Ernest With the number of heads you run and your experience with both the older Melco's and the Amaya, you obviously have a good feel for everything Melco has to offer [past and present]. Do you think that the service life of the Amaya will be as long as that of some of the old Melco's ? I know you like the auto tensioning system on the Amaya [as many others do as well] but do you sometimes think that this system of tensioning is a bit too complex [especially when compared to the manual system used on your older Melco's] ? Do you find it easier to stitch thick bulky type items on your older Melco's than on the Amaya ? And as a final note ... I am not knocking the Amaya but every time I have a look at one of these machines, these are the questions I ask myself. Your answers to these questions and opinion would be appreciated. Bob . Ernest Aguilar wrote: >We have four Amaya Xt's running 10 hr shifts in a commercial industrial >environment, we also have 8 other Melco single heads, 4 twelve head machines >and one 18 head. And I can tell you that I would not hesitate to replace my >machines with the new Amaya's specially because the auto tension system > > >Ernest Aguilar CEO >Lancaster Uniform Cap Co., Inc. >lovecars.com Embroidery >NOTE NEW ADDRESS >5522 Olive St. >Montclair, CA 91763 >909-949-7070 >909-949-4270 FAX > > =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================