SINGER® Brilliance™ 6180 Computerized Sewing Machine, 180 Stitch Applications, LCD Screen

I purchased this Sewing Machine for a friend of mine. She loves it and very excited to try out all the features it has.

When it works it's good. We had to watch youtube video after video to figure it out. At least they are available if you search enough. It comes with no manual just a sheet on how to load thread, wind a bobbin and a few other little details. Not very intuitive for a brand new machine. The machine we have is 6180 brilliance, and it had no tools with it. Just a few needles, 2 bobbins and thread cutter. Compared to our original Kenmore, this thing has harder to reach threading areas. To wind a bobbin, it worked but the video helped. To thread the machine to and through the needle was a pain again compared to the Kenmore. The areas are hard to reach and see. The automatic needle threader was bent and after 2 hours i had to take a magnifying glass to see that this very minuute hook that is suppose to go thru the needle was bent. I carefully readjusted it back with my jewlers tools....man what a pain., but it works "now". After we got it all set up the C4 error occurred right away on the basic stitch. Found out via the video that the bobbin holder has a screw that was about 1/2 turn too tight causing it to bind and not work. the machine sounded terrible. Once we got that working, sewing has been great. Out of box issues: no manual - had to go on line, watch videos for 3 darn hours, bobbin holder too tight, needle was so tight a screwdriver had to be used really hard to remove it, the needle threader was not aligned from the factory. So bottom line, once you figure out how to correct what we think should be factory perfect settings out of the box ready to use, was hampered by not having them set. We got it working, but man, it was a battle. hope it works for years, but we are sceptical. Very respectfully, A & L

My grandma bought this machine for me for the christmas of 2024, I didn't work correctly out of the box. Although all i needed to do i give it a nice oiling then i sewed like a seewed and sounded like a sewing machine song.

I bought this 6180 Singer sewing machine 4 days ago. I was in a bit of a panic because I have a big project I'm working on and my previous machine - a Singer 7258 Stylist has a gear sprocket that is broken. I'm not sure that I can get it fixed or how long that would take. This new machine is a little disappointing. The bobbin is front loading and not convenient to get to. You can't see how much thread is left on it without removing the top part of the machine base and opening the door where the bobbin is held and removing the bobbin. The needle is difficult to change also. You almost need two people to do it due to the fact that part of what holds the needle in falls apart when you unscrew it. Putting the needle and it's holder back together is difficult. I regret not doing more research before purchasing this machine.

I’m finding a hard time with needle threader. It feels very fragile and never got it to work properly. I finally broke it last week. Cheap plastic. Maxine sews good.