I use them all and like them all. I rub the pounce pad over the stencil. Mine works great. I heard a tip to use a foam paint brush with the Pounce powder and rub it over the stencil. Haven't tried that yet. Some patterns I like to trace on Golden Threads paper. It is great to do blocks. I trace on 1 and sew without thread over a stack of 6. It work great without tracing so much.