Baby Lock Combination Embroidery & Sewing Machines Comparison Chart

Features

Aurora

Bloom

Vesta

Aerial

Altair 2

Radiance

Ease of Placement Trace Feature to define design size & 9 Point trial checkpoints 9 Point trial checkpoints 9 Point trial check points, Needle Beam if U+ foot is purchased separately 9 Point trial check points, Needle Beam if W+ foot is purchased separately IQ Intuition Positioning® with App & Coded Hoops, Needle Beam, 2-Point Positioning IQ Live Stitch™ Projector, Built-in Camera, Needle Drop Point, Pattern Connection, Precise Touch Positioning
Maximum Hoop Size 4" x 4" 5" x 7" 6.25" x 10.25" 8" x 12" 9.5" x 15" 11 5/8" x 18 1/4"
Included Hoops 4" x 4"

5" x 7"

5" x 12" MultiPosition

6.25" x 10.25"

5" x 7"

8" x 12"

5" x 7"

9.5" x 14"

9.5" X 9.5"

5" x 7"

4" x 4"

11 5/8" x 18 1/4"

10 5/8" x 10 5/8"

5" x 7"

4" x 4"

Editing Features Mirror image, 1°, 10° & 90° rotation Combine designs Combine Designs Color Sort, Combine Designs Auto Baste, Color Sort on Border Function, Monocrhome, Duplicate IQ™ Designer, Auto-Stipple, Echo & Decorative Fill, Color Visualizer, Enhanced Color Sort, Size & Rotate On-Screen, Design Group, Multi-Selection Tool, No-Sew Region Edit options 8" X 5", Projector & Stylus, Enhanced IQ™ Designer, Picture Play Enhanced Quilt Border, Edge-toEdge Quilting Auto-Stipple, Echo & Decorative Fill, Alignment Tool, Design Resequencing, No-Sew Region
Number of Built-In Fonts Enhanced IQ™ Designer, Enhanced Quilt Border 16, including 2 Large Floral & Exclusive Script, Multiline text 16, including Large block & Exclusive Script, Multi-line text 19, including Exclusive Script & Large Floral Alphabet 34, including Extra Large Alphabets, Couching, & Exclusive Script 39, including Extra Large Alphabets, Exclusive Script, Fill Couching Alphabet & Preview Option
IQ Designer - - - - ✓ (with IQ Positioning) ✓ (with IQ Positioning)
Number of Built-In Embroidery Designs 303 342 293 262, including Bobbinwork designs 957, including Couching Embroidery 1,858, including Couching, Enhanced Quilt Border, Edge to Edge, Long Stitch, and Large Connect Designs
File Formats PES, PHC, DST Saves in PHC PES, PHC, DST Saves in PHC Saves in PHC, receives wirelessly from Palette, cannot send to a PC, cannot read PHX PES, PHC, DST Saves in PHC PES, PHC, PHX, DST. Saves in PHX, send & receive to/from Palette, can read PHC PES, PHC, PHX, DST. Saves in PHX proprietary to BLRA, send & receive to/ from Palette
Resizing Capability Up to 20%, Down 10% Up to 20%, Down 10% Up to 20%, Down 10% Up to 20%, Down 10% Up to 200%, Down 60% Up to 200%, Down 60%
Technology 1 USB A 1 USB A 1 USB A 1 USB A & 1B 1 USB A & 1B 1 USB A, Voice Guidance
Wireless Features Palette 11 & Design Database Transfer, Wireless Update Notification Palette 11 & Design Database Transfer, Wireless Update Notification Palette 11 & Design Database Transfer, Wireless Update Notification - Palette 11 & Design Database Transfer, IQ Intuition Positioning™ App, IQ Intuition Monitoring TM App, Updates Via Wi-Fi Palette 11 & Design Database Transfer, IQ Intuition Monitoring™ App, IQ Positioning™ App for IQ Designer, Updates Via Wi-Fi
Top Embroidery Speed 400 SPM 650 SPM 850 SPM 1,050 SPM 1,050 SPM 1,050 SPM
Sewing With Embroidery Unit - - -
Maximum Stitches in A Single Hoop 50,000 200,000 200,000 500,000 700,000 850,000
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