I am very happy with my Joy Xtra. It is compact and I can keep it on my desk. It is ready to go. I love that it fits letter size paper and I can make stickers, too. The drawback is that it cannot score. I got around this by using my etching tool, which puts the score on the page, but doesn't cut. It would be great if Cricut would come out with a scoring tool for the Xtra. I love it and I'm very glad I purchased the Joy Xyra.