I have the Gizmo and and do like Macybaby, lay the pieces out on the ironing board, press, and then instead of snips or scissors, just lift the chain and cut apart with the Gizmo. It works best for me because I have limited vision in one eye and my depth perception is off. Kept sticking the snips into the ironing board, or missing the thread all together, so I got the Gizmo, now as I cut those threads I can neatly stack the pieces and move on. Even without the vision issue, the gizmo is much faster than snips or scissors.....IMHO