I bought one last year at Paducah. It's very nice but I have to say it took me a long time to get comfortable using it. The fabric has to be placed very accurately on the mat before cutting. I still can't turn the cutting guide to cut squares, diamonds, Hst, without messing up the straight cut. I really like the clamps that hold the fabric so it won't move. I think if I used it more I'd get better. I bought a fabric die cut machine because my hands were hurting rotary cutting a lot. The die cut machine has been the better of the two systems for me as far as no pain at all using it.