Customer Reviews for Singer - 4423 Heavy Duty Sewing Machine - Gray
Customer Rating
5
New Singer
on August 13, 2012
Posted by: Sonya
from unknown
I recently purchased this machine and I love it. I sewing like a dream and really does sew through multiple layers of demin without stalling or skipping stitches.
I bought this machine for its ability to do so much since it has been many years since I've sewn. I received the machine and started my project and somehow changed the needle placement on the machine and the instructions gave no help in setting it back. I sent an email to Singer's Customer Service but did not receive an answer. I finally decided to go to Facebook and after about a week someone answered my question. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get to my project since that time but look forward to trying this heavy duty machine again.
I used it twice before the feed dogs broke, and I only used 2 layers of denim, hemming my jeans. I cannot afford to send it to the service places, so I have to find a different machine. I am very disappointed and will not buy another singer.
I've had this machine for 6 months now and when I first got it I thought it was wonderful but quickly it became a nightmare. In the past 6 months I've had to take it in to be repaired 4 times due to the bobbin thread bunching and gathering under the fabric and the top thread only tacking once or twice every 10 stitches. This is my first machine, I used my grandmother's and mother's up until now, and I've noticed that the needle tends to swing back and forth every time I add a new bobbin in ... as a quilter that is frequently. The ladies at the sewing shop I take my machine to have commented several times on the strangeness of this and each time have agreed that I shouldn't continue to have problems as it isn't human error. I may simply have gotten a bad product but after over 100 years of Singer being the machine of choice in my family I can guarantee I'll be going else where with my next machine.
For the price it's okay. Not what I had expected. Doesn't have down needle stop option. Thread slips through needle easily if you don't leave a super long thread tail. Bobbin doesn't wind evenly. Liked my old Kenmore better. Not what a decent daily used "Heavy Duty" mechanical machine should be.
I am over joyed with this machine I make quilts and they can be thick or thin and this machine sews right through the material with no problem of this thickness. My mother has always stated that singer was the best and this has made me agree with her she has been using singer brand since she was a young woman and she is 77 at this time and still using singer.
This is the 3rd Singer machine I have owned and by far the best. I do a lot of sewing for friends, family and also commercially. This machine is so easy to use and I love the auto threader and the auto button whole and sewing on buttons!