Cricut® Explore 5 Smart Die-Cutting Machine Starter Bundle, Taupe

I absolutely love my Cricut! I bought it to help grow my small business and expand what I can create. It's exciting to bring my ideas to life and explore new possibilities for my shop. The bundle was a great value for the price, too. So happy I made this investment in my business!

Got this for my wife as her old one failed after over 10 year of use. She likes the speed and ease of use. This model can use the same software as the old one so it was plug and play for her.

Honestly looked for something in store to make designs but couldn't find it, looked online and it was the last one left but prices are too much these days

I bought this after just buying the joy extra to do larger project. Never using a maker or explore before i didnt bother about the issue with changing the blades/scorer etc as i was used to it from the joy. Fast speed and good cut. Much louder than the joy xtra but that was expected being a much bigger machine. My only dissappointment was the first time i used the pen i realised i could not leave the blade in like the other machines as the clamps are not independent like on previous machines but one solid mechanism. This means if you dont take the blade out that it also cuts the writing out about an inch to the right of the writing so be warned if you want to leave the blade in while you write then this is not the machine for you, if however you are happy to only use one clamp at a time then its a brilliant option. If i had known about this issue i would definitley have bought the explore 4 instead but after buying 2 machines in a month i wont be buying a 3rd lol. Overall i am more than happy with the machine and it only lost a star due to the clamp issue

This is my fourth Cricut machine. I felt I had so much money invested that I should stay with the brand. Must have internet access to use. Cutting the premade designs is pretty easy. Custom designs are much more difficult,

had a hard type setting it up with app and connecting to fiber optic internet. app doesn't seem people friendly. Did my sample and it was having hard staying in the feed. instruction do not include recommendations of trouble shooting. Watched youtube to see what I was not understanding about my new cricket machine operation.

this is more for small crafts, i really needed a maker but got an explore and honestly your much better off getting a joy or something similar if your not into vinyl too much. it works fine but other than that, a maker can do everything an explore can do and more. not worth it for 200 sum when really its just as basic as a joy with less attachments

At least this machine works, unlike the maker 3 I ordered 2 weeks ago %26 STILL haven't been refunded for! Design space is still just as awful as it's always been %26 I this will be my last order with cricut! Go with a silhouette or siser cutting machine instead!

I was really excited to get a new Cricut machine as my current ones are several years old. At first I was impressed with the speed of the new Cricut Explore, but unfortunately the issues started not long after I began using it. The main problem has been with Print Then Cut. It works one minute and then completely fails the next. I've wasted a lot of materials and printer ink trying to get it to work consistently. I've also spent time speaking with Cricut support via chat to troubleshoot the problem, but nothing has resolved it. To test whether it was my design or settings, I ran the exact same project on my older Cricut Maker, and it cut perfectly with no issues. This makes me believe the machine I received may be faulty. It's really disappointing because I had high hopes for upgrading my machine, but the inconsistency and wasted materials have been frustrating. Unfortunately I would like to return it.

I purchased this with high expectations, but it doesn't cut all the way through. I contacted support, and after spending nearly 3 hours troubleshooting and feeling like I was being blamed for the issue, they finally agreed to send a replacement cutter. I'm hoping that solves the problem, but I'm not very confident at this point. I have a feeling I'll end up spending another few hours with support if the replacement doesn't fix it.