Go to youtube.com and look at videos of the brands. I bought an accuquilt Studio and like it a lot. Yes they are expensive, I needed something to help because I have bad hands. I bought a 2 1/2" strip and want a 1 1/2 inch one, also bought a set for the 12" block, which has a lot of usable dies in it. Then, hearts, circles, hexes, dresden plate and the tumbler. There are so many for the go and studio you couldn't probably buy them all. You can now use the dies of the go in the Studio with an adapter. Good luck.