Brother ScanNCut SDX125E Electronic DIY Cutting Machine with Scanner, Make Custom Stickers, Vinyl Wall Art, Greeting Cards and More with 682 Included Patterns,Titanium/Aqua

I upgraded from a Silhouette Cameo 5 after it had issues with drifting cuts. With 100 different fixes people recommended and none of them working to fix my issue, a large order of stickers needing to be processed, and no time to mess around, I bought the Brother Scan and Cut.Here's my experience this far:The Good1. Setup. Setup was fast and simple, instructions were clear and not having to rely on a bluetooth connection to a PC was a nice step up from my previous machine2. Scan and cut. Going from printed sticker paper to cut-out sticker has never been easier for me. Not having to make a file to send to my machine has made my quality of life in sticker making so much better.The scan and cut function has two color settings: black and white and color. For images that dont scan well on black and white, the color setting usually detects them properly.3. Accuracy. I've been using this machine for about 2 months now and I've created thousands of stickers with it. The scanning and cutting on this machine is extremely precise as far as my experience goes. I have not had a single sticker come out poorly cut due to machine errors. Any errors i've had are errors in my sticker sheet layouts. Sticker borders are always consistently cut and very clean4. Ease of use. I was able to use this machine pretty much right out of the box. Settings are very intuitive and the built-in screen allows you to see how your cut lines are affected as you change your settings. You are also able to delete cut lines that machine has scanned in for you. (An example for why this is useful could be if 5 of your 6 designs scan in properly, the 6th design cuts can be deleted, 5 good designs cut, and the 6th rescanned for a proper cut.) This has saved me so much time. I no longer need to switch between my computer and my machine and my computer again and my machine again. I can do all the work at my machine.5. AUTO-BLADE. The brother doesn't require you to tell it what material you are cutting and how thick it is, it detects the thickness itself. I can cut thin paper to thick cardstock on this thing. Seriously, I cannot stress how much work/time this machine has saved me.6. Quiet. It's very quiet, I almost don't even notice it unless I'm actively watching it.7. FAST. It's extremely fast, blink and you will miss it, truly.The Bad?1. Sticky Mats. I've never been a fan of sticky mats. They wear out too quickly, they require maintenance, and they are consumable. The brother requires you to use a sticky mat. The one thing Silhouette did right that I wish brother scan and cut had was an electrostatic mat. I never had an issues with the electrostatic mat that I have with the sticky mats, being loss of function after use. You can only revitalise the same mat so many times2. Multiple scans. If you scan pages with a surplus of images on them, chances are you will get 1 or 2 images that dont scan properly, it's just how it is. I don't think this is too big of a deal because those designs can be excluded for the first round of cuts and rescanned after.3. Stickers with words. The brother scan and cut DOES NOT group any words or letters with an image unless it is touching it. This can make certain sticker designs impossible to cut with the scan and cut feature. If there is a way to do this, I haven't found it yet. You will have to do these types of edits in the pattern function (ie make a file) which defeats the use of the scan and cut.Overall, it's easy to setup, easy to use, very accurate, very fast, very quiet, and a pleasure to own. For anyone looking to work with paper crafts, this is a must own machine!

I waited a long time to get a Brother Cut n Scan. Boy, am I having fun. Don't wait as long as I did. I'm 93.

The media could not be loaded. THIS!!! 🙌 I have a Cricut, a Silhouette Cameo 5 and now this!! This is THE most user friendly, easy to use. I didn’t even need to read the directions. The touch screen has pictures and I was able to read it and figure out what I was needing. This scans whatever you want to cut and just cuts it. Put it on the mat, scan n cut just as advertised. The only thing I will say that another reviewer pointed out was that if you have lettering without a border it will not read the letters and cut correctly. There is a way around that though but not by using the machine. I made templates to cover my design that has letters on the outside and just taped them over top of my design and it read it and cut it. Also the mat is very sticky which is good but it was peeling the back of my sheets off so I had to tape another sheet to the back and then put it on the mat and tape it to the mat for reinforcement. This doesn’t take long and it’s worth it. I was able to trouble shoot and figure out a way around any issues easily unlike my Cricut and Silhouette which troubleshooting can take hours sometimes. This is by far my favorite craft product to date! It works great, it does so much and it’s soooo easy to use. Finally a product easy out of the box!!! Thank you Brother I think I’m in love!

This is my first electronic cutting machine. I work with fiber and textiles, and up to now I've been happy with my old school Accucut Grande Mark II die cutter. It's a beast, cutting through multiple layers of quilting cotton with no problem, but boy do those dies get expensive (and restrictive). And it's heavy.Anyway, I started getting curious about some quilting techniques that I'd been seeing art quilters do with their electronic cutting machines. Most seem to be using the Janome Artistic Edge, Silhouette Cameo, or a ScanNCut. The Brother came up the most, though there were a plethora of noted shortcomings. Brother had put out some duds, accessories were costly and not cost effective, the learning curve was high... I was a bit discouraged after reading reviews and doing research.Luckily I found some wonderful YouTube videos (check out Julie Fei-Fan Balzer!!) of the machine in use on many different media and watched off and on for a week or so. I was sold. I am so glad I took the plunge.I have been using the SDX 125e for about three days now, and I am impressed. I have been cutting small, relatively intricate appliques with quilting cotton that would have taken forever to cut by hand. I've cut templates out of cardstock to help with my layout process. I'm looking forward to embossing some thank you and business cards when my universal pen holder arrives, and I will probably cut some new stamps with my business logo soon to. There are so many things that I've had to outsource that I can now do for myself with the help of this awesome little machine.I'm sure there are other amazing cutting machines out there (I might try out a Cricut Maker once this machine pays itself off), but the benefits of having a scanner really pushed this one to the head of the pack for me. I've conserved so much fabric already with this feature, scanned some stamped images -- who knows what I'll try next. The cool thing is that I won't have to rely on the designs that come with the machine or anyone else's. If I can freehand it or stamp it, I can work it.The cons that have been noted in some other reviews don't put me off at all, or are not really problems anymore.(1) No, it doesn't come with a physical manual, but I found the online manual to be sufficient. It's like our smartphones these days - they don't come with anything more than a quick start guide despite costing hundreds of dollars, either. I suppose I can see how someone might be put off by it, companies charging us more for less...(2) Yeah, there's a clear order of operation necessary for some processes to work correctly. Isn't that how most machines work though??? And actually, now that I think about it, that qualm from may have been addressed by Brother in the new version of the 125, because my machine works just fine with a blade inserted before it's powered on. Hmmm....(3) I have had no problem locating accessories on Amazon, Allbrands, and a few other sewing suppliers' websites. That problem must have worked itself out also. I will admit that they are not cheap though, and I have not been at this long enough to say whether I think they will be worth it in the long run.If you're on the fence, yes - there is most certainly a learning curve with the machine. But, there are many resources out there to help. I wouldn't trade it for anything at this point, however - I am in love.