If you are looking for improvement on strips I would do the june tailor shape cut plus or the altos quilt cut. I have a sizzix big shot but I find all the die cutting systems super expensive, unless you have that kind of money to invest. Also I never bought the strip dies because the june tailor shape cut is super easy and to me would be just as fast and way cheaper in the long run. I personally wouldn't get the simplicity unless it was something I won