Brother Sewing and Embroidery Bobbins 10-Pack, SA156,Clear

I am so pleased these work so well. I had ordered a generic brand elsewheres that claimed they would work BUT did not! These are perfect! Price was even less!!

Their bobbins, what can I say. They work.

I was a little disappointed that my brand new sewing machine was incompatible with the 30 or so bobbins I already owned, but these are the right ones for my machine. They are larger than the old fashioned ones. I read some bad reviews on a generic version, so I went with the name brand Brother bobbins since I have a Brother sewing machine. I like that the packaging is actually recyclable, but would be even happier, if they had metal bobbins available. (PS. The few bobbins that actually came with the machine had nice little clips that kept the bobbins from unraveling. These bobbins here do NOT come with any clips and I cant seem to find the clips for sale anywhere.)

Good quality and price

Brother Sewing and Embroidery Bobbins fits my Singer 4423 sewing machine. The cheap generic non name brand ones are too big for the machine. You can substitute Singer with Brother.

Works perfect in a Brother 1034D serger! Good quality

I have a brother project runway sewing machine and theses work just fine in my machine.

These are OEM bobbins; unlike generic bobbins, they actually fit the sewing machine and work. What more could you want?

Works on my Singer 1304. You want to get a lot of these so that you can quickly switch thread colors. Use scotch tape to secure thread end in storage to prevent tangling.

These are the bobbins recommended for my new Brother XR1355 sewing machine and theyve worked perfectly in it. Brother also sells these same bobbins with clips to keep the loose thread ends contained but you cant just buy the clips by themselves — thats unfortunate. Poking around on the Internet though, I saw a suggestion to take clear plastic tubing with an inside diameter of ½ and slice it into rings thin enough to fit between the sides of the bobbin. Make a single slice through one side of a ring and wrap that now curved strip of plastic around the thread on the bobbin — works great! (and its cheap!) I need cheap to compensate for the nametag premium these carry. These are genuine Brother SA156 bobbins and you pay a premium for that genuine adjective. I have purchased other, less expensive bobbins that are supposedly just like these Brother bobbins but have not had very good luck with the knock-offs. Some of them have produced tension problems or skipped stitches but others seem to work OK. Its a real crap shoot. Im tight with a buck but its not saving anything to buy something less expensive if it doesnt work properly. Comparing these to some of the substitutes Ive noticed a few things. 1. These tend to feel and look higher quality than the knock-offs. The plastic has a slight bluish tint to it but it is clear and generally flawless — the mold marks are not very obvious. The substitutes are usually colorless, feel thinner, and often have noticeable molding flaws. 2. The genuine article has a number on the center cylinder or hub when looked at from the side — possibly identifying the date or location where it was made — theres no obvious reason for it to be there. The knock-offs may have numbers in other places but I did not see any on the hub on any of the ones I purchased. 3. Looking down through the hole in the center of the bobbin, there is a notch on one side of the opening — both top and bottom. The notches line up — theyre located in the same vertical line through the bobbin. The knock-offs have the notches located on opposite sides of the center hole. If one is on the lefthand side looking down at the top, if you feel underneath the other will be on the righthand side — with the genuine bobbins theyd both be on the same side of the opening. 4. At first glance, the bobbins appear to have 4 holes to push the first bit of thread through when winding the bobbin — two on the top and two on the bottom. Closer inspection of the genuine bobbins show that each side has only one hole, not two. The second mark looks very much like a hole but it does not penetrate the side of the bobbin. The holes, like the notches, are located directly above and below each other. The knock-offs often actually have two holes on each side — one larger than the other. The larger holes come close to the size in the genuine bobbin but, like the notches on the knock-offs, are located diagonally on each side. Someone in China apparently decided providing a similar appearance was good enough — function wasnt important. I hate paying a premium price for something as inexpensive to produce as plastic bobbins but that seems to be the only way to guarantee theyll perform properly. Ive just run across another website called SewingPartsOnline dot Com which guarantees that their generic equivalents of genuine parts will perform as well. Im going to try ordering some of their SA156-equivalent bobbins and will try to remember to come back here and update this review with the results.