I love supportive husbands! And what an awesome Christmas present 🎁

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Yay!! Isn't it fantastic?

I'm giving my Cameo 4 to my son. He wants to start a sticker business. It still runs perfectly!

Thanks for watching! 🥰

I came from cameo, as well. Never looked back.

You have way more patience than I do!😅 I just needed it right now!!

I'm not having patience on that embossing tool or the ES release 😂 especially embossing tool!

@@lisalind4813 I got the heat foil tools and the power engraver. I love the foil pens, but I've been so busy that I haven't had time to open the engraver. November is looking a little better.

Oh, so exciting!! For the cross cut, go to the Send Panel. Your material has to be set to vinyl or HTV in order for the option to show up. Once you've done that, "automatic cross cut" will appear under "carriage 2". Click on that arrow and then click Enable.

I agree. It is hard to see that first line. I'm thinking about taking a white paint pen to it. I try to lay the edge of my vinyl flat for a bit before I feed it through. Set something heavy on top. That helps to relax the curl some.

Hi! That depends on whether or not you'll use the new features. If you are interested in the heat foil pen, embossing, or the electrostatic bed, go for the 5. If you won't use any of those, get the 4 and enjoy the savings. They are both awesome machines!

I had the same question! Coming from Cricut! I don't mind paying the extra $ if the machine is quieter. I don't own any silhouette machines, but I've heard they are very loud. I just purchased the silhouette business edition😊😁

The setting for it is in the send panel. You have to have vinyl for the material and no mat before it will pop up. Took me forever to find it. Lol

I ordered off of the Silhouette America website. You'll need to go to the menu at top and select "new" to find them.

@@silhouettesuccess Thanks. I did locate it there, but not easily searchable. Nice thing is it is already shown as shipped. Not on the shipper’s tracking site yet. I’ll have to watch the Silhouette site closely, as I haven’t found it elsewhere. Also order some e-stat protective sheets in anticipation of getting that accessory ASAP.

I have owned every machine silhouette has made. I can say that the Cameo four was the machine I liked the least. I gave my 4 to my daughter in law. I keep my 3 for a back up but so far love the Cameo 5

@@scrapbooksforu2 I just gave the 4 to my son. He wants to start a little sticker business. Makes my heart proud.

Unfortunately, no. I thought that I had seen it had been released but I could be mistaken. Either way, they are still showing out of stock on the website.

@@silhouettesuccess ok thank you

Yes, they do!

It is definitely an option! Silhouette does not send one in the box, but any printer USB will work.

"USB going away from electronics altogether"? I seriously doubt we will see that anytime soon.

Mtge unit works over Bluetooth, it has nothing to do with your wifi network. So that should be more useful to you. Of course a standard USB A to B cable will work just fine. 🦄

Que tiene que ver el WiFi con el bluetooth?

I like to have a USB connection, as I have issues with my Cameo 3 not cutting the entire project when I use the Wifi connection.

The mattress and software, yes. It uses different blades, though. Blades from the Cameo 4 will work in it

@@silhouettesuccess Thank you so much!

Great question as I’m upgrading to a 5 from 3. Prob just post my old blades up on marketplace so doesn’t go to waste

@@Oneklickmedia Hi. I just got my new Cameo 5. I'm in love with it!! It's so much better than Cameo 3. It's like going from a Ford Pinto to a Mercedes. I got it in the Matte Black and it's beautiful. That being said, while the blades to the Cameo 3 slide into the blade holder on your machine, they aren't strictly compatible. The new blades for the Cameo 5 have a squared off back that locks in nice and tight to the blade holder. When you put the Cameo 3 blade(round on top) in, it really wiggles around a lot! I haven't tried cutting with the Cameo 3 blade in this machine, as my new machine came with a blade that works great with it, and I'm not sure how the Cameo 3 blade would do with that much give to it. I don't think it would work well at all, and I don't want to risk damaging my machine to try it. I have the subscription to Silhouette America where I get a new blade and may every few months so I'm going to see if they can just start sending me the Cameo 5 blade. I didn't see the option to switch on the website, so I'll probably have to call them and see if they can do that. All in all, I really do recommend the new Cameo 5. It's so much quieter than the Cameo 3 and does way more detailed cuts without making a mess out of them. The regular autoblade cuts better and more detailed cuts on the Cameo 6 than the Premium blade did on the Cameo 3. It truly is like the luxury of home cutting machines, in my opinion. I am very pleased with it, and I hope you will really like yours if/when you get one. I got mine at SwingDesign.com with one of their bundles. Best wishes!

​@@aspirecan4829thank u for confirming my choice lol I have a 3 as well and was debating if I should jsut go to a 4. But I don't know if there's anything the four does that the five doesn't that il miss since the three doesn't do any of it lol

The cameo 5 can definitely cut cotton and leather. You just have to watch the thickness on the leather. The cameo has a 3 mm clearance.

@@silhouettesuccess how many layers of cotton is 3mm? can it cut layers of cotton or one layer at a time? 3mm doesn't necessarily mean multiple layers.

@@jesebsp you can only cut 1 layer at a time. Cotton fabric shouldn't be an issue, but leather can be quite thick.

@silhouettesuccess the leather i have is thin so it should be ok. can cotton fabric be used on the roller thingy?

@@jesebsp no. It has to be on a mat.

Yes, you can. You'll need a craft blade instead of the auto blade. The craft blades work a bit differently, so nothing too intricate.

@@silhouettesuccess could you use a deep cut blade or a ratchet blade to cut thinner faux leather if you want more intricate designs?

@@artandanimation4119 the faux leather cuts nicely with the auto blade! I'm actually working on a video, testing different materials right now. Just be sure to place the "leather" side down on the mat. The felt side doesn't stick well.

​@@silhouettesuccess That's great thank you. I've heard some people say you need different blades for faux leather so it's nice to know the job can be completed with just the auto blade. Saves me some money haha. Also a standard mat will work fine right? Or do you need the heavy duty one?

I use a regular grip mat. If that doesn't seem to stick well enough, you can tape the edges down with masking tape.

Unfortunately, the only way to reach support is through email. It is not ideal. Is it anything I can help with?

The best I could do without major recoding equipment was have each one running in the same video. Now that I'm making a small amount of money from the videos, I can start investing, but it's a lot of pennies to save. 😅

I totally support this move... but you can always design in Silhouette Studio(Business Edition) then export as an svg and upload to cricut to cut. Might save some headache in the meantime. I came over to silhouette because of the software!

@@silhouettesuccess that’s kinda my take. I’m more technical. Cricut hardware is great, and I use illustrator to design in. But when I come to design space, ugh. But I was attracted to the different speed and pressure settings. And I want to be able to save my projects locally first before it’s backed up to the cloud. Requiring people to upload to the cloud first, one at a time, omg my social security will expire 💀

@@GrooveYouVerse 🤣🤣🤣 that reminds me... if you design with Cricut software, they own they design. That's why there are no export options.

There aren't a ton of videos out on it, but I can share what I know. I use the technology with my Curio 2. I did not purchase the ES mat for the Cameo because it does the exact same thing. All of the equipment that I use comes out of my pocket, and while I love all of the machines, I still need to spend wisely. If I had not bought the Curio 2, I would have definitely bought the ES mat for the Cameo 5. I feel that it is worth the cost IF you are going to be cutting thin, delicate material, and I'm talking copy paper or thinner. If you are going to be cutting cardstock, vinyl, and other heavier materials, then you don't need to make the extra purchase. You can use the ES mat for cardstock and vinyl, but there's no great benefit to it. The adhesive mat will do just fine with these materials and save you some $$. As far as the lack of videos, I think that has to do with the fact that not a lot of people cut thin paper with the cameo, and unfortunately, if we create a video with little to no interest, then our channel suffers for it. We're always walking a tightrope between guessing what information is needed and what will actually be viewed.

@@silhouettesuccess you haven't seen what I cut 😀 whenever I see a video on KZfaq or a project with intricate cuts they make me smile and think 'if that's intricate, I don't know what I'm doing'. It's intricate with tons of details to the max. My last project had 7 layers (A4 size) and took almost day to cut and weed. If that electrostatic mat works well, it would save me a lot of time only when half of the elements stay behind on that mat and I can just brush them off. I understand the channel dilemna. I've recently cut back on my KZfaq art channel, I'm stopping investing in it. Not because there's no public for it, but simple because I'm not interesting in pleasing the KZfaq algorithm anymore. I'm not making videos for KZfaq, but for the public. Now that KZfaq decides who gets too see it and that depends on how popular KZfaq deems it to be, I'm out. Don't want spend time making videos that please the algorithm. Now only releasing videos that interest me, even if that may hurt my channel. People that need to find my art channel, will find it. Sure, that means no income from it anymore, so be it, income will come from other things. On the other hand, Silhouette isn't going to invest in something like the electrostatic mat if there isn't a market for it. It's a huge change in the machine itself and they must have done their homework. They must think it's a good potential market for it to fundamentaly change the machine. Cutting vinyl is very popular and taking the rol feeder out of the machine in favor of external connections is a huge step. Not a move you make lightly, unless you know there's a huge market for these changes. The interest in the electrostatic mat might become a lot more once it's widely available. Anyway, thanks for answer, appreciate it.

@@benjamina6915 I'd love to see some of your work. It sounds amazing!

@@silhouettesuccess at the moment it's custom client work, but I'm working on getting items ready for an Etsy store. If I remember, I'll post a link to it when it's starting.

🤣 I'll eventually get all of my equipment fine tuned. I know the cameo a lot better than I do cameras and mics.

I've only run Silhouette machines for the last 3 years, so I'm used to the noise level of the 4. The Cameo 5 is quieter than the 4, but I can't compare to other brands. Which others do you use?