I do have the snap hoop monster. I would not get the regular one. It is great for toweling but doesn’t hold my thinner embroidery as well as the hoops that came with my brother. I used it all the time for a while when I first got it until I started having problems with slight shifting as I do lots of appliqué and was taking the hoop in and out a lot. For straight embroidery, especially on thick items I give it an enthusiastic thumbs up.