Friend wanting info on new machines

[btails]

sure miss all of you...you all got me through one cold winter in 2011...anyway have a friend that wants a cricut and knows nothing...was wondering what you all thought of were the best machines now.....TY

[SandyMcC]

I heard the Cricut Maker is a decent cutter but you're stuck cutting from their horrible Design Space software. A lot of crafters go for the Cameo 4 currently, but it also seems to have its share of problems being a mostly plastic machine. Personally, I love the Skycut cutters because they work so well with Sure Cuts A Lot and they're mostly made of metal thus much strong stable cutters for cutting.