Husqvarna Viking Designer Epic 2

I love this machine! I’ve sewn all my life but have never been so pleased. The nicest feature for me is the ease to switch from sewing to embroidery by just pressing a button AND not having to change the arm. I always hate to change the arm on my other machines to move from embroidery to sewing. I have a Pfaff, Janome and another Viking. It’s so easy to move from one stitch… read more or design to another and to alter and/or manipulate them. This is impossible on my other machines. The metal hoops are great… much easier to use. The worst issue is the “delete” in the manager. Since I am not computer savvy, I erased my whole folder of designs thinking I was just deleting the design I was working on. Luckily, my friend knew how to retrieve them. I need an “undo” button!

I love my EPIC! It is the best sewing machine out there. There is nothing that I cannot make with it. It out preforms all of my other sewing machines in every category.

This is my wife's 3rd Husqvarna sewing machine (not counting 2 overlockers), and this clearly is her favorite. She is most impressed with how solid it is - as a big embroiderer, she needs the embroidery extension to be substantial, move smoothly, and ensure that the designs 'register' correctly, which this one does. She always used the 8 spool rack on her Diamond and Designer… read more SE because she said the horizontal feed spilled thread, and didn't feed correctly when vertical and turning. The Epic's vertical pins solve this. Other features she loves? The larger capacity bobbin, especially with stitch intensive designs like free-standing lace. My SewNet, which makes organizing all her designs between the software on her laptop and the machine so much easier. While she is enjoying exploring the new touch screen, the real fan of that feature and the JoyOS Advisor is our granddaughter! She was previously somewhat intimidated by "Nana's machine" but now that she can get detailed instructions (and actually show Nana what to do), she leaps right in there. So yes, it's been a joy for everyone, including me as I get 'extra credit' for buying it for her!!

Easy to install and is exactly as expected. Would definitely recommend.

I recently ordered the 5HS screen protector for my Husqvarna Viking Epic 2. I chose that because I wanted to be sure my screen would be protected from sharp instruments and I wanted to reduce glare. I'm happy with the choice. I read the instructions through then followed them to install it on my machine. The instructions were easy to understand and follow. I had no problems. The… read more size is perfect.