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Singer - 4452 Heavy Duty Sewing Machine - Gray
Average customer rating
4.2
(650 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 650 reviews
5 Stars
418
4 Stars
118
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
23
1 Star
63
85%of customers recommend this product.
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254 out of
300)
Customer Reviews for Singer - 4452 Heavy Duty Sewing Machine - Gray
Customer Rating
4
Good but not like the ones pryer to the 70's.
on January 31, 2019
Posted by: Stitching for Life
from Asbury Park, NJ
I purchased this machine a week ago and have been using it for making pocketbooks/purses. It is great on heavy and thick fabric. It has been a dream to use. However, the sewing machine foot is of very cheap quality. I have two other older Singer models that work great but don't handle very thick fabrics well. I also have three other brands of sewing machines and all of them have better feet then this one. I really would like to upgrade it. Since I've only been using it for a short time I hope it will last, but I must say the quality is not what Singer use to be.
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Customer Rating
5
Awesome workhorse
on January 24, 2019
Posted by: Carol G
from Atlanta, GA
I bought this Singer HD several years ago and love how I can sew binding on quilts or zippers on jeans, it's like a warm knife thru butter. My Brother machine balks at binding. I had a Babylock that the fabric just wanted to slide all over the place. My Singer HD has never given me a moments problem, it just goes and goes. I've started taking some sewing classes and decided I want to take my Singer HD. I bought another one because I keep two set up in my sewing room all the time. I love my Singer HD! It may not be expensive but it sure does get the job done.
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Customer Rating
1
ticked off
on December 19, 2018
Posted by: Heath
from Phoenix, AZ
I purchased the heavy duty because I was beginning to sew again and my other 2 Singers were very old. The machine always has been touchy with bobbin, tension, top thread wadding up in bobbin area. Now I have tried to use it and it will not sew. Two stiches and it locks up, all tangled below. I have tried all tension settings, newly wound bobbin, rethreading both every time, etc. I am sick of it. It is not worth taking to repair because from the other reviews this is a flaw in the machine. Shameful to still be selling this model. No more Singers for me.
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Customer Rating
2
Style/Color is awful
on December 4, 2018
Posted by: Kt Cat
from Ohio
I am a beginner and am looking to buy a heavy duty sewing machine. I would have bought this machine, but the color is too depressing. It would be great if the style could be rounded out instead of square and clunky looking too. Even it it was offered in all the colors (gray/white) that the style comes in would be enough for me to choose this machine. Wish it did.
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Customer Rating
3
Motor froze
on November 30, 2018
Posted by: GrammaT
from Utica, NY
I received my 4452 for Christmas last year (2018) and use it almost every day with no issues until recently. I was 3/4 through a project and it simply froze. I cannot move the hand wheel at all! I took it to JoAnn Fabric where it was purchased and was told that it was the motor. This is the first time I have had a Singer die on me when the machine is just under a year old. I was told the motor was under warranty for the motor but not the labor. Very frustrating for a machine that claims to be capable of handling home projects. The last Singer I had stopped picking up stitches and the gentleman repairing it said to replace the machine due to the plastic parts that Singer now uses. I will take the machine to a authorized repair center, which is an hours drive, and get an estimate. I don't think I will purchase another Singer in the future when I have had two (2) break within the last 3 years!
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Customer Rating
2
Broken
on November 22, 2018
Posted by: Taylin
from Woodworth Montana
It costs over half of what this one advertised costs to repair malfunctioning bobbin casing. I would hesitate to buy another like it. However my 90 year old singer works just fine.
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Customer Rating
3
No
on November 20, 2018
Posted by: unhappy
from Spicer MN
So far a straight stitch is ok. I bought this singer 7/2018 My first singer I used for over 40 yrs. Had some minor repairs. The manual gives you little to no instructions it would be useless to a novice sewer. When I went to use buttonholer there wasn't one as there should have been. I was told to buy my own. '
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Customer Rating
1
i tried to give this machine a chance, but......
on October 23, 2018
Posted by: Lalaine
from Brea, California
I learned to sew in 1966 at age 10 on my mom's professional Singer shop machine (with full motor). After I got married, I bought my own Singer Diana in 1977. LOVED that machine! I sewed so many things on it over the next 30 years and only took it to repair once. For the next 10 years I only sewed sporadically, but my Diana was always dependable. Around 2015 I started having problems with the electronics, got it fixed, it was good to go. But the next year same thing, different part of the electronics that caused the machine to smoke while using it. I was told some of the electronic parts had burned up, and they could no longer find replacement parts! I was devastated! The machine will only stitch straight, so I had to find another new machine that would zig zag and do other side to side stitches. After some research, and a desire to stay with Singer (I have my grandmother's ancient Singer treadle machine that was built in 1922), I chose this heavy duty 4452 in hopes of having another workhorse for the next 40 years (if I live that long!). I've given this machine 2 years and I still don't like it. The main reasons: 1) every time I start a seam and try to backstitch, it jamms up and sometimes tears the fabric as I attempt to remove it from the machine. So now I don't backstitch. 2) the machine comes unthreaded on its own, all the time! I don't know how it does this, or how its even possible, but the thread comes out of the top looper all of a sudden without warning. I start getting a dirty stitch or a jam, and immediately look at the looper, and there it is, unthreaded again! its soooo frustrating! I never had this problem with Diana. sewing used to be a fun hobby, now its a nightmare, I dread using this machine. the only thing stopping me from buying another new one (probably different brand this time) is that i'm a lot older now and rarely sew anymore, so its not worth the price of a new one. I would give anything to find replacement parts for Diana!
Response from singer.comBy singersewingpwr, singersewingpwr, May 29, 2019
Sorry you are having issues with your 4452. It's not normal for it to jam at the beginning when you reverse. Are you holding the thread tails with you begin the seam? If you are starting right on the edge and then reversing the needle may be pushing the fabric into the throat plate. Holding the thread tails for the beginning of a seam may help. (Also check needle size for the weight of the fabric.)
Sounds like possibly a threading issue, if the thread is coming out of take up lever. It's possible that it wasn't in correctly at the beginning. Make sure to have the presser foot raised and the needle in the highest position when you begin threading. As the take-up lever is not exposed as older machines had them, it may be easy to not get it slipped in correctly. When you are threading this area and make the turn around the take-up lever, give the thread a tug to be sure it's completely in the take-up lever and then thread the rest to the machine. Before threading the needle pull on the thread with the presser foot raised. It should pull easily through the machine. Now lower the presser foot and continue to pull. You should feel some resistance. If the thread continues to come out of the take-up lever, then the machine needs to be serviced to have this re-positioned.
Sounds like possibly a threading issue, if the thread is coming out of take up lever. It's possible that it wasn't in correctly at the beginning. Make sure to have the presser foot raised and the needle in the highest position when you begin threading. As the take-up lever is not exposed as older machines had them, it may be easy to not get it slipped in correctly. When you are threading this area and make the turn around the take-up lever, give the thread a tug to be sure it's completely in the take-up lever and then thread the rest to the machine. Before threading the needle pull on the thread with the presser foot raised. It should pull easily through the machine. Now lower the presser foot and continue to pull. You should feel some resistance. If the thread continues to come out of the take-up lever, then the machine needs to be serviced to have this re-positioned.
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