I love this machine EXCEPT for the mats. I find them thin and flimsy. I also have a cricut and those mats are more substantial plus you can insert them into the cricut machine top to bottom or bottom to top which allows me to spread the use of the mat over the whole mat instead of having to drag my cuttings manually over the ScanNCut mat.  I hope Brother redesigns and improves their mats. Also, the cost of the ScanNCut mats are ridiculous compared to their quality.