Lei Lee
I wanted to love this, but it was SO frustrating I returned it. I purchased this for the main purpose of creating professional quality glossy white vinyl decal stickers featuring my own artwork. It seems that this is the one thing it truly CAN NOT do. The Print and Cut features only work on matte papers and matte vinyl. It can't even be luster or slightly shiny! For resale, I don't find matte stickers appealing. I tried every cheat and trick I came across online but stickers still either came out misaligned or the machine refused to cut entirely. The scanner doesn't work with gloss because of the reflective qualities so it can't see the cut lines. A few other cons that ultimately lead to my return of this product. So not only did it not work for what I wanted to make, the machine and online design studio only allow for a cut area of 6 inches by 9 inches! Now, if you're buying expensive sticker paper or vinyl it probably comes in 8.5x11" and everything outside 6"x9" is waste. I have NO idea why this is, since the machine can accommodate a 12"x12" mat just fine. Another huge con is the machine constantly loses connection to the design studio- both while using bluetooth and USB connection. I have to refresh, disconnect, turn off, restart over and over to get it to see the connection again. The machine can't cut without THE INTERNET. Now, if you have a spotty connection like I do, this is SO aggravating especially on top of the connectivity issues it already has, as mentioned above. You can only cut from the Cricut ONLINE design center and you can't do it offline or by simply just downloading software. So final thoughts, aesthetically it looks adorable and it cuts really well! It just doesn't meet ANY of my other needs. I was SO excited when I got this but spent 3 or 4 whole days fighting with it and wasting tons of expensive papers only to be left with nothing to show for. I'm returning it to try the Silhouette Cameo 3. I've heard it might be able to do what I need. We'll see how it goes!