Buying more...

[Davids-Coco]

I was thinking about getting a cricut... but then I saw the wishblade... It seems like the cricut is super user friendly, but I love the ability of the wishbone to print ANY font on your computer (I have a ton of disney ones). I am sure that I could justify the wishblade's $450 b/c I could easily spend that on extras for the cricut.


Any help on either? Is the wishbone easy to use?



Edited b/c of new mom syndrome: brain detatched... wishblade, not wishbone...

 

[all4disney98]

The fonts are really easy to use. I was a bit intimitated by it at first so my husband actually helped me out for a couple of weeks (I think I was intimitated more by the price and afraid I would damage it somehow!!). Your reasoning is exactly why I chose the wishblade - your don't have to invest any more money into it and you have the ability to cut any TTF font you find on the internet!!

Clipart that is not on the wishblade cartridge is another thing. My husband is in charge of converting the clipart that I would like to use to the format wishblade uses (outlining it etc.) because he is really good with computers. But there is so much clipart that has already been converted available on the internet - yahoo user groups etc. so this isn't that big of a deal. I really like the wishblade and I plan on creating my own diecuts someday - just need to find the time to really take some time and learn how utilize is beyond fonts.

For flexibility I would choose Wishblade over cricut. And in the end I think the price of the wishblade is better for what you get.

 

[Davids-Coco]

Thank you. My DH is tech saavy, so hopefully that will help. Is there much of a learning curve?

 

[rlovew]

I have the craftrobo(same machine but different label on the front and slightly different software) and I didn't feel it was very hard to get used to. I would suggest joining a yahoo support group though if you decide to buy one as when you have a problem they can give you suggestions that are actually field tested.

 

[all4disney98]

I am not sure about the learning curve yet, I am still learning. I can use the Wishblade easily so no learning curve there. Switching the blades for thinner or thicker paper, etc. is easy. I think the real learning curve is creating/converting your own diecuts to wishblade format which I just have not spent enough time to try to learn (I am too dependent on DH to do it for me ).

 

[StitchIsOurHero]

My best buddy has a CraftRobo, and it is really cool. She has used it to cut out all different fonts, used the print and cut to cut different clip art, etc. I am not "tech-y" enough to use it, even though she swears I could figure it out!

Last weekend, I got a Cricut at Walmart, and I love it! I know that it probably, in the long run, would've been more cost effective to get a CR or a Wishblade, but I also know that I am comfortable with this one, so it's a win on that point.

I think both of them are awesome! I hope you love whatever you decide on!