Although my primary sewing and embroidery machine at home is a Viking Designer Diamond, I needed a grab-and-go sewing machine to sew away from home, like at a relatives house to teach others how to make face masks during the COVID19 pandemic, so I originally picked up a Jade 20 on sale in May 2020.
At the time, I did consider Husqvarna Viking's Jade 35 because it was also on sale at a very good price and they were in stock at the web site I was shopping, but I figured I didn't need another embroidery capable machine, so I decided on the Jade 20 which has been a wonderful sewing machine these past few months, especially for transporting outside the home.
Fast forward to the end of August 2020:
One of my relatives really loves the Jade 20 (she used mine when I held a face masks making class), but it really wasn't in her budget to buy one, even at the current sale price, so I decided to gift her my Jade 20, and I would get a Jade 35. But the problem, it has been difficult to find new ones in stock for a couple of months now, especially the price it was around May.
However, after looking online for weeks, I finally found a listing for a "demo" Jade 35 in "like new" condition for a little less than the "pandemic" sale price, so I grabbed it!