Just finished watching your M1 Ultra unboxing...WOW!!. The timing of that was serendipitous! I will definitely be getting one, even though my hubby has an XTool D 20W, and he's had a LOT of fun with it. I must be lucky as I bought a Maker a several years ago and I've had no issues (Knocking on wood). Now, I'm not using them in a crafting business capacity, more just for holiday decorating and occasional gifts and fun stuff, so I've probably not put it through its paces.

Yes, I totally agree. I have a maker 3 and had so many problems and Cricut changed there phone support to a call center outside the country and found they had very little knowledge about the machine. That’s why I bought the Romeo. It’s a learning curve but I love it. I’m so glad I switched. Thankfully you have a lot of tutorials on the Romeo. I have learned a lot from those videos.

I've had occasional issues with Design Space, but I would say it's worked 95% of the time for me. Maybe I'm just lucky?

Yep! I have done that for the last 6 months. The worst problems serm to have become severe since this new Layers portion was added. I report and even call Cricut. The last email the CEO put out seemed to have blamed underpowered operating systems or user error. Ug!

As someone who used to manage software development, a huge red flag is having to constantly release updates. I had to install three DS updates, one after the other one day. That’s bad management. They have a core business. Concentrate on that so people don’t want to leave. Let people download their SVG files. They’ll find ways to do it otherwise. Why not keep them as customers? It’s nuts.

I tried doing Print then Cut today--as I have done many times before-(not the Cricut Access feature) and made sure to flatten each item as before. Today it cut out each and every letter & graphic on the page-not just once but two different times! It's never done that before! There was an update either yesterday or day before so I'm sure that broke design space. Plus changing a font takes forever! One time I had to shut down DS just to make it quit! I am a relatively new user of Cricut with the JoyXtra but I am seriously looking to change to a Silhouette Cameo.

My Explore stopped doing print and cut accurately. I thought it was my machine, so I bought a brand new Maker only to find out it was a known bug in the software. To say I’m pissed is an understatement

I have an Explore Air 2 that has always worked well for me. The problem is design space. I have been asking for ages for them to make a Rhinestone option. If I wanted it now, I would have to buy a Silhouette program to make the Rhinestone project. I would love to try the one by Xtool but need to save up money. So many crafters who were doing Cricut tutorials are now doing Embroidery and laser engraving with massive expensive tools that the average crafter cannot afford. The Design Space crashed on me right in the middle of the project and I lost it and had to start over again…ugh.

I'm pretty sure you know how I feel. Every time I open DS it's all I can do to not call a lawyer. The time wasted due to their craptastic, reliably unreliable, program is just not okay. I'm incredibly frustrated by my creative frustration reliever. 😢

I could not cut today because it said they couldn't verify payment but my subscription ends in August, I even wasnt using anything from CA.

I get so frustrated with Design Space, too. My biggest pet peeve, though is that I have a 14" screen and DS only leaves me about 6" of canvas work area, so for 1 thing, I can't get over far enough to change the canvas color. Their headers and side panels are so wide when I'm looking at my projects and/or images I can only see a small portion at a time. Not all of us are working on a 17" screen, Cricut!

I had a project going. The other night, design space kept crashing

I have the Maker original not had any trouble rather than the maker 3, I also have original explore and the joy. They need to sort out the design space, especially with the updates

Could you send me the link to your video on how to export designs from cricut design space.

I’ve been totally frustrated with Cricut lately. Their whole focus seems to be on constantly pushing out new machines and VINYL, VINYL, VINYL! I’ve written them many times about this, stressing the fact that not everyone is interested in working with vinyl and they are losing the paper crafters ad a result. When I got my first Cricut machine I was thrilled with it because I could do things I wasn’t happy doing in the Silhouette software. But, constantly trying to get a step on the competition has not been the best for Cricut. But, it’s happening in most of the craft industry. I chuckled when you mentioned the rumour about an embroidery machine, because the SVP group (Singer, Viking, Pfaff) have recently released a cutting machine. I have had Viking embroidery machines since they first introduced one and have updated to the TOL each time. But, recently the quality has dropped odd, they have closed all their branches in Canada and major repairs necessitate sending machines to Tennessee and take months to get back. And their customer service is terrible. Stick to what you’re good at should be a motto for these companies. Sorry for the rant! 😂

I would not recommend Siser cutting machines. Why? I had three Siser Romeo machines, and all were damaged. But that is not the main reason for not recommending Romeo or Juliet machines. It's because Siser is not innovating with add-ons for their cutters. There are no roller blades and only a single slot for a standard blade or marker. The blade module is awkward when inserting the blade, and if it's not done correctly, it will tear up the material. WiFi connectivity isn’t user-friendly, and their software development time for each upgrade is taking forever. The team made promises for new add-ons and additional cutters for fabric back in early 2023 and never fulfilled them. Is the Romeo or Juliet cutting performance any good? Yes, as long as the blade is perfectly inserted at the right height. Otherwise, I wouldn’t recommend them. That said, there is a newcomer in cutting machines for crafters: Singer. Yes, I know, Singer is not well-liked in the sewing segments, but the new Singer Momento 24" Craft Cutting Machine may be a game changer for the rest of the cutter brands. I have the Singer Momento 24" Craft Cutting Machine, and it is fantastic. The Singer Momento not only cuts vinyl, leather, and card stock but fabric as well. The Singer Momento is so versatile there are no limits to what you can cut. This cutter comes with a roller blade, a standard blade, and a marker, and it has housing for both the marker and blade. The Momento hardware is solidly built, just like the Cricut. One drawback with the Momento is the MySewnet Craft software that connects to it-it was terrible when I first purchased the cutter. Will the software get better? Maybe. I noticed Singer is updating the software consistently. So, if Singer gets their act together and fine-tunes the software, I absolutely believe the Momento is going to change the way cutters should be. 😎

Thank you so much for posting this video. I have learned a LOT here. I had canceled the Cricut membership and found out I couldn't get my stuff out of there so I had to subscribe again. I will be checking out your other video and then drop the Cricut membership again. I’m at the point that I don’t believe Cricut is concerned about improving Design Space. They seem to just be interested in making new machines etc. I’m soooo disappointed. I’ve been looking at the Romeo or Juliet also.

Ironically, at the bottom of webpage showing Cricut's Board of Directors is the following: Sesame Street® and associated characters, trademarks and design elements are owned and licensed by Sesame Workshop. © 2022 Sesame Workshop. All rights reserved.

I hate that we have to pay to use dedign space compare to other cricut craft machine

My cricket air too, has a problem when I do a text word and try to make it bigger the word it stretch apart. I have to put a box around it when I first had it before they did upgrades is anyone else having problems like this?

I am the third owner, yes you read that correctly, third iwner of my explore air 2. The machine cuts viny and paper so well, however, the print and cut feature is awful. I am a medical coder and hav3 so many ideas for stickers that I am sure I could sell to other coders, yet my machine won't do it. I saw that Jiffy is doing stickers now and wanna test them out.

I have purchased cricut machines since 2007/8 i rarely have any problems. I hated silhouette studio. I keep saying i will try pulling my Cameo4 out and try my business edition again.

So just to clarify … if I stop paying for the membership Cricut I can still use design space as long as I have my svg file or design already made. Will I be able to create my files??

Sorry for this dumb question does the xtool cut stickers

I have had the same issue for over 5 months and ive been calling them maybe 2 3 times a week . my machine at times stops and flashes red half way through a cut or score .and sometimes it works fine cricut customer servies are really making me angry because they are asking for a video of the error, ive told them over and over how can i show you a video when i do not know what it will happen. . there is one customer service lady who remembers me because ive spoken to her so many times over the same issue. i said just send me a replacement machine (maker 3 im using )as 5 months of the same issue is driving me bonkers and cleary something is wrong with my machine and she replies we cant untill u send a video .. so frustrating them she asks again am.i using one of my own projects i sometimes say yes and she blames that yet when i say i am using Desgin space projects she hasnt got an answer at all ..i dont want to obviously be rude to them as they are only doing their job i asked for a manager to call and still to date no manager has called

I used my maker 3 times and the back metal piece came out. It doesn't work anymore. I used my expession for years then they took away the software for it.

Having bought so many SVG and PNG off Etsy over the years. CRICUT us ripping off folks!!

Explorer air 2 is onevof the best

When you try to shove a bunch of stuff into a program and not properly testing it this is the mess you get. Saddest part there are no alternatives

Why wouldn't Cricut improve Design Space instead of getting into laser machines and such.

I have vowed never to buy a Cricut again. They're customer service and software is the pits! Both of my Cricuts broke in the exact same way. Cricut has lost a really good customer.

I brought a cricut air 2 about 5 yrs ago I've used it 1s I hate it I just can't get used to it they are rubbish

I hate that we have to pay to use dedign space compare to other cricut craft machine