Is it Cricut or Cry Cut? I I think it's Cricket, right? Oh, it looks like they
got rid of the little logo. Crricut antlers. So, okay. Now, now we really
don't know. I'm going to go with Cricket. All right. Cricket it is. Okay.
Well, here we are with the Cricut Maker 4. I'm so excited. Oh my gosh. What did
I drop? Already breaking things. Oh, shoot. I think that's your phone. So,
you yourself have a Cricut Maker 3, right? I do. What do you have? I have
just the standard Cricut Maker. Okay. Okay. So, we'll see what the differences
are today and then we'll see if we should upgrade. Yes. All right, let's go
for it. Ooh, you're impressed by a cardboard box.
Well, okay. The way that they inlay the the top, the packaging, the setup guide,
uh, as someone who hates reading instructions, this is quite easy to
follow in my opinion. That's true. That is true. Okay, for those of you who don't know, the Cricut is a it's like a
small CNC machine a little bit, but then it can also draw, it can emboss, it can
foil. Um, and these are some of the tools that you might need for it. So, we
have a fine point pen which helps with drawing cards or drawing illustrations.
It makes it easier for people who don't want to write things. Yes. Yes. And it
looks way more pro. Yes. Okay. What What else have you got? Uh this is the
scoring stylus. So, when you're making cards or die lines, it just scores.
Makes for easier folding. And then we've got a weeding tool. So, when you're making stickers or things like that and
you need to peel out that little bit in the A to get rid of This is the uh
what's the technical term for it? I wanted to call it the scrapey tool, but
it's not the scrapey tool. As coined by Riley, this is the Cricut spatula. I
think this is the spatula. Metal spatula. There can only be one. I
actually don't know what this is for. I've never used mine before. Have you? Only when there's paper that's like
super stuck. Then I gouged the uh the
mat, which is here. This is a light grip
mat. There are other options, too. And basically what these are for is to stick
your materials like vinyl onto it. so that it doesn't shift around when it's
cutting or scoring. One thing that I really liked about my Cricut Maker 3 is
that I could use smart materials. And the Cricut Maker 4 also allows you to
use smart materials. So, that's where you don't actually need the mat. You can load the material right into the machine
and it just cuts. And it allows you to do much longer cuts. I believe it's up
to 12 feet you can do. So, I've been able to do like banners and signs for
Smash Champs recently, which has been really cool. My Cricut Maker doesn't
have that function. Oh, okay. Well, you might be upgrading then. Yeah. Woohoo.
The machine. I hate the color. Me, too.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. I saw that there's a Michael special for like
a sage green. And I loved that one. And then obviously your power cord and the
adapter to your computer if you decide not to use Bluetooth. We also got the
upgraded everything bundle. So, let's see what's in here. Yay. More things.
Ooh, a tote bag. Yay. I actually haven't
printed anything on a tote bag before or transferred. Okay. Well, we'll have to
try that today. I love this. I have one of these and it is awesome. It makes you
cut really straight lines, especially for your smart vinyl and paper and
things like that. Also comes with Cricut Joy materials. Oh, insert cards. Oh, I
read that you there's like a a specific mat where you can put four cards on and
you can print four at a time. What's great about that? Well, you you can put
four cards and cut four cards at a time. So, it's just efficiency. We love
efficiency. All right. So, we got mattless heat
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mine yet. Have you? No. Okay. Well, that's something else to try. Yes. We
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that I really liked when I set up my Cricut originally was that it was really
easy to do. So, you just go to the website, download the app. Um, you can
do it on your phone or iPad and away you go. One thing to note, too, is the
Cricut Maker 3 accessories also work with the Cricut Maker 4. Couple things
to point out primarily with this machine is first off, this little ledge here.
Uh, I know a lot of craft moms and dads that like to use this for their iPad
because the software is compatible with multiple devices. Uh, what do you
usually use? I usually use my desktop or my laptop. Interesting. And I use my
phone. So, at first glance, I actually don't
see very many differences compared to the Maker 3. And honestly, even compared
to the standard Maker, it doesn't seem that different. The buttons are the
same. This is the same. I think the the
accessory bin here is the same. Yep. Even though it looks the same, one thing
we do know is that it's actually much faster. So, instead of 8 in per second,
it should cut 14 in per second. I brought my Maker 3 here so that we can
actually do sideby-side tests to see if that's actually true. Oh, do we have the
same pattern? Same pattern. One thing that did impress me is that this came
out at the same price as this, but much faster. So, it really would be an
upgrade then. Well, sort of. I I think
we have to see how fast it is. Um and depending on people's use cases because
for me as just an occasional Cricut user, I don't think this I wouldn't
upgrade from the three to the four, but we haven't tried it. Yes, but we haven't
tried it. And if I ran my own business and it did indeed cut faster, then I
could see why somebody would invest that money to upgrade. Okay, Sarah, we forgot
to open something. Ooh, another pen. Okay, black. That's more standard than
your magenta. Yes. And some transfer
paper. Some smart ironon. some smart
vinyl. Now would be a good time to figure out what projects we want to
make. Yes. Should we check out the Design Space? Yes. Cricut Design Space.
There's a free version, but there's also a subscription version. And I've noticed that over the years they've paired down
the things you're able to do on the free version in order to make people pay for
it, which I hate, honestly. Hey, maybe you can get me some new um stickers for
my laptops, Sarah, cuz these are from the last Cricut Maker video. Yes. And I
didn't do a very good job of applying it, so it's been peeling. With the
subscription, you get things like uh special fonts, um images, or ready
tomake projects already? I think I pay around $11.99 USD a month. Oh my gosh. Like, do
you make enough craft projects to justify that? Uh last time I made
something with my Cricut machine, and I think this is a running theme in general
with just like craft supplies in general, uh is that I'll use it for the
first few months and then I'll just completely forget I have it.
Okay. Is that a classic craft thing or is that just a you and me thing and we're just add about our crafts? I don't
know. Let us know in the comments. So, a lot of these are actually made by people
in the Cricut community. Uh, which I really appreciate, but I hate everything
being behind a pay wall. Let's just do a cat. Yeah. To give you some idea for
what's included in the free version versus subscriptions. You can see like
even in basic shapes, this is what's included for free and you have to pay
for everything else. So, usually what I do is I find an image I like and then I
download it and I upload and uh use this
tool that they have to create it into a
cut project. Sarah sent me an SVG file, so I didn't actually have to do too much
to that image to make it workable or cutable, I should say. Um, normally when
you have just a regular graphic, you have to highlight all the parts that you
want to cut around. And sometimes that can be really easy and sometimes it can
be more challenging depending on how many different colors there are. Once our project is ready to cut, we just
click on make and then it takes us to this page where you get to pick the
materials. So like I said earlier, you can use a mat um which allows you to use
smaller pieces of vinyl or card stock or whatever the case may be. Or you can use
smart vinyl which is without a mat and you have to put in the full width um in
order to cut properly. So, so for small things like this, normally I would use a
mat so that I'm not wasting material. We're going to do a speed test with both of them side by side using the smart
vinyl this time. You can use different materials that aren't Cricut branded. Um, but it might take some playing
around with just to make sure that it's cutting the right depth. To measure the
speed difference, we've connected the Cricut Maker 3 to my computer and the Cricut Maker 4 is connected to Sarah's
computer. So, we'll see which one's actually faster. Okay. Ready? 3 2 1 go.
Okay. Okay. 3 2 1 go.
Mine's done. What the heck? That's not
That is not what's supposed to happen. Mine's still not done yet. Oh, there.
Now it's done. All right. So, that was on Bluetooth. I wonder if plugged in,
we're going to have a different result because there won't be that delay, but
we'll see. You got to do three, two, one, go.
Three, two, one, go.
Is it going to be faster this time? Yeah. Oh, it's done. So, by Bluetooth,
the Maker 3 was faster, but by USB, the
Maker 4 was faster. This was only one test, though. So, maybe we'll try it out
on the other projects, and we'll see. Yeah, we have four cats. We do. They
obviously need stickers, too. Okay. So, Sarah, you're doing the thing that I did
last time, which was wrong, and that's how I ended up with all of these
wrinkles in mine. Oh, no. We need transfer paper. I've learned. Basically,
what it is is tape that's not very sticky. So, then you stick it on top of
your design to pull it off so I can see exactly where I want to put it. And I
can make sure that it goes down nice and smooth, unlike what I did last time. And
then you're supposed to just be able to peel it without the sticker coming
off. Because I'm doing it in front of the camera, I still managed to screw up
and put bubbles in it. You can literally use the Cricut to decorate your Cricket,
which I'm going to do right now. Wow. Nice. I like it. Let's run the next
speed test and let's do a new project. What's it going to be? Let's do a
Pokémon tote bag. Yay. Oh, that sounds like so much fun. One thing I hate about
the app is it always says it's 100% done when it's still obviously going. Yeah.
So, you can't actually tell how long it's going to be. Mine's done. What the
heck, Sarah? Just seconds before. It's only seconds. Yeah, but it's supposed to
be up to two times as fast. It's supposed to be what? 14 in per second
versus eight. Is that different materials have different? like is that
an average? I don't know how I don't know. So, after testing our suspicions
using Bluetooth, it seems that this machine did in fact run slower, but we
have a lot of tech uh within the office. And so, there may be some interference.
This is going to be a nightmare to weed. So, the weeding process is getting rid
of any material that you don't want ironed on. And is there often like a
bunch of little extra bits? It really
depends on your design. You can see how intricate this design is. So, yes,
there's tons of tiny little pieces, but because all of the shapes are solid,
I've been able to mostly just pull. Think about how long it would take to
cut something like this by hand. I don't think you could. Yeah, you would not get
these results, that's for sure. And that's one thing that I really like
about the Maker, um, is that you're able to make things that look pretty pro,
honestly, but they're still handmade. You would not consider this a handmade
gift, Riley, if somebody made you a tote bag with a Pokeball. Well, no. I think
the gift would be handmade, but those little things.
I would actually reject it if they wa
I'm just kidding. It's a joke. Can you name any of these? That's Charizard,
right? Did I get the easiest one wrong? Oh, it's not even Charizard.
No, Sarah, I can't.
Um, okay. I gotta find I was gonna I was actually looking for Pikachu. There
there's Pikachu. Yay. You got one
Pokemon right. That's okay. I won't
judge. You're judging. I know you are. So, while Ivonne is centering our
design, uh, I also wanted to mention that aside from totes, you can actually
use this iron-on vinyl for a variety of materials. One of my favorites using our
LTT Store blanks. If you're ever looking for things to do, uh, new colors coming
soon. lttore.com. Oh, it's working. Oh, it's working. Wait, was it Oh, it's
working. Riley, this is so satisfying. Was it supposed to cool first or no? We
just go for it. I don't know. I didn't get that far down in the instructions. Too late. Oh, Sarah, we forgot to weed
this part. No, I failed. Just don't tell
anyone about it. They won't notice. Yay! It looks really good. We did that. We
did. Did you believe in us? They
celebrated for us. I know it's not handmade enough for you, but try to give
it to him as a gift. We will see in in in live if Riley accepts it. I will
accept it. Yay. Thank you so much. Cricket has dlisted the Cricut Maker 3
on their website, so we can't actually see the specs for the cutting speed.
Some websites say it's round eight. Some are saying that it was 11, but we can't
confirm either way right now. Based on what you've seen so far today though, would you upgrade? M probably not. Yeah,
I think with the amount that I actually genuinely need to use my Cricket for
projects, uh, it's not worth spending the money to get a new machine. I agree.
But if I was, like I said before, if I was running a business and I was doing this dayto-day and I wasn't using it by
Bluetooth, I might consider it, especially if I can sell it and it would
only be maybe what $100 upgrade, maybe
that might be worth it. But for how often I use it, too, it basically does
the exact same thing at slightly faster speeds. If you don't have a Cricut
already, but you want to try uh debossing or making cards or writing or
cutting out your own vinyl stickers, then I would say the Cricut machine is a
good value for what you get. Uh it's just a matter of whether or not
upgrading seems reasonable. And in this case, I think we can agree it's probably
not worth it. If you don't need all the functionality that the Cricut Maker 4
has, you can pick up the Explore 4 instead. It supports less materials and
it comes with less tools. Or you can also pick up a refurbished or used uh
Cricut Maker 3, which is basically the same except for the speed. Or you don't
have to buy a Cricut at all. There are many alternatives to this, those that I
haven't tried out myself, but have heard great things about. I'd recommend doing
some research and finding out what works best for your projects. This was chaos,
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