Side by Side Comparison of: Xyron

I got into paper crafting this year but found that making cards could be messy with the glues & all so I tried out this creative station by Xyron.It turns larger paper cutouts (up to 4.75" wide) into stickers and it is so easy to use! I recently made a Mother's Day card which was intricately cut & it would have been quite difficult to glue together & this made it a breeze! So easy & it turned out great!I just took the paper lace cutout & rolled it through the machine & out came a sticker. I peeled the front & back away from the sticker & easily mounted it onto the card. Any bits of glue easily rolled off the paper just using my fingertips.

I purchased this have an option to making product labels for my business. Although the labels came out excellent with card stock and the machine is amazingly easy to use. My card punch wasnt able to cut through the laminate. I havenumerous projects to keep my creative station busy.

I love my little xyron. Couldn't do the work I do without it. Well, I could, and I have, like when after 8 or 9 years of steady use my other xyron broke. (I guess you could say I do have one complaint and that's when those little machines break there is no way you can fix it yourself. There is no way to get inside them. But after so many years of use , meh...)I've seen some other comments about being disappointed that the xyron was too small or too this or that, but if you work with in its parameters , don't try to force the cartridges you will have a little work horse for a long time. I suggest you purchase the smallest xyron to accommodate your small pieces rather than run them through this machine. It will cut down on waste and save money on the adhesive. I always I use permanent adhesive and burnish my pieces. My cards come out looking professional, which is a good thing since I sell them. Have fun.

I originally bought the create a sticker which was a big mistake as the adhesive sheet snapped the second use with no way to reattach it. (I really thought I could fix it but trust me, don't bother trying to fix it.) So I sent it back and got the creative station instead with no hassle and I'm very happy with it. It's a dream come true! There are videos where they demonstrate how to fix the cartridge if it gets stuck. So far no problems with it though I have only used the adhesive cartridge with it.

I initially gave this product one star (see original review below the solid line). But with the help and suggestion of the seller, I now know what I was doing wrong and I just love this machine now. It does everything I need it to do and way easier than I thought it would. I'm very happy with the Creative Station now and would recommend it to anyone interested in working on small projects like scrapbooking, small product labels, refrigerator magnets, jewelry, dollhouse miniatures, etc._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I don't write bad reviews often as I like to give the product the benefit of the doubt (maybe I got a bad one, or it's just a minor flaw) but this one purchase I truly regret. I've wasted more adhesive than I've used because the very, very bad design of this machine. You have to "thread' the adhesive through a small slit on the back of the machine where the cutting blade is. It's almost impossible to get the paper with the adhesive on it, through the slit. Once you get it threaded and you go to close the lid, the adhesive paper backs its way out of the slit again due to the pressure from the "tension" roller that pulls on adhesive once you close the lid. In order to get to work, you need to thread at least 3 inches of unused adhesive through the slit to keep it from backing out once you close the lid. Not only do you lose the 3 inches of adhesive, but as soon as you start to crank the handle, it takes approx another 6 inches for your artwork to reach the cutting blade making a total of about 9 inches of adhesive wasted for a 2 inch sticker. Which brings me to the cutting "blade" which functions more like a butter knife. First, the blade doesn't sit far enough off to the side or above the adhesive to prevent it from scraping across the adhesive paper every time the crank is turned. When it's actually time to cut your artwork from the machine, the blade is so dull (or the adhesive paper is too thin) that it bunches up, instead of cuts. I gave up and just started using my scissors to cut the adhesive backing. At least by using scissors I can leave the 3 extra inches hanging from the slit that I'll need for the next image that's inserted into this machine. A really, really bad design and no way to jerry-rig it to make it work better. Don't waste your money, look for something a little more user friendly. The attached photo shows the amount of adhesive I wasted on a two - three inch project.

I love this product. I purchased this to replace the old machine which unfortunately broke after around 10+ years. I love the machine so much that I was happy they still produced them. I had first purchased it scrapbooking but have also used it for putting picture collages together. I have only used the permanent adhesive backing which is perfect for my projects. I also use it to put on the labels for sending packages.

This machine is definitely a keeper. It's an upgrade from the 1.5 - and I love being able to make multiple stickers across the board. I have not used the magnetic/laminator feature yet, but am excited about being able to do so. I can put in individually cut stickers 3-4 across and love how easy it is to use.

This machine is pretty fun to use! No instructions, in my package, about how to change cartridges but we figured it out quickly.I still find using printer paper with adhesive a bit better quality but I like having this option for more awkward labels.My issue is there is a bit of waste involved. Cartridges seem to run out pretty quickly.

I haven't gotten the chance to use this quite as much as I would have liked, but I was able to test it out a few times. It is a great product for the price. I was able to make stickers out of very small graphics to make customized LEGO tiles which are very helpful for my business where I create customized LEGO projects and sell them online. I would definitely recommend this to someone looking for a simple and affordable sticker maker!

Fast and easy but there's a lot of waste with the paper unless you really try to cram a lot of things in. I bought the smaller "X" machine for when I want to do something small so I'm not wasting paper.

I needed something to make some letters sticky on the back side. I don't like how there is so much waste. But it does work. Kind of expensive to use. I would have been better off using a glue stick. If you have lots of money and don't mind the cost, then get one, by all means.

I chose this rating because if the clear covering when you pull it off it pulls the glue with it but it overlaps the paper and then your sticker is kind of sticky on top. Other than that it is easy to use and I like that a lot. It is kind of hard to judge when you have something in and then you have room to put the next item in and sometimes they windup overlapping. Maybe with more practice I will get it figured out.

do a lot of scrapebooking and this is a must to have for large items that you needto sticker to the page, It does seems to me to waist a lot of tape could be improved

It's really good if you're looking to pursue a hobby or a make a quick buck with your friends. However, the plastic that comes out on top aren't very neat or clean and if it is it usually only comes out neat once in a blue moon.

I bought this product to make some promotional stickers/ magnets to sell at booths with my artwork rather than order them from a distributor. I thought it would be a nice touch to have some "homemade hand drawn" stickers and magnets to give away. This product does make good stickers and some okay magnets, however (as many of the other reviewers have been saying) its very wasteful. It also does not "like" thicker paper (such as construction, bristol, reeves, cotton, etc). Not horrible, but does not produce a flawless "high quality" magnet or sticker. I will say the stickers (laminate & adhesive) came out much better than the magnets. Probably good for other types of crafts- mainly household, hobbie or fun, but not for anything professional.

I was trying to use this machine to make stickers to sell in my Etsy shop. It's to hard to get the stickers lined up just right. But for personal use it works just fine. Just like everything else, the refills are expensive. Haven't tried it for other things like magnets yet.

Very frustrated with this product. I purchased this product to run my lettering through as those are always so hard to glue. Turns out this machine really works well with larger less delicate projects. Not to mention it is very wasteful. I live in a resort town leaving me to have to buy most things on- line or drive an hour to purchase any product at all. If I order the replace cartridge on-line it's @ $19+ s/h & taxes, if I drive the hour to purchase it I will pay @ $39+ tax for it. I'm very frustrated with this product at the moment and not sure I would recommend it.

This was not a great purchase. I had to return it because, first, it didn't come with the cutter - how am I supposed to cut some work? through scissors, yes but you will have to pull more and that will be a waste and second, it does not work as advertised, it will some way or the other crumple a few of your projects. I bought the XRN250 from another seller instead and that was the perfect size for me. It was way better. Pls. note that everything is subjective. So, this may or may not work for you.

I don't know if it is because I bought mine used or not, but it is really a headache to situate the adhesive in the machine. I'm waiting for the adhesive I have to run out to purchase more. I'll have to see if it works better with newer adhesive.

Sent it back. It wastes 3" on each side of items sent thru the machine and replacement rolls are EXPENSIVE.

Alot of waste. I purchased to make stickers out of cut outs of card stock. Whenever I use it, there is a lot of waste. The price of the replacement cartridges are more than I want to spend due to all the waste.

I like this product overall. However, I received mine with the orange cutting blade plastic slider, but no blade in the slider. I can use scissors to cut the material instead, but it forces me to waste an extra couple of inches of sticker paper/laminate as I have to roll out more in order to cut it with scissors. I can't return the item now because I didn't use it right away (and didn't notice), so I'm a week or so outside of the return window.

It took me a long time to get around to trying this product because I developed some health issues, and when I finally did, it didn't work at all. As a matter of fact, I thought I had bought it used from someone, because the adhesive roll isn't situated properly in the device, things are stuck together that shouldn't be, and I couldn't get it to work at all. The room it's been kept in is well air-conditioned and there's no reason it should have come out of the box looking like it did and (not) working like it did. If I had gotten to it sooner I could have returned it, but oh well.

I bought the Xyron because I liked the idea of edge to edge adhesive backing. Still like the idea, but...I can't make it work. The machine came with a cartridge loaded into it. When I fed in my first sheet of paper, it got wrinkled, stuck, and used at least about 2 feet of material for a piece of paper that was 8 inches long. I found NO useful directions. There was a page about "gently feeding" the paper into the machine, nothing about what to do if there was a jam. I wasted most of the pre-loaded cartridge and managed to get a couple of 5x7 sheets of adhesive-backed cardstock. So I tried the extra cartridge that I ordered, following the meager instructions that, again, did not clearly explain how to place the "material" between the rollers. More sticky mess. I have been a paper crafter for many years. Would a more expensive model have been a better choice? SO disappointed! If I could give no stars, I would. This apparatus is useless to me.

not happy with this product there is a lot of waste that can be fixed, I called the company they said can't be fixed. If i would have know this I would have not bought it.

It came broken... the paper and cover were stuck together and the handle won't turn anything. Please don't buy this. I wasn't able to make anything even after reading instrustions.

Broke immediately

The first time I ran card stock through the machine, it worked. The second time, I had to push and pull the paper through the machine. It is too much trouble to return a $20 piece of equipment, so I will continue to push and pull until I get tired of it. It is a lousy machine and I would not recommend it to anyone. This is the second Xyron I have bought and both of them have been lemons. I will never buy another one.