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I do machine embroidery, so I use a lot of bobbin thread. If I buy a spool of bobbin thread and fill them myself, it's possibly a little cheaper, but it's also a lot of wasted time, and the simple fact is I cannot wind them as tight and fit on as much thread as they can industrially. Prewound ones save a lot of time and honestly if they work out to costing more it can't be more than a few cents, so why not? When I first discovered these particular ones, my old machine didn't much care for them so I never bought them again. When I got my new embroidery machine in July of 2012, I was having all kinds of issues with thread weight and texture -if it wasn't just right, I would have all kinds of tension issues. In the midst of experimenting, I ran across the last few of these bobbins that I still had on hand and tried them.
FINALLY something that worked, no matter what type of fabric, thread or style of stitch I was using. The only drawback to them is that they don't have the cardboard sides, which actually works better in my machine. If I use the style with cardboard sides, the machine's sensors can accurately track whether or not the bobbin thread has run out. Without the cardboard sides they bounce around when you're getting low, and set off the sensors thinking the thread has run out. The tradeoff though is that I don't have any tension issues. So, whatever. I just manually over-ride the sensors every few minutes when it alarms and tell it to keep stitching until it really does run out. It's a minor irritant to get this particular (70 D/2 Polyester Filament) thread, which is apparently the gold standard for my Pfaff Creative 2.0 Sewing/Embroidery Machine.
The price is outstanding, the shipping is fast, the vendor is reliable and I highly recommend them.
I suppose since they don't have the cardboard sides to make them *perfect* I should only give them four stars instead of five, but I really don't care all that much! :)
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