Style 15J Sewing Machine Bobbins for Singer – 10 Pack

Recently, I had to buy a new sewing machine and finding bobbins that fit was impossible. I didn’t know that bobbins were so “machine specific”. The store didn’t have them in stock and the price to buy them from this store was very high. The bobbins were ordered at the store and after almost two months they are still not here. I checked at some other local stores and there were none to be found.

Finally, I checked Amazon and ordered the bobbins myself. The Singer Style 15J Sewing Machine Bobbins came faster than promised and work fine on my Singer Confidence Stylist sewing machine. The price was great and much less than buying them from the store where I purchased my sewing machine. The added surprise was that there was no shipping and handling charge added to the order which made it even more of a bonus! The seller was “World Weidner – Machine Embroidery Supplies”. I’m very impressed! Now, back to my sewing projects.

I ordered a small batch of these to see if they were good bobbins and if the company gave good service. Well, yes and yes! I’m going to order more.

These work great in the expanded top-load Apollo style plastic bobbin case in almost all of the modern Singers, including the 74XX series (I’ve got 3) that DON’T explicitly say what bobbin size to use.

They also work fine in my Brother C6000i’s and a couple Janome’s and all regular class 15 bobbin cases, like older Singers, Kenmores and most of the Japanese and Italian re-brands that I use. I suspect that they are identical to the Brother SA156 and the “new” Janome bobbins. They look the same to the naked eye, but I haven’t measured them with a micrometer, yet.

The edges are free of flash and bights and they’ve got holes for a thread tail so you don’t have to start the wind yourself. The curve that makes them a 15J is properly and smoothly sloped, not stepped. The axle hole fits my machine winder and my standalone winder just like the ones that came with the machines. Importantly, the outer diameter is exactly right, unlike the stepped 15J that Singer itself distributed a few years ago in the red, blue & yellow 12 packs; it being a bit undersized. It seems to me that stitching over about 300 spm with a bouncy machine and a loose bobbin leads to some backlash and occasional loops/skips.

They’re a smoky color instead of the pretty light blue or pink, but at less than a third of the price of regulars; that’s ok with me!

They were packed well in a stout bubble envelope and came in a week before expected

Pros:
- Cheaper than any other bobbins you’ll find (and free shipping!)
- I haven’t tried all 10, but the 2 or 3 I did try all fit my sewing machine (Singer FashionMate 7256)

Cons:
- Though they arrived within their estimate, they took over 3 weeks to arrive. I got a little impatient.

Overall, I’ve been pretty pleased (after waiting three weeks for them to arrive!). They are not officially packaged, might not even be new, and I’d guarantee that they aren’t Singer brand, but they fit my sewing machine. I’d rather get 10 bobbins for $1.50 than 1 for $1.50.

After purchasing my new singer machine. I was thrilled I wouldn’t need to buy more bobbins. I like to keep a bobbin loaded for every color thread I use, so I have several. My old machine uses size 15 bobbins I have them in plastic and metal. The plastic looks identical, so I looked online to see if I could use the metal ones too. I found a site (?) that told me the difference. The inside is con-caved slightly. So out go all the plastic ones. I will keep the metal ones for the older machines that use them. Instead of the 10 pack I knew I would need many more. I am waiting for delivery on the larger package. Hope the bobbin feeder works as well transferring from bobbin to bobbin as it does spool to bobbin. The trick has always been to put the thread through one of those tiny holes and holding till you get a row then snip off the excess. I wish these 15 j’s were better marked I wouldn’t want to take a chance on damaging my wonderful new machine. Happy Sewing

These bobbins are clear plastic class 15 bobbins that work for most if not all singers that take class 15. they arrive in very simple packaging (a plastic baggy) and im sure they arent manufactured by singer lol. there isnt anything fancy about them but they get the job done. if you want better bobbins with fancy packaging, go to the singer website. they sale 10 of these bobbins for $5.

I bought these because I needed 3 more dollars added to my order to get FREE SHIPPING. I like them, they work with my sewing machine. Thanks.