The Cricut Easy Press is what she was looking at. I was going to get it for her birthday but there are some iffy reviews on Amazon. Some say it's great and some say it doesn't heat up to temperature and requires a lot of pressure.

I'd like to made her Cricut experience more enjoyable as she already has issues with the Cricut software. I'm thinking of getting her a larger heat press instead of the questionable Cricut item.

Any experience with the Cricut Easy Press or another brand of heat press for doing iron ons?

It's a multi-tasker. Also makes grilled cheese.

My roommate has the cutter and heat press. It looks like that one, anyway, so I assume that's what it is.

She cuts vinyl on the cutter/plotter and transfers it onto shirts with the press. She ran a business doing signs and making shirts for schools, churches, whatever other groups and had high-dollar equipment. The circut stuff is a recent pickup for hobby stuff, made jerseys for the hockey team, made her bridesmaids shirts, some various stickers and other small stuff.

I assume if she finds the cricut stuff acceptable then it's good to go. I have no idea if she follows the recommendations for use or knows a different method that works better.

A lot of hobbyist stuff gets bad reviews just from people that aren't using it right, too impatient, etc.

I have learned my lesson. Do not ever give your wife an "appliance" of any kind as a gift! It is much easier, and far less painful to just cut your balls off with a rusty saw and box them up for her.

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Originally posted by Rustpot:
My roommate has the cutter and heat press. It looks like that one, anyway, so I assume that's what it is.

She cuts vinyl on the cutter/plotter and transfers it onto shirts with the press. She ran a business doing signs and making shirts for schools, churches, whatever other groups and had high-dollar equipment. The circut stuff is a recent pickup for hobby stuff, made jerseys for the hockey team, made her bridesmaids shirts, some various stickers and other small stuff.

I assume if she finds the cricut stuff acceptable then it's good to go. I have no idea if she follows the recommendations for use or knows a different method that works better.

Thanks. If your roommate is happy with the Cricut then that's what I'll get. Any chance you can ask your roommate if there is anything lacking in the Cricut, disappointments or if it's all thumbs up?

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Originally posted by Rustpot:
A lot of hobbyist stuff gets bad reviews just from people that aren't using it right, too impatient, etc.

Yeah, I've found that as well but one of the one star reviews the husband of the purchaser measured the temperature of the plates and it's off by 100°+ and the replacement did the same thing. Some of the other low star reviews say that you've got to really put your weight onto the press you get things to stick.

We also know of someone that gets free products to write reviews for. That makes me distrustful of glowing, perfect, 5 star reviews online.

Thanks!

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Originally posted by architect:
I have learned my lesson. Do not ever give your wife an "appliance" of any kind as a gift! It is much easier, and far less painful to just cut your balls off with a rusty saw and box them up for her.

This isn't an appliance. It is equipment for a crafting hobby.

My wife has the Cricut, but no heat press. I can't help.

Look at uscutter.com for cutters and pressers. I’ve had good luck.

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Originally posted by mcrimm:
Look at uscutter.com for cutters and pressers. I’ve had good luck.

Thanks, I'll check it out.

Mrs.has both devices. Likes them.

She says pay attention to how you peel things apart after heat transfer, as orientation & order make a difference. Run tests on pieces of scrap.

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Originally posted by Archie Teuthis:
Mrs.has both devices. Likes them.

She says pay attention to how you peel things apart after heat transfer, as orientation & order make a difference. Run tests on pieces of scrap.

Thanks!

My wife has the cricut, silhouette, and a heat press by Omwah. She says to get a heat press that opens rather than swings(hers swings), its easier to see and be sure things don't shift.

I ordered the Easy Press for my wife's birthday. It came yesterday and she received it from the post. She squealed and tore into it and had already made baby things for the new grand daughter. Her birthday isn't until next week so I get to tease about it.

Thanks!

So the actual Cricut version is good? My wife has asked for this thing now

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
So the actual Cricut version is good? My wife has asked for this thing now

The wife likes it but you have to use a lot of heat and a lot of pressure. Sometimes the transfers peel up and she has to re-heat until it works.

My wife has one and loves it. But she uses it often, so the expense was justified.

My wife used an iron for quite a long while. Once she bought the press, she was PISSED that she had been using the iron all along. Said the press worked 1000 times better and she wished she would have bought it much sooner.