We recently purchased the bias tape maker. We haven't tried the strip cutter. We got the model that feeds the strip of bias fabric, folds and presses it. It is 10x faster than folding and pressing manually. You still have to cut and piece your strips. It will make up to 12 feet per pass through the gizmo. I haven't tried it with straight grain fabric yet, but it will probably work the same. If you're doing a lot of binding, it is worth the $$.