Just like in the other 10 threads you've started about this.... go with a good brand cutter or get a larger budget. Most of these cheap knockoffs are not good quality cutters.

 

I have to agree…
maybe it is just time you put photos of each cutter on the wall and throw a dart at them to make your choice.

 

When purchasing equipment it comes down to you get what you pay for. In this post you say you want to do vinyl for windows , vehicles and sun strips. The Roland Stika 15 you mentioned in another post will still do all these things and if you have never used a cutter before it might be a good starting point for you to learn what needs to be done and how work with a cutter. Once you have made your money back and more you can bring in a larger cutter to do more work. I would just hate to have you look for a 24 inch cutter for 200 to 300 pounds and get stuck, ask them is something goes wrong with the cutter and it stops working in the first year what is their policy. There is a lot of money to be made with a cutter, if you pick up the 15 inch Roland then in a few months you might just have the 1100 pounds you need to get the better cutter. Besides the cost of the cutter, is going to be the learning curve of the program. If you still want to consider one of these packages, then I would see if you can get a live demo on using it. This will let you see what you are getting and if you think you can run the program. If you do get the opportunity to get a live demo make sure they let YOU run the program and cutter, don’t get caught up in smoke and mirrors of a shiny new cutter demo.
Think of it like this… you are looking for a new car, most cars are 10,000 pounds (just a figure) then you find one for 1,000 pounds, with a free tank of gas and life time oil changes…wouldn’t your first thought be why is it so much less?
I’m not saying this is a bad cutter or company to deal with, it comes down to you are the one that must make the decision, yes you are doing your homework first and that is a good thing. The cutter you are look at comes with a 30 day trial version of Signgo Pro what is it going to cost you after the 30 day trial? You need to figure in the cost of a program to run the cutter, this may be the difference in the lower cost. If the cutter cost you 200 pounds but you need to purchase a 800 pound program to make it work than what did you really save.
What version of Windows are you using? This unit looks like they only have driver up to Windows Vista 32bit.

 

The thing with the cheap cutters is some are "great" and others are 'lemons" and you never know in advance which one you will get......So glowing reviews do not provide much guidance....Cheap equipment seems to have inconsistent levels of quality throughout the production runs....So there is always a bit of gamble with equipment at the low end....

 

thank you all and thank YOU Corel for all that time and info

What i think i will do unless a half secent one comes along is buy the craftrobo, earn some money and then buy a roland.

But im gonna keep an eye on the roland 15inch,
What do these go for new and brand new?

many thanks,

regards,

Ryan

 

But im gonna keep an eye on the roland 15inch,
What do these go for new and brand new?

The Roland SV-15 goes for around $715 new here, which is too much IMHO. It's a great vinyl cutter and built like a tank, but when you can get a Graphtec CE5000-40 for only a couple hundred more, and because it's such a superior machine, the Roland seems overpriced a bit.

The smaller Craft Robo (Silhouette SD) is a good machine too, but mind the smaller size. The first time you need to cut something larger than it's capacity, you have a bit of buyer's remorse. If you get the Craft Robo as a step up cutter, skip a step by bypassing the Roland SV-15 for a nice 24" machine like the GX-24 or Graphtec CE5000-60, which is the one I'm aiming for based on value and what everyone has to say about it.

 

Maybe this will help answer a lot of question for you on the Roland cutters this is the US site Roland Vinyl Cutters
CW