Kingmax Vs Artisan Vs Cobra...

[Anne Bonnys Locker]

I have had several people come to me in the last few months claiming to represent "the largest sewing machine factory in China" - aren't they all? Naturally their Beautimoment or whatever brand is the best ever built and all made in house so if I want to succeed then I must order an FCL of their machines. When they claim they are the only builder of something like the GA3 (18-1) and want twice the going rate for a machine I can buy in small quantities from several suppliers I ask them why. They claim that the other factory stole their design!

Piss off and leave me alone is now the standard answer.

Even someone like Juki only makes a small percentage of their parts. Any Chinese supplier who claims to make everything and be the "only true manufacturer" of a particular product is full of it

For sure, no doubt 100% correct. A lot of this came about when Japan had that Tsunami a few years back and people were scared that our suppliers were going to be shut down for months/years. None of this came about, but, it did come out how many different suppliers were supporting major brands in Japan; the numbers were into the 1,000s. Like said, nobody makes everything under one roof, and people who think so are kidding themselves.

[Massive]

Even if the Kingmax is that good 2500 is a standard price for the heavy stitchers, and you can get a Cobra for that. So a no name is not attractive at that price. Depends on the work one does, but fairly minor details can make a significant difference, so this time around I went for Cobra. I had a techswew that was really well made sewed a great stitch, but it was really bad at doing the work I do, and the ads said it did. I would have bought the new one, it looks great, and the quality was there with the one I had, but even minor differences in what they think a person wants the machine to do, can be deal breakers for users. I knew the Cobra would do it. Now I spend 95% of my time working leather, the sewing just passes through the machine. It's sorta like "what do I have this machine for, I never use it". That smooth.