Baby Lock Imagine Mechanical Sewing Machine

I enjoyed owning the Baby Lock Imagine Jet Air Serger Sewing Machine model BLE1AT but have sold it to simplify my sewing life. I will leave this review for those who sew alot.
I purchased it for the jet air threading and also the needle threading features. This is maybe my sixth serger. It is my second Baby Lock serger. I rarely use advanced features. I like using a serger for the trimmed neat seams and speed of sewing. I also like this one because I am getting a dependable tension with a variety of fabric weights.
This is the easiest to thread serger that I have found, which is a major selling point with any serger. I am a little disappointed though because sometimes I have to poke the thread into the hole several times to get the jet air feature to grab it. It does work better using tweezers to hold the thread instead of just my fingers. The thread experiences a little resistance going into the hole and I have to sometimes work with it to get it far enough down for the air to grab it. But I cannot see how they could make a serger any easier threading.
Another nice feature is the pressure foot ability to raise the toe with a flick of my thumb in order to place the fabric under it to start sewing. I do wish the marks for seam widths were labeled instead of only having lines. I have to use a measurer to find how I want to guage my seam width and then place tape to mark it.
The instruction book is very easy to read and understand. The video is also easy to follow. This has been a very easy serger to learn to use. Some sergers are so difficult to learn they are returned or sit in a closet. If you enjoy sewing regularly you will put this one to good use.
Is it worth the expensive price tag when you only do basic serger seams? Maybe not. But if you want the very best machine and the features are subtantial enough for your projects, then this is a quality serger.
Mine did not have the newest wave stitch feature because I did not think I would use it. Even so, this machine is probably more than my projects require. I could have gotten by with less, but I enjoyed the ease of use that this machine offers, and also the dependability.