Product review (5 stars): Much better than expected
Much better than expected. I read as many reviews as possible before purchasing this plotter and have to say I was a little weary from the array of mixed reviews. With over 13 years experience working with only name brand plotters/printers like graphtec, roland, and mimaki at work I decided to buy my own personal plotter for home use decals/shirts. I didn't want to invest $1,000+ so this seemed like it would be a good fit...

PROS:

My first concern was that the laptop I have that I wanted to use with this uses Windows 10. I found mixed results in reviews about it Vinyl Master or the plotter working with Windows 10. I can vouch that it works very well with windows 10, not a single issue installing drivers/software or getting them to work. Been very stable.

I am using the USB connection on my laptop. No problems at all...

Quality is far superior to reviews i had read. I have thrown all kinds of jobs at this little guy, very small detailed decals / long decals (7 feet) / heat press vinyl / thick flock heat press material. No issues. Fine tuning pressure and speed is incredibly easy and can be adjusted in real time as you are plotting.

I primarily use Illustrator for my design work. No problems at all saving .eps files and importing into Vinyl Master to cut. I saw some complaints about designing issues in Vinyl Master. Id highly recommend using Illustrator/Corel/Flexi/etc to do your designs and scale and import into Vinyl Master for the purpose of cutting. Slight size adjustments in Vinyl Master are the extent of my design altering I have attempted.

Comes with three blades, 30/45/60 degrees...

CONS:

Makes quite a funky noise while cutting. Harmless but a bit off putting first time or two lol...

A tad awkward sometimes getting the pinch rollers to clamp perfect and to roll out straight.

OVERALL:

Surpassed Expectations, well worth the value for sure...

I think this plotter is perfect fit for people with experience to some degree with plotters to help operate this one. A complete newbie who has next to no experience with a plotter and buys this and thinks its a cakewalk out of the box may need to look at something more simple like a CriCut or smaller higher end plotter.