I have the studio and I love it! Arms and hands have 'issues' with cutting and the accuquilt has minimized that problem. I use a lot of strip dies, square dies and half square triangles. I went on a buying rampage when I first got the studio but have not used some of them yet. So I'm on a die-it - no more dies unless it is really unique or I want to make a quilt that absolutely requires it. You'll hear this from all of us who owns an accuquilt die cutter - buy dies on sale!