I wanted an Open ecosystem device, not locked into brother or cricut. I wanted to be able to do oversize prints. I wanted a free standing device. This is definitely a budget friendly option but the device has not failed me yet. the stand is fine.I can load rolls of vinyl or scrap bits. It takes a little bit of fiddling but it is fairly intuitive. The "bundle pack" is useless, the vinyl that comes with is junk, the weeding tools are junk, so skip the bundle pack option and buy some Oracal 651.If you take one thing away from this review, Buy this cutter and go buy some decent stock and tools.