Embroidery machines are wonderful tools for creativity, but can be incredibly overwhelming to find the right one. With so many features and so many models how do you know where to start?
We recommend taking a look at these two Brother embroidery sewing machines:
The Brother se400 and pe500.
To help your search we’ve gathered information on four categories for both models. We’ve also given our overall product recommendation. The four categories we looked at are: embroidery designs and stitches, similar features, defining machine features and included accessories.
Embroidery Design and Stitches
The Brother se400 features 67 built-in stitches, including the following type of stitches: utility, heirloom, decorative and quilting.
There are plenty of embroidery designs available with this model, to include 70 embroidery designs, five embroidery fonts and 120 frame pattern combinations.
The pe500 also features 70 embroidery designs, five embroidery fonts and 120 frame pattern combinations.
Similar Features
Some of the similar features that both the Brother se400 and pe500 include the following:
- Back-lit touch LCD screen display
- Computer connectivity
- Automatic needle threader
- Built-in tutorials
- 7 x 1.4 LED screen size
Defining Machine Features
There are not a lot of different features between the Brother se400 and the pe500.
The defining machine features for the Brother se400 include multiple design editing features, such as: rotating, mirror-images and size changes. It also features a quick-set drop in bobbin set up.
The defining machine features for the pe500 are that it has design features, but only the rotating feature.
Included Accessories
There are multiple categories for included accessories for both of these machine models.
The included feet options for the Brother se400 include a buttonhole feet, overcasting feet, monogramming feet, zipper feet, blind stitch feet, button fitting feet and embroidery feet.
The included feet with the pe500 is an embroidery foot.
Both the Brother se400 and the pe500 include a 4” x 4” embroidery hoop.
The included accessories for the Brother se400 are: accessory bag with a seam ripper, embroidery arm, needle set, twin needles, cleaning brush, eyelet punch, three screw drivers, touch pen, three spool caps, an extra spool pin, scissors, felt with stabilizer, USB and an embroidery bobbin thread.
The included accessories for the pe500 include: cleaning brush, needle set, embroidery arm, accessory bag with a seam ripper, touch pen, two screwdrivers, three spool caps, scissors, embroidery bobbin thread, a USB cable and three bobbins.
Overall Product Recommendation
Based on the information that was discovered through researching the four categories, the overall product recommendation goes to the Brother se400. This model has 67 built-in stitches, a larger variety of included accessory feet and more design features.
If you don’t need all the extra feet, then the pe500 is a great model as well. While it lacks the built-in stitches, it has the same embroidery stitches and designs that the Brother se400 does. It also has most of the same features that the Brother se400 exhibits. The main feature differences is that it has fewer design edit options.
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