality or price of the product itself. Thankfully Brother is a brand that many customers have grown to love over the years and is very popular for items in the Sewing machines category. Of the 15 products, we discovered that 10 were more expensive and 4 were cheaper than Brother AE2500 Stitch Sewing Machine. Prices from BrotherAs you can imagine, pricing is one of the most important factors of any purchasing decision. We can find the perfect product for our needs, that fits the brief in every single way. But if it doesn’t fit our budgets, we simply can’t (or at least shouldn’t) buy it. If you are truly a beginner, then you do not really have a need for superfluous decorative stitches. While decorative stitches can be tempting, having them on your sewing machine can increase its price. The truth is that you do not need that many stitch choices when starting out on your sewing journey. Just before we get into the detail of analysing the price of this product, we want to briefly highlight the importance of setting yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a suitable product. It’s all too often that we get carried away when shopping and find ourselves buying a fantastic product, but probably actually overdelivers on what we need and therefore costs a lot more than we should have spent. So spend a bit of time looking around at the sort of price you can expect to pay for products in the Sewing machines category and use that alongside your own financial situation to set yourself a budget. Next up is material. Read through the product description for Brother AE2500 Stitch Sewing Machine to get an understanding of the materials the product is made from. Some materials will obviously be known for delivering better quality item than others. You might also have decided that you’ll only accept a product made from a particular material. More information on quality can be found in this old but still very helpful article from Harvard Business Review.

It doesn’t matter whether you are new to sewing or have been doing it for years, threading the needle can be a hard task at times. Unfortunately, the Brother AE2500 doesn’t comes with an automatic needle threader it is however a simple process to thread the needle. You can find full instructions on how to thread the needle on both the instructional DVD and in the users manual. Portability The next step was to try and narrow down our search even more. So we’ve already looked the prices of products in the Sewing machines category. Then we’ve also looked at the prices of products from Brother. So this step combines the two and looks specifically at the price you’d expect to pay for Brother branded products in the Sewing machines category. There can be various reasons for this. The needle may not be the correct one for the selected fabric, the needle may have been set too low, the fabric may not be properly guided or the bobbin case may be placed incorrectly.

Due to the fact that it is a mechanical sewing machine beginners shouldn’t have any problem learning to use this sewing machine to its full potential. The fact that it doesn’t have a LCD screen means it is by no means the most technical sewing machine available. It is however a machine capable of completing a wide range of sewing tasks which is why many experienced sewers are interested in it. Due to this been a basic mechanical sewing machine it is by nature simple to use. For instance, there isn’t a LCD screen like with a computerised sewing machine. From a beginners perspective this is a positive as LCD screens and their many functions can overwhelm those that are just starting to learn to sew. Weighing in at 6.6kg, this sewing machine isn’t the best choice for those that regularly go to sewing classes. This is a good indicator of a well-built sewing machine and is always a good sign that you aren’t buying a cheap sewing machine made mainly of plastic components. Included Accessories Compared to some other similar priced sewing machines the Brother AE1700 has a good selection of stitches. In total there are 17 stitches all of which can be found in the image below. If you are looking for even more stitches from your new sewing machine then the Brother AE2500 should be on your radar, it has 25 stitches and only costs a few quid more than the AE1700.