Which single feature saved you most as a beginner?

We're putting together a buyer's guide on beginner-friendly sewing machines, and we need your honest input.

When you were starting out, which one feature made the biggest difference to your learning curve?

We're thinking:

• Automatic needle threader (for those of us with questionable eyesight)

• Speed limiter (so you don't zoom off at full throttle on day one)

• Top-loading bobbin (less mystery, more visibility)

• One-step buttonhole (because who has time for manual buttonhole faff)

• Something else entirely (please tell us – we want the real answers)

We run a sewing machine shop in the UK and genuinely want to know what actually helps versus what just sounds impressive in a spec list.

What's your pick, and why?