Bought it as a gift to self, very happy I did. Discovered later that my SIL has one and loves it. It's sturdy, has all the bells and whistles for beginner to intermediate sewing, but is also just basic and intuitive. I like that the interior is all metal and not plastic. I think the outer plastic casing could be a little more robust old style plastic, I worry that something could superficially crack it. Maybe that'll never happen though!
This is not a very user friendly sewing machine. You can't even get the plastic cover off of the bobbin case without manually pushing up the presser foot as far as it goes because there's not enough space to get the plastic cover out with maybe breaking it. Also, you have to take off four screws before you can remove the bobbin case to clean up lint which I like to do frequently. Also, it comes with very few accessories. I searched to buy a zipper foot to go with the machine and I still haven't found it. I needed the zipper foot to sew my flanged edges on my pillows, because if I use the regular presser foot that came with the machine when sewing the flanged edge it just knocks the presser foot off. So I had to give up making my flanged edges. I'm going to return the machine, I don't think it's a very good quality like Singer used to be 🙁. Makes me sad because I have used Singer all my life. The sewing repair guy said it's not really a heavy duty machine, that all they did was increase the speed.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from singer.comBy Customer Support, January 13, 2025
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I've owned several makes of sewing machines in my lifetime, as I began sewing at the age of 13, but this Singer 4432 machine is the best I've purchased. I am able to sew with confidence that I can be satisfied with the end result. No ripping stitches etc. I love the feel of the heavy duty sewing.
I bought 3 weeks or so ago. Didn't sew much with it. Tension needs adjustment and I noticed the casing is not snapped in correctly. I'll try to insert picture.
I just bought the black one. Half way into my first project, the bobbin tension is causing it to be inoperable. Disappointed. I'm sewing lightweight linen and I'm not finding the heavy duty rating appropriate/accurate.
Response from singer.comBy Customer Support, November 1, 2024
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I bought this machine and immediately had issues with it. Needle bar was set back to far and was hitting the plate broke a lot of needles right off. Not impressed. Took a month to get it repaired