You'll all be pleased to know I've bought an overlocker, yay!
You're probably thinking "thank fluff for that!'" with the amount of waffling on I've been doing (sorry about that)
I do ask a lot of questions and and I know I'm a pain. It's because I'm a perfectionist (sprinkled with OCD) and I like to get things right. Thanks to everyone for being patient with me!
I've gone for the Juki MO-114D from Sewing Machine World. It's the one I tested on Tues so at least I know what it's like.
It has all the features the Bernina L450 has apart from a bin and an LED bulb (which hopefully I can change). I've discovered it's basically the same model as the Bernina 800DL (which Juki used to make), both have great reviews.
I also discovered that Juki made Bernina's right up until the L450 so I'm glad I found that out.
It was £30 cheaper at Jaycotts but I thought it best to get from a good dealer (thinking Jaycotts aren't dealers, they're more of a shop?). And seen as I rang SMW yesterday and gave them just short of my entire life story, it made sense to ring them back today with my order.
I was a little cheeky and told them it was cheaper elswhere and so would they supply a freebie of thread to get me started, that was no problem. So they're giving me a blue, red, yellow and green so I can practice threading and see what each stitch does. It'll be next week when I get it as they've got to order it in from Juki but I'm fine with that, I can make my own bin while I'm waiting