Hated the Simplicity strip cutter, bought the Go! and love it. I would have never tried the Drunkard's Path without the Go! I have use all sorts of marking pens and the best to me is the Fons and Porter with the white lead and the colored lead. Also have used the cheapie washable markers at Dollar Tree and tested first, they work great. The blue or purple markers for $3-5 really don't work well for me, they always seem to be dried out. Dislike all pins but the glass head Fons and Porters...too many blunt edges. I don't like any rotary cutter but Olfa, the rest I have managed to load incorrectly or just plain break. Likewise, I dont like Fiskars cutting mats, definitely not June Tailor, only Olfa. I found the largest cutting mat was a waste of my money because I really didn't have a cutting surface big enough to hold it.