I like all of your videos, thanks for them , I'm one who does the maintenance and fixing my machines due to years ago experienced little or no support. You make lots of sense.
Hi Lucy, Thank you for the honest review, I am so impressed you took the time and had the patience to give the Polin a workout even with the failed machine and your trials with the second machine, I feel this machine might not be ready for mainstream sale yet, for someone starting out even though they only have a 4 inch hoop a Brother machine at half the cost or less is a much better starting point, these machines work so well they take some of the frustration away leaving you with a much betterv learning curve and much !see frustration, as a beginner you can learn about all the things you need to know, hooping, stabalizers , thread, needles etc without fighting a problematic machine and feeling so frustrated. Just my opinion.
Good points @brettster3331 and I still advise beginners to buy a machine on the lower end of the price spectrum to see if they even like machine embroidery. You can always upgrade or supplement with a bigger machine later.
Happy Stitching to you when your new machine arrives! Be sure to watch my tips and tricks video about the Poolin so you can avoid some of the troubles I mentioned here.
Really like your straight forward no nonsense informational video. I learned a lot. I have an embroidery machine, not looking to replace or upgrade and so not quite sure why i watched your video. But i will be watching more - thank you for your efforts!!
Great video outlining the pros/cons! Thanks for sharing this. Your video quality and sound is GREAT! I recently picked up the EOC06 but only had time to do a test stitch of a design inside the machine. It stitched beautifully. Hope to do some more testing within the next two weekends. Tracey
Awesome, thank you! And welcome to the channel (●'◡'●) I see a lot more positive feedback on the EOC06, just like your experience. I would love to test that machine as well. Happy Stitching!
@@BallyhooCreations Thanks Lucy! I hope then send it to you. Would be a huge benefit to get exposure about this machine. I would really be interested in hearing your feedback on it. Tracey
Thanks for your honest opinion. I have the brother 625 which was rather inexpensive, but only a 5” sq hoop. I bought it for a sewing student. A bigger hoop would be nice.
@@BallyhooCreationsyes exactly! I have the brother with the 4x4 hoop and I’m tired of the limited options. I just order the poolin to be able to have a much larger stitching field and I’m excited!
@@andibarefoot9766 Have fun with your new machine! Join the Poolin facebook group if you can. It's easier to get support over there when you need it. (●'◡'●)
This is definitely not a “beginner friendly” machine. My first embroidery machine was a Bernina Deco 650 - no assistance or classes from the store due to its “low price point”. Just a 4x4 hoop, so all I could embroider for years were very small designs, but it was a good teaching machine for me. I actually wore it out using it so much - lots of hits and misses on how well designs turned out! It took this boomer years to get good at machine embroidery, understanding stabilizer, thread differences, materials to embroider on, finding designs which were hit and miss at the time, etc. I now have a fabulous Baby Lock Flourish II - much more expensive but what a great investment it’s been. Love your perspective on this machine, yes it may be a good machine for someone who has the inclination to dabble in tinkering and figuring out its quirks, but a beginner should beware. Just my 2 cents. And… I really appreciate your videos and style - have learned a lot from you.
Yes! I think there's also a case to be made that the more features a machine has, the more mistakes you can make with it. It amazes me that first time beginners are buying multi-needles because we always considered that something you UPGRADE to. But these days, people are buying fully featured machines with large hoops and they don't have any of the problems we faced 20 years ago. Threads are better now, and UA-cam can teach you anything.
@@BallyhooCreationsYeah people go directly into multi needle machines without knowledge about machine embroidery and then they go to Facebook having meltdown s because the machine is more difficult than what they expected and of course they do not read the manual. Its more user error than the machine but for them its the machine. Then they are badmouthing the machines, they don't take responsibility.
@@elbamaritza21 I agree with you. Those who have zero experience with embroidery have a motto, "Go big or go home." They don't realize embroidery machine is not a plug-and-play machine. My first embroidery machine is a 4x4 Brother. I learned a lot from that machine. I have 6x10 now and I still keep the 4x4.
@@debrina007 I started with a 4x4 as well, then I bought a Singer Futura 6x 10 and after that a Baby Lock Flourish 2. I have learned a lot and enjoyed making things for my kids and grandkids. Started in 2016. I got the Poolin EOC06 because of the hoops a few weeks ago. I was thinking of getting a multi needle machine but I don't have a business, it's just a hobbie for me which I love very much.
Love your instructions, very clear and understandable… however, just unboxed threaded my machine but I’m getting error message to dial back the winding stitch with arrow pointing left. The switch is left. Now what?
@TheresaJohnson-i3g I've never seen that error code, but I sympathize with how frustrated you may be feeling. You should join the Poolin facebook group and post your question there. Other users *might* know how to help, and eventually a Poolin tech will private message you and help you fix the error.
I'm not a beginner. I own a Brother SE1900 and a Ricoma embroidery machine. I want to replace my single needle with a machine that has a bigger embroidery area. I've been researching the Poolin 06 with the bigger hoop option for a while, but I'm a baby boomer with very little technical inclinations 😅 and with no patience. So I might have save a little more money and to stick to the idea of getting a Brother Stellaire 🤔. I enjoy your videos. They are very detailed and informative. Thanks so much for sharing 😊.
Just my opinion, but if you have figured out the Ricoma, then the Poolin EOC06 will not be difficult for you. Most people report a long learning curve on the Ricoma machines - especially compared to the Brother/Babylock multi-needles. I don't have the Poolin EOC06 machine but from everything I'm seeing on the Facebook group, the 06 is easier to use than the 05 and it has a a computerized tension mechanism the the 05 doesn't have. All that being said, the Brother Stellaire is also a great machine. It would be great if you could test drive them both to make the best decision.
Thank you for the very good review! im so tired of amazon fake reviews! i was wondering what this brand was as i can no longer find many brother machines as i want to upgrade my 4x4 hoop to larger. My gut feeling says to stay away from this one. Appreciate your time
The larger Brother machines (bigger than 5x7) are sold by dealers rather than online sites. I don't think you can go wrong with a Brother or Babylock for machine embroidery. They just work when you need them to, and in the most user friendly way.
Have you seen my previous videos? This one ua-cam.com/video/x1AqvZ1gKC4/v-deo.html should help you. Be sure to look in the description to find links to my pricelist as well.
I like the screen size, that's much larger than the screen on my $3600 Brother machine. I don't mind troubleshooting problems, but I also feel like I shouldn't have to, that the machine should be relatively issue free.
I appreciate a trouble-free machine as well (●'◡'●) But when a machine costs HALF of what the competition is charging for the same features and engineering, you can see the appeal of the Poolin and why they are selling so fast.
Hi Lucy! I think I’m having the same issue with constant rethread error, everything seems to be threaded correctly, any advice on how you adjusted the orange plastic further?
If you can move the orange plastic that has the u-shaped arrow, it's not seated properly. You might need to unscrew the side panel to get a better view and put it back in correctly. The Poolin support engineers in their Facebook group can walk you through it.
Thanks for watching! Facebook is crawling with digitizers in just about every machine embroidery group. They literally will spam you just to do custom digitizing for you, but I don't recommend giving money to anyone who spams like that. Join some facebook groups for machine embroidery and people will gladly refer you to their favorite digitizers. You can even try sites like fiverr.com - there are tons of digitizers on there.
I wonder about the Pollen machine and now after your video I know it’s not for me. I have tools and will keep my machine running; however, I like having a dealer to take care of my machine when I can’t figure it out. That’s why I love Brother/Babylock machines I can work on them in a pinch or take them for a spa day. Besides I love magnetic hoops and I’ve not seen any for this machine. Good Sewing to you. M
You are wise to know yourself and make purchasing decisions that suit YOU. I had not even considered the magnetic hoops but I have seen people in the Poolin Facebook group trying to figure out which hoops they can use and apparently some Janome models will fit the Poolin EOC06? The EOC05 has a Brother style hoop attachment but the EOC06 has a Janome/Elna style. (◔◡◔)
Thank you for this great video. Im looking for a machine that i can upload my own logo and get it embroidered do you know if i could do thus with this machine?
yes, you can upload any design in DST format to this machine as long as it fits the 4x9" stitching area. But to get your logo into DST format requires digitizing. You can hire a digitizer to create the DST file from your own JPG, SVG, whatever graphic you have. You can also try to digitize it yourself but there is a LOT of learning required for that, especially for a professional looking logo. Check out my video on designs, it will answer a lot of your questions: ua-cam.com/video/h80DneJjd60/v-deo.htmlsi=-CY0NQMZNBe5Q0Vp
Not a dumb question at all! The Poolin is NOT a combo machine so you cannot sew with it. But there are other machines just like it on Amazon that CAN be used for regular sewing. Those are not Poolin branded and I have no idea what the customer support would be like on those other combo machines. I even asked the Poolin rep if they had plans to allow these to be sewing machines and was told that is not in their plans. ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ
Any of these single needle, flatbed machines can do soft sided hats but it's a fussy process. You could do a few, but it's not good if you're doing a lot of hats. The best machine for what are called "structured caps" would be a rotary hook/free arm/ multineedle type of machine. I've heard the EOC06 is better than the EOC05 but I've not had my hands on that one.
Excellent info - thanks for sharing! It's good to know the Poolin EOC06 with 8x11" embroidery field can use the hoops from the Janome 500e. I'm assuming that would also mean the 3rd party magnetic hoops for the Janome would also fit that larger Poolin machine. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
Use the LCD screen. Go to the EMB tab (where you will be during stitchout already), select the needle +/- button, and you can move the needle forward or backward by 1, 10 or 100 stitches.
Your video is good, however, the way gen X is lumped in with boomers is straight up wrong. Gen X have the advantage of growing up with tech since floppy disks and Atari. Many of us actually know basic machine code because of DOS and coding in early HTML because we wanted cool geocities websites. Gen Z and Alpha don’t even know how to network a printer to their desktop computers. Gen X have the advantage of having the best of both worlds, analog and digital, plus the basic building blocks that allow us to fix present day tech issues much more easily and efficiently. Aren’t you a Gen X yourself?
Thanks for the insight! It's great to hear from someone who's been through the digital evolution and it sounds like you fall into the "curious tinker" category. You sound like a perfect candidate for a Poolin since you sound more technical than the average person in machine embroidery. (●'◡'●)
I like all of your videos, thanks for them , I'm one who does the maintenance and fixing my machines due to years ago experienced little or no support.
You make lots of sense.
I learned that same lesson the hard way - it's worth knowing how to keep these things running!
Hi Lucy, Thank you for the honest review, I am so impressed you took the time and had the patience to give the Polin a workout even with the failed machine and your trials with the second machine, I feel this machine might not be ready for mainstream sale yet, for someone starting out even though they only have a 4 inch hoop a Brother machine at half the cost or less is a much better starting point, these machines work so well they take some of the frustration away leaving you with a much betterv learning curve and much !see frustration, as a beginner you can learn about all the things you need to know, hooping, stabalizers , thread, needles etc without fighting a problematic machine and feeling so frustrated. Just my opinion.
Good points @brettster3331 and I still advise beginners to buy a machine on the lower end of the price spectrum to see if they even like machine embroidery. You can always upgrade or supplement with a bigger machine later.
This is my first machine and I’ve been learning on it. These videos help!
Glad I could help!
Good speed
Such a helpful review. Those cherries are sure cute!
Can't wait for mine to arrive!
Happy Stitching to you when your new machine arrives! Be sure to watch my tips and tricks video about the Poolin so you can avoid some of the troubles I mentioned here.
Really like your straight forward no nonsense informational video. I learned a lot. I have an embroidery machine, not looking to replace or upgrade and so not quite sure why i watched your video. But i will be watching more - thank you for your efforts!!
Welcome to the channel!
Great comprehensive review!! TYSM. I’m shopping to upgrade from my current 4x4 machine and you answered so many of my questions about Poolin.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video outlining the pros/cons! Thanks for sharing this. Your video quality and sound is GREAT!
I recently picked up the EOC06 but only had time to do a test stitch of a design inside the machine. It stitched beautifully. Hope to do some more testing within the next two weekends.
Tracey
Awesome, thank you! And welcome to the channel (●'◡'●) I see a lot more positive feedback on the EOC06, just like your experience. I would love to test that machine as well. Happy Stitching!
@@BallyhooCreations Thanks Lucy! I hope then send it to you. Would be a huge benefit to get exposure about this machine. I would really be interested in hearing your feedback on it.
Tracey
Thanks for your honest opinion. I have the brother 625 which was rather inexpensive, but only a 5” sq hoop. I bought it for a sewing student. A bigger hoop would be nice.
That 5" hoop probably has a 4" square sewing field, and having a larger sewing field opens up a lot of possibilities!
@@BallyhooCreationsyes exactly! I have the brother with the 4x4 hoop and I’m tired of the limited options. I just order the poolin to be able to have a much larger stitching field and I’m excited!
@@andibarefoot9766 Have fun with your new machine! Join the Poolin facebook group if you can. It's easier to get support over there when you need it. (●'◡'●)
This is definitely not a “beginner friendly” machine. My first embroidery machine was a Bernina Deco 650 - no assistance or classes from the store due to its “low price point”. Just a 4x4 hoop, so all I could embroider for years were very small designs, but it was a good teaching machine for me. I actually wore it out using it so much - lots of hits and misses on how well designs turned out! It took this boomer years to get good at machine embroidery, understanding stabilizer, thread differences, materials to embroider on, finding designs which were hit and miss at the time, etc. I now have a fabulous Baby Lock Flourish II - much more expensive but what a great investment it’s been. Love your perspective on this machine, yes it may be a good machine for someone who has the inclination to dabble in tinkering and figuring out its quirks, but a beginner should beware. Just my 2 cents. And… I really appreciate your videos and style - have learned a lot from you.
Yes! I think there's also a case to be made that the more features a machine has, the more mistakes you can make with it. It amazes me that first time beginners are buying multi-needles because we always considered that something you UPGRADE to. But these days, people are buying fully featured machines with large hoops and they don't have any of the problems we faced 20 years ago. Threads are better now, and UA-cam can teach you anything.
@@BallyhooCreationsYeah people go directly into multi needle machines without knowledge about machine embroidery and then they go to Facebook having meltdown s because the machine is more difficult than what they expected and of course they do not read the manual. Its more user error than the machine but for them its the machine. Then they are badmouthing the machines, they don't take responsibility.
@@elbamaritza21 I agree with you. Those who have zero experience with embroidery have a motto, "Go big or go home." They don't realize embroidery machine is not a plug-and-play machine. My first embroidery machine is a 4x4 Brother. I learned a lot from that machine. I have 6x10 now and I still keep the 4x4.
@@debrina007 I started with a 4x4 as well, then I bought a Singer Futura 6x 10 and after that a Baby Lock Flourish 2. I have learned a lot and enjoyed making things for my kids and grandkids. Started in 2016. I got the Poolin EOC06 because of the hoops a few weeks ago. I was thinking of getting a multi needle machine but I don't have a business, it's just a hobbie for me which I love very much.
@@elbamaritza21 I also use my embroidery machine as a hobby. My 6x10 is Bernette B70. I love it. I made lots of gifts using both of my machines.
Thanks!
Thanks for the tip! Glad you found the video helpful. (●'◡'●)
Ok you described me as a curious thinker, ill take this option in mind 😅
Love your instructions, very clear and understandable… however, just unboxed threaded my machine but I’m getting error message to dial back the winding stitch with arrow pointing left. The switch is left. Now what?
@TheresaJohnson-i3g I've never seen that error code, but I sympathize with how frustrated you may be feeling. You should join the Poolin facebook group and post your question there. Other users *might* know how to help, and eventually a Poolin tech will private message you and help you fix the error.
I'm not a beginner. I own a Brother SE1900 and a Ricoma embroidery machine. I want to replace my single needle with a machine that has a bigger embroidery area. I've been researching the Poolin 06 with the bigger hoop option for a while, but I'm a baby boomer with very little technical inclinations 😅 and with no patience. So I might have save a little more money and to stick to the idea of getting a Brother Stellaire 🤔. I enjoy your videos. They are very detailed and informative. Thanks so much for sharing 😊.
Just my opinion, but if you have figured out the Ricoma, then the Poolin EOC06 will not be difficult for you. Most people report a long learning curve on the Ricoma machines - especially compared to the Brother/Babylock multi-needles. I don't have the Poolin EOC06 machine but from everything I'm seeing on the Facebook group, the 06 is easier to use than the 05 and it has a a computerized tension mechanism the the 05 doesn't have. All that being said, the Brother Stellaire is also a great machine. It would be great if you could test drive them both to make the best decision.
@@BallyhooCreations thanks for the advice 😊.
Thank you for the very good review! im so tired of amazon fake reviews! i was wondering what this brand was as i can no longer find many brother machines as i want to upgrade my 4x4 hoop to larger. My gut feeling says to stay away from this one.
Appreciate your time
The larger Brother machines (bigger than 5x7) are sold by dealers rather than online sites. I don't think you can go wrong with a Brother or Babylock for machine embroidery. They just work when you need them to, and in the most user friendly way.
Thank you for this video. Please recommend an entry-level quality but an economical embroidery machine.
Have you seen my previous videos? This one ua-cam.com/video/x1AqvZ1gKC4/v-deo.html should help you. Be sure to look in the description to find links to my pricelist as well.
I like the screen size, that's much larger than the screen on my $3600 Brother machine. I don't mind troubleshooting problems, but I also feel like I shouldn't have to, that the machine should be relatively issue free.
I appreciate a trouble-free machine as well (●'◡'●) But when a machine costs HALF of what the competition is charging for the same features and engineering, you can see the appeal of the Poolin and why they are selling so fast.
Hi Lucy! I think I’m having the same issue with constant rethread error, everything seems to be threaded correctly, any advice on how you adjusted the orange plastic further?
If you can move the orange plastic that has the u-shaped arrow, it's not seated properly. You might need to unscrew the side panel to get a better view and put it back in correctly. The Poolin support engineers in their Facebook group can walk you through it.
I love all your videos. What do you sugggest for someone to use if they are not drawing/tech savvy to get their designs out to be digitized?
Thanks for watching! Facebook is crawling with digitizers in just about every machine embroidery group. They literally will spam you just to do custom digitizing for you, but I don't recommend giving money to anyone who spams like that. Join some facebook groups for machine embroidery and people will gladly refer you to their favorite digitizers. You can even try sites like fiverr.com - there are tons of digitizers on there.
Thank you so much! I will definitely will. Love how honest your answers are.
I wonder about the Pollen machine and now after your video I know it’s not for me. I have tools and will keep my machine running; however, I like having a dealer to take care of my machine when I can’t figure it out. That’s why I love Brother/Babylock machines I can work on them in a pinch or take them for a spa day. Besides I love magnetic hoops and I’ve not seen any for this machine. Good Sewing to you. M
You are wise to know yourself and make purchasing decisions that suit YOU. I had not even considered the magnetic hoops but I have seen people in the Poolin Facebook group trying to figure out which hoops they can use and apparently some Janome models will fit the Poolin EOC06? The EOC05 has a Brother style hoop attachment but the EOC06 has a Janome/Elna style. (◔◡◔)
Thank you for this great video.
Im looking for a machine that i can upload my own logo and get it embroidered do you know if i could do thus with this machine?
yes, you can upload any design in DST format to this machine as long as it fits the 4x9" stitching area. But to get your logo into DST format requires digitizing. You can hire a digitizer to create the DST file from your own JPG, SVG, whatever graphic you have. You can also try to digitize it yourself but there is a LOT of learning required for that, especially for a professional looking logo. Check out my video on designs, it will answer a lot of your questions: ua-cam.com/video/h80DneJjd60/v-deo.htmlsi=-CY0NQMZNBe5Q0Vp
Dumb question, can this machine be used for regular sewing as well?
Not a dumb question at all! The Poolin is NOT a combo machine so you cannot sew with it. But there are other machines just like it on Amazon that CAN be used for regular sewing. Those are not Poolin branded and I have no idea what the customer support would be like on those other combo machines. I even asked the Poolin rep if they had plans to allow these to be sewing machines and was told that is not in their plans. ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ
can this machine do hats? and also do you feel the EOC06 is better ?
Any of these single needle, flatbed machines can do soft sided hats but it's a fussy process. You could do a few, but it's not good if you're doing a lot of hats. The best machine for what are called "structured caps" would be a rotary hook/free arm/ multineedle type of machine. I've heard the EOC06 is better than the EOC05 but I've not had my hands on that one.
The 06 is just like the Janome 500e body wise a
Even the hoops are compatible
Excellent info - thanks for sharing! It's good to know the Poolin EOC06 with 8x11" embroidery field can use the hoops from the Janome 500e. I'm assuming that would also mean the 3rd party magnetic hoops for the Janome would also fit that larger Poolin machine. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
@@BallyhooCreations yep
How can i go back on a stitch the machine skipped
Use the LCD screen. Go to the EMB tab (where you will be during stitchout already), select the needle +/- button, and you can move the needle forward or backward by 1, 10 or 100 stitches.
Walmart also sells this machine
Is it in the store or just online? Either way - good to know, thanks!
@BallyhooCreations i bought this from Walmart online. Cheaper than Amazon (black friday sale)
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tbh, people love watching stuff go wrong on youtube videos
Agreed! Which is why I will probably start livestreaming and let people watch how much I screw up. (ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ)
@@BallyhooCreations ah, but they also really love creative editing that highlights when things go wrong.
the cheap man pays twice
Yeah. Bought one of these and bought I brother machine not too long afterwards, due to frustration.
Your video is good, however, the way gen X is lumped in with boomers is straight up wrong. Gen X have the advantage of growing up with tech since floppy disks and Atari. Many of us actually know basic machine code because of DOS and coding in early HTML because we wanted cool geocities websites. Gen Z and Alpha don’t even know how to network a printer to their desktop computers. Gen X have the advantage of having the best of both worlds, analog and digital, plus the basic building blocks that allow us to fix present day tech issues much more easily and efficiently. Aren’t you a Gen X yourself?
Thanks for the insight! It's great to hear from someone who's been through the digital evolution and it sounds like you fall into the "curious tinker" category. You sound like a perfect candidate for a Poolin since you sound more technical than the average person in machine embroidery. (●'◡'●)