Review on High-performance Janome MyLock 🧵 204D Overlocker for enhanced sewing precision by Ada Jankowska ᠌

I put 5 stars for the quality of the line - for this I bought it, but the unit has enough minuses - for me personally. I compare with the Juki coverlock (which began to skip stitches and a good master could not set it up, I decided to buy an overlock, and leave the Juki as a sewing machine), this may be biased, but still my experience. The first impression is that it is very difficult to thread the lower looper - the juka had a pedal for easier access, this is not the case here. Noisy! A lot of videos and reviews about the smooth running of this model, but after the juka - it's just a tank! Although it is well lubricated, everything is in oil, the parts do not rumble, it is the noise of the motor. It is inconvenient to change the cropping width, a lot of movements and twists need to be turned. The worst thing for me is that the tongue on which the loops are formed has only 2 extreme positions. As a result, for a 4-thread stitch with a narrow cut (less than 6 mm), in position S, you need to tighten the looper tension to the maximum (I think this is wrong, and in this embodiment, the fabric between the needles is pulled together and forms a roller), or in position R, loosen almost to zero - by juki, the problem was easily solved by partially extending the tongue, here it is impossible due to the design. When changing the fabric - dancing with a tambourine with a tension setting. and the last thing: there is no garbage collector, the original one in the store now costs 2400 (the overlock itself was bought for 31 thousand), either put up with a bunch of garbage on the table, or order self-made ones on ebay. Now about the pros: perfectly captures the fabric / knitwear! If the dzhuki had to help in every possible way to take the fabric, often chewed at the beginning of the line, then the dzhanoma perfectly promotes itself! That's just no dancing with a tambourine. And at the end of the line, too, everything is smooth - nothing goes anywhere. It is in this model that there are holes on top for filling with oil - I hope this solution will help extend the service life. If you tinker and set everything up - the seam is excellent! For the sake of this, an overlock is bought))) If you sew standard things, without super-thin fabrics, use a trim width of 6 mm, and get used to the machine, then this is a great option.