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It seems to be something of a trend to buy a small portable hand sewing machine. Even people who don’t belong to the hobby sewers are doing this now, but just want to quickly close a torn seam again. The market has a lot to offer in this direction – for example this 15 pcs model from Aoweika. Let’s see what it is all about.
How is the equipment?
This hand sewing machine has little resemblance to the well-known floor standing machines, but looks more like a classic tool. A sewing machine in pliers format, you could say. In terms of the target group, this machine is primarily aimed at people who want to quickly repair a light garment or a light tablecloth. Especially as an emergency helper on journeys when it comes to repairing clothes, it might be an option. However, the fabrics that are to be processed must not be thicker than 1.8 mm. The thing is powered either by 4 AA batteries or a 6 V DC adapter. However, these two power sources are not included. But it contains yarn, needles, threaders. We award 3 of 5 stars.
What are the usage characteristics?
If you take a look at Amazon’s reviews of this hand sewing machine by customers, it quickly becomes apparent that half of them find the part good or rather good, but the other half are less or not at all happy with the device. The people who find the machine good mainly point out its compactness and transportability – it should fit into any suitcase or travel bag. This is also the hint that it is probably mainly used to mend clothes while travelling. It should do a good job – for example sewing a burst seam back together. For these purposes it should also fit well in the hand. Customers who are rather critical of this machine first point out its limitations in sewing. This alone would not be a shortcoming, as it is only an emergency helper. However, it does not seem to be so easy to handle for beginners and is therefore rather a big hurdle for this group of people, who therefore have no sewing experience. So this is how the negative evaluations come about. We award 3 out of 5 stars.
What is the price-performance ratio?
Currently, you can get this model for 13 euros in Amazon’s online shop. The ratio of customers to price corresponds to their relationship to the product. We award 3 of 5 stars.
What is the conclusion?
This hand sewing machine from Aoweika is for users with sewing routine a good emergency helper when travelling, but a big hurdle for beginners in sewing. We award a total of 3 out of 5 stars based on product description and customer reviews. At Amazon we currently find 0 (not yet) customer reviews, which award an average of 0 (not yet) stars.