CutterPillar CPP-PREM Glow Premium LED Light Board

I did tons of research and waited for this to get back in stock. I chose this because it is rechargab;ed and I'm not tethered to an outlet or power bank in order to use it. Youtube is full of reviews comparing every other light pad to the Cricut and they rave about the Crickut simply because it is bright. Too damned briht!!!!! The reviewers stack on numerous papers to prove you can see thru more paper. I don't need to stack up 5 levels of paper and the only reason the Cricut can do that is because there is nothing on the screen to protect your eyes from that bright light. It gave me a headache and made my eyes hurt just watching the youtube videos. There is no way I could possibly stare at a light that bright for more than a few minutes. Unless you feel the need to put multiple layers of heavy cardstock or super heavy watercolor paper on it, the Crickut will just result in eye strain. This works great even thru 4 layers of heavy watercolor paper or several layers of heavy cardstock. Cricut is made for crafters and scapbookers. This one works better for professional applications such as drafting or fine art and you can look it at for 4 or 5 hours without causing eye strain or headaches. I love love love it. I may buy the tempered glass to put over the screen but right now the self healing mat works great. There are only a few brands that can be recharged and, after looking at all of them, I chose this one. It is wonderful!!! I see no reason why anyone would need a bright bright blinding light to trace thru 5 or 6 layers of heavy card stock. I do a lot of work with wire and I can just put the wire on the mat and bend it to the shape I have already sketched on paper. I also do watercolor and oil painting. It will even allow you to trace your sketch on paper onto an art canvas. Who needs to trace on anything thicker than heavy card stock or the heavest of heavyweight Canson water color paper. Highly recommend this one. It is more than bright enough for any practical tracing need without making you see stars dancing in front of your eyes and it doesn't cause a headache because it is too bright to look at for more than a few minutes. It gives a soft but bright light thru light blue to protect your eyes. It also provides enough light to satisfy quilters trying to trace shapes.

I was on the fence about whether I would keep this. Absolutely love it for foundation paper piecing. It is super bright that I generally use only the lowest level of brightness. The game changer for me was the cutting matt that you can use. It lays firmly and does not slip. If you have the budget get this. I did a lot of research on these light boxes and this one fit the bill perfectly.

Great product! Very bright and light weight. Extra nice that it works from battery or it can be plugged in too. The cutting mat has great grip on it so that it won't slide around while making cuts for quilting, or using it as a grid system for drawing and quilting.

Love it. Have been working on an intricate design for Applique and the Cutterpillar is making it so much easier to draw the small designs from the pattern. It has made the process so much faster, easier and more accurate. It is very thin, bright and charges quickly. It has a nice cutting pad which I haven’t used but it helps protect it when not in use. I leave it on my cutting table all the time.

I have a different brand of light board the works ok, but I've started doing applique work so I needed a much better product. I wasn't sure I really wanted to spend a lot of money, but in this case I'm glad that I did. It makes it so much easier to do applique and it can easily be used for other crafts.

Using this for paper piecing. Works great. I ordered the edge to edge mat since it was bigger and had no lines in it. So far, so good!

I have been piecing and quilting for over 40 years and as my eyes get older, it gets harder to see the fabric line and the lines on the cutting rulers. This light board is amazing!! I wish I had bought it sooner. Even at the lowest light setting, it is bright enough to see what I am doing. My cutting is so accurate now that it scares me. I stood and cut for 2 hours yesterday because I just couldn't stop! Just amazing! Highly recommend. I did buy the gridless cutting mat and have not tried the gridded one that comes with it as I did not want the interference of the lines on the mat with the rulers. Update, I did try the gridded mat that comes with the Cutterpillar and even with rulers it works fine. It doesn't cover the entire Cutterpillar like the ungridded mat so it does cut down on your cutting area but I did find the on/off and light brightness switch more responsive with the smaller mat as it doesn't cover the switch. Overall either mat works wonderful.