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The Brother Entrepreneur PR680W is a six-needle commercial-style embroidery machine built for small shops and serious hobbyists. Each needle has its own speed, color-lock and threader settings, and the crosshair laser marks needle drop to within about half a millimeter. It embroiders an 8 x 12 inch field at up to 1,000 stitches per minute, with Wi-Fi for sending designs and monitoring up to 10 machines from the My Stitch Monitor app. Against single-needle machines it saves constant rethreading; against pricier commercial six-needle units it gives up some field size and industrial build. Owners rate it highly for output and ease of use, though several report bundle items arriving late or missing.
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Lowest price we've seen: $12,599.99 on Nov 9 at Sewing Machines Plus. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 9.
Buyers rate the PR680W 4.5 out of 5 and call it a great purchase that transformed their output.
The Brother Entrepreneur PR680W is a 6-needle embroidery machine with an 8" x 12" embroidery area. Each needle has its own settings for speed, color lock and needle threader disengagement, which is useful with a thin needle. A Thread Tension Range Expansion offers a wide range of tension settings, which helps when embroidering difficult fabrics without distorting or puckering them.
A Crosshair Embroidery Droplight Laser lights the fabric to show where the needle will drop. It is accurate to +/- 0.5 mm from needle drop on materials up to 1 mm thick. The laser crosshair has a longer horizontal axis for placement, even when an item is hooped crooked. The machine reaches up to 1,000 stitches per minute in seven seconds with minimal noise. Speed can be reduced to 400 SPM for the optional cap and cylinder frame, which improves results with specialty threads.
A 10.1" built-in HD LCD touchscreen has large icons, a scrolling menu, swipe capability and a Preview mode for design properties. It plays 24 tutorial videos, from basic operations to embroidery functions. Designs can be zoomed up to 200% and rotated in .01-, 1-, 10- or 90-degree increments. When connected to a wireless network, the machine receives designs from a PC with Design Database Transfer. The My Stitch Monitor App sends alerts when it is time to change thread or when a project is complete. Up to 10 machines can be linked wirelessly. Automatic machine updates work with PE-Design 11, which requires an additional purchase. Color Grouping, Color Management and Color Sort help with editing colors and reducing thread changes. A short cut key jumps to the embroidery screen, and Security Lock Modes customize access to machine functions by role.
