The GS2700 does not need to be oiled, which makes it a clean and easy to maintain sewing machine and the top loading quick set bobbin is much easier to thread than the traditional front loading sewing machines. New LED lighting provides much brighter light to work in with a much lower power consumption. All this combined with a good range of stitches, 27 in total, including an auto-sizing 1 step buttonhole, makes the GS2700 the ideal sewing machine for basic aroundhome sewing.