Customer Reviews for Singer - 4452 Heavy Duty Sewing Machine - Gray
Customer Rating
4
A nice machine
on January 2, 2016
Posted by: Denise
from unknown
I like this machine. It does see smoothly although the heavy duty performance is not any better than a normal machine. It needs coaxing through thick seams. Of all the machines I researched prior to purchase, this was about the only one without a extended table available for purchase. I had to make my own. I would also have liked the "needle down" capability..it would have made me more satisfied with this machine. Overall, I do like it. It feels more rugged and not cheap plastic.
I really was impressed with my machine for the first 3 months. In month four, my machine seemed to have terrible tension problems out of the clear blue. I tried adjusting the tension using the knobs provided, but nothing. I was forced to take my 4-month-old machine to a repair shop because when I contacted Singer, I was told the warranty expired for those parts in 90 days. However, they did note that the plastic case, foot petal and light had a longer warranty, REALLY!!?? that was no help to me. I took it to a repair shop and was told the timing was messed up. The repair expense was $90. It is sad that Singer does not have enough faith in the quality of its own product to give it a longer warranty on all the parts. I had a 25 year old Kenmore prior to this machine and took it to the repair shop at the same time. It needed some basic maintenance and it is back up and running fine. I am now sewing on my old Kenmore and using my Singer as a paper weight. In summary, if you are lucky and your machine does not fall apart after the first 3 months, it is a great machine, but I was not that lucky.
This is the latest addition to my fleet of sewing machines. Bought so my husband could sew leather. He had been sewing the leather by hand and was getting no where. Very easy to use and thread. Sews leather with a teflon foot with no trouble.
I bought this to mend some heavy-duty pieces and it did beautifully. I'm from the old school of threading machines so this one I needed to relearn. Love it!