Side by Side Comparison of: TONIC STUDIOS vs Fiskars vs EK Tools
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Five Star Reviews: | 70% Handy and doesn't take a lot of room September 17, 2017 Good size for me and works well. Very pleased with it..and other Tonic products. Great cutter July 26, 2017 Liked it so much I got the 12 inch, too. Straight cuts and easy on your wrists if you have arthritis, also. Very pleased February 19, 2017 I ordered this product to do my wedding invitations myself and wanted a nice cut line. This product cute good with one sheet of cardstock paper, but if you try to do more sheets at one time it doesn't work very well. As far as getting the job done, it is a nice tool to have and is very compact and easy to move around and take with you places. Sharp, Light, Portable with a Handle, Has a Slight Tray-Shaped Plastic to Hold Cut Pieces and Inexpensive January 13, 2017 I mainly used this guillotine to cut laminated photos. The laminates cut smoothly as long as you hold the lamination tightly in place against the board. I bring the slicer down quickly and it slices the laminate with no pull unless I don't hold the laminate down. This cutter is not meant to cut multiple sheets. To cut something smoothly, you can really only put one sheet of anything in at a time. It has a plastic ruler next to the slicer that helps to keep the paper from flapping when cutting. The board has straight cross lines to help you see when something is straight or not by its alignment to the lines. The slicer is smooth and when it comes down there is a piece of plastic/tray that sticks out under the slicer to help hold the sliced paper so that you can clean up the cut pieces easily. I feel very safe with this cutter and it has everything that a regular cutter has such as the measuring board, cross alignments on the board, a handle to bring the knife up and down, a plastic ruler/guide along the edge to help hold the paper down (not tightly, but to prevent flapping), a sharp knife and smooth movement. The advantage of this board is that it's light, portable with a handle, has a slight tray-shaped plastic that sticks out to hold cut pieces and inexpensive. It can cut up to the length of a regular sized office/typing paper. Great! November 7, 2016 Love this paper cutter. It's small but still practical. I use it to cut sample stickers for my Perfectly Posh business. A standard sheet of paper will fit in this horizontally but not vertically. Since I do not need anything to fit vertically, this inexpensive paper cutter works just fine for me. Makes creating sample stickers so much faster! This thing is awesome! I make cards out of recycled cereal boxes April 29, 2016 This thing is awesome! I make cards out of recycled cereal boxes, and this cuts right through the thick cardstock texture and makes even, straight cuts. I did end up taking the plastic safety piece out though. I found that using it made the cardstock slip around during cutting and made everything look uneven. Holding it in place myself (as long as I'm really careful to keep my fingers away from the blade!) works perfectly. I do think that I will either need to replace or sharpen the blade eventually though. It's not made of the highest quality metal and I've noticed a bit of dulling after using it for several months. But for the price and for the purpose I'm using it for, this guillotine is perfect. | 62% Five Stars August 21, 2017 I really like this trimmer! It is easy to trim closely with this. Works great for scrap-booking! Recommended August 21, 2017 Neat little item for cutting white.bopp non pet waterproof labels. Recommended It's awesome! April 20, 2017 This little guillotine paper cutter is awesome! I love the compact size and it cuts perfectly. Blade is obviously very sharp because it cuts through paper so easily and clean. Good hard surface to work on. Has a measuring bar,which is convenient. Very happy I bought this! Wonderful for card stock! June 22, 2014 I make a huge amount of cards and I was getting tired of replacing the blades in the types of cutters that you run the blade back and forth on. I finally got around to purchasing this small one and the larger one (which, unfortunately, is discontinued). I hadn't had much luck with guillotine cutters in the past, but these work like a charm. They cut through my 80# cardstock very easily. I would deduct half a star if I could for the fact that it doesn't have a measuring line on the clear plastic cover that goes over your paper. I like to use a 1/8" border around my layered papers, so I had to hand draw one in with a permanent marker. | 0% There are no reviews yet | 0% There are no reviews yet |
Four Star Reviews: | 13% The cutting is wonderful. Look the overall size of the cutter for ... October 23, 2017 The cutting is wonderful. Look the overall size of the cutter for storage, travel and taking up space on desk while in/ou of use. My only wish is that the cutter was about 1/2" or 1/4" wider so there was a marking for 5" in width. Useful tool for cutting thick and thin stock paper, but not cardboard. December 20, 2016 Simple tool that does the job. Cuts thick stock easily, but not cardboard. Wish it were a little wider, but for the price, a very useful tool. affortable paper trimmer, i tried 5 pcs of papers ... June 2, 2016 affortable paper trimmer, i tried 5 pcs of papers, but not all of them are straight. it works only for 2 papers cuts well September 23, 2015 This works really well to cut coupons. I just wish it was longer because you could not fit a standard 8.5 x 11 sheet paper in here without first cutting some of it off. Neat Little Cutter!! February 8, 2013 This is the neatest little cutter. Very sharp and precise. Great for cutting 4 x 6 photos. The only thing is that you must disassemble the back of the cutter (a few screws) and put a weighted item in it so when you lift the handle, it sets firmly on the desktop. I was trying to think of what I could use to weight it down and it came to me. I had a box full of change (coins) and put them in it. It worked out great!!!! Stays in place anytime I use it and a great way to save your money! I would recommend this product to everyone! | 21% Love it to trim thin stripes of card stock August 18, 2015 Love it to trim thin stripes of card stock. Wish it was at least 4.25" or 5.5" wide, but it's great if you need to correct something really small. Can't do that with my big trimmer; this one works great. Good product for the price! June 21, 2015 This product works great. The only thing I wish it could improve on is the amount of papers it can cut at once. I had a bunch of photos that all needed cropped, but I could only do about 3 at a time (maybe 4) or they would end up ripping. But it really is a handy little cutter! Disregard Bad Reviews October 23, 2012 I am not quite sure what the negative reviewers were expecting but this is quite handy and works very well on paper and photos within any reasonable cutting project. | 0% There are no reviews yet | 0% There are no reviews yet |
Three Star Reviews: | 6% It is sturdy, has held up well but its use is ... June 28, 2017 I've used this since November 2016. Pro's: the cuts are clean and after several months use the blade is still sharp. Cons: I think if it was wider and marked to 5.5 inches it would be helpful to card makers as many cards are 5.5" x 4.25". I find it frustrating to have to pencil mark my cuts at 5.5". Other reviewers have noted the guillotine blade gets stuck half way, which I have also noted when making long cuts. It is sturdy, has held up well but its use is limited and I would not buy this size again. I recommend the larger sizes. Blade good, but it is too short..... July 29, 2016 Wish it would handle a regular size sheet of paper - but is too short. We make it work - but it is more work to get things cut right. Blade seems to be very good however.... Does its job.. May 25, 2016 This is not the strongest guillotine I have even encountered but for my small project it worked perfectly. It is a bit flimsy but for the price point I have nothing to complain about as it does its job and takes up very little room, it is also super light which I appreciate! Sharp cutter, however, you can't cut more than ... October 24, 2015 Sharp cutter, however, you can't cut more than 3 sheets of 74 gsm/20 lb paper at a time. More than that, it gets 'jammed'. For my purposes it is functional for the price. | 5% Three Stars April 14, 2015 Not as clean a cut as I had hoped for. I am a fuss budget about clean/straight lines not capable of cutting 8½ X 11½ ruled paper. July 23, 2014 mini guillotine is ok for smaller jobs for cutting or trimming paper. It does perform lousy for cutting wax paper though still useful for cutting construction paper, typing/drawing paper etc; take it or leave it February 15, 2014 I returned it. I needed a larger one, this is not cut out for my needs. It's still okay for smaller jobs . Too Small January 20, 2012 Everything else is fine especially for portable this item is lightweight and very easy to pack. But the length is not long enough for most of the normal size paper, such as letter-size. Compact but doesn't want to cut October 3, 2011 It's compact, the little orange triangle at the top is a shallow magnetic dish, but it just doesn't want to cut!I wasn't asking much of it, either. Just a piece of construction paper at a time so that we could make a "Days Dad has been deployed" chain garland in our spare room/play room. It would cut fine at first but as the blade hit paper further from the joint, it just bent the paper instead of cutting it. It cut through a piece of cardstock just fine but it just didn't want to cut through construction paper!It's still a bit useful but our garland turned from construction paper and colorful to white printer paper about 1/3 of the way in. I suppose it has something to do with the "build" of the construction paper as opposed to printer paper or cardstock. | 0% There are no reviews yet | 0% There are no reviews yet |
Two Star Reviews: | 4% Little Disappointed. March 2, 2017 I have several paper trimmers but opt d to get this one after the rave reviews. I have to say I like the layout and it's easy to line up your paper and it cuts pretty nicely but seems to get stuck almost halfway through the cut.Too bad as this seems to cut much straighter than my large cutter that is the same style different brand. I also wish the end went to 5.5 instead of 5.25. Would be perfect for A2 cards. I bet I can figure out a way to make it workOverall I like the style and the cuts are straight but I can tell the sticking halfway through the cut is going to be annoying. I mean like a dollar store trimmer January 23, 2017 This thing is bulky and does the job of a much cheaper paper trimmer... I mean like a dollar store trimmer! I was wholly unimpressed with it's performance, it's hard to store and more complicated to use than a Fiskars model that's cheaper, you can replace the blade on and has a larger, more accurate measuring surface. Don't waste your money. I have a very good quality paper trimmer but I thought this would be ... June 30, 2016 I have a very good quality paper trimmer but I thought this would be really quick when making lots of straight cuts. It's my fault that I did not purchase a larger one - this one is too small for my purposes. But the real issue is after 24 cuts, I noticed my cuts were beginning to look a bit ragged. I cleaned the blade, tried thinner paper and the cut was still inferior. Tonic is known for good products but I am very disappointed with this. Now it sits on a shelf unused but it probably should just be tossed. Not what I expected .... June 20, 2016 I'm disappointed in this trimmer. I can only cut up to 4.5 inches wide. | 1% | 0% There are no reviews yet | 0% There are no reviews yet |
One Star Reviews: | 7% Waste August 26, 2017 Serious waste of time and money. I bought this to cut out all of my wedding inserts. Paid $65 dollars for my inserts to be specially made and printed from Office Max...then went home to cut them out with this paper cutter, and it ruined half of the papers. It does not have a sharp edge AT ALL...it gives the paper an appearance of being hand torn...even when you cut one paper at a time! Huge waste of my time and money! Disappointed. February 14, 2017 After only 14 cuts of #80 paper the edge became ragged. Cleaned the blade, still ragged. Disappointed. Dull after 5 sheets May 4, 2011 i really wanted this to be awesome, it's small, easy to store, and lightweight.it was not so awesome.after 5 sheets of paper (plain copy paper) it would only bend the sheets, it would no longer cut them.it's headed back to amazon tomorrow for a refund. | 11% Cuts horribly! I couldn't get it to make a clean ... March 10, 2016 Cuts horribly! I couldn't get it to make a clean cut no matter what I tried. It was a waste of money. would not cut paper or carsick November 8, 2015 I bought one of these for a friend of mine and brought it to her in Canada, as a gift. She has one, but has worn it out over the years. She was so excited when I gave it to her. She opened the package and tried it out immediately. The trimmer ripped up the paper. It would not cut the paper at all. We looked at each other and the trimmer and were so disappointed! We tried several types of paper/cardstock etc and it would never cut anything. It went in the trash...a waste of money. :0( Ruins paper more than it cuts paper ! September 9, 2015 I bought this to clip smaller coupons on the go & to complement my large full page cutter. The blade does not extend the length of the device so any paper at the bottom gets torn & mauled instead of cut! Even the locking mechanism at the bottom gets in the way of a good clean cut. I burned/melted the notch off but this device is still a disappointment. Don't buy this mini cutter. Look for another option !!! It was a waste of money March 4, 2015 It was a waste of money. Good for tiny projects, but it can't cut all the way to the end of the paper once it was placed. You get what you pay for. A joke, do not buy March 3, 2012 This this is a toy, do not buy for home office.It cuts bend, not straight.I still have to use my scissors Complete Garbage February 16, 2012 This trimmer is a waste of money and wouldn't even be a good deal at a $5 price point. The blade wouldn't trim a single sheet of photo paper, not to mention the blade guide moves making it near impossible to get an accurate cut. Will be returning this garbage to amazon for a refund. | 0% There are no reviews yet | 0% There are no reviews yet |
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Price | $21.44updated: Mar 15, 2020 | $15.06updated: Mar 17, 2020 | $10.17updated: Mar 16, 2020 | $5.82updated: Mar 20, 2020 |
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Article Number | ||||
Article Number | 0836445008086 | 0836445008093 | 6091602750787 | 0702439964273 |
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Binding | Kitchen | Kitchen | - | - |
Brand | ||||
Brand | TONIC STUDIOS | TONIC STUDIOS | Fiskars | EK Tools |
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Color | - | - | clear | - |
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Currency | USD | USD | USD | USD |
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Formatted Price | $21.95 | $15.95 | - | - |
Height | ||||
Height | 63.8 in | 421.3 in | 181.5 in | 78.7 in |
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Label | - | - | Fiskars School, Office and Craft Division | EKS |
Length | ||||
Length | 448.0 in | 248.8 in | 334.6 in | 236.2 in |
Manufacturer | ||||
Manufacturer | Tonic Studios | Tonic Studios | Fiskars School, Office and Craft Division | EKS |
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Minimum Age | - | - | 120 | 120 |
Model | ||||
Model | 808 | 809 | 129580-1001 | 54-04002 |
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MPN | 808 | 809 | 129580 | 54-04002 |
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Number of Items | 1 | - | - | - |
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Number of Parts | 808 | 809 | 129580 | 54-04002 |
Product Group | ||||
Product Group | Art and Craft Supply | Art and Craft Supply | Art and Craft Supply | Art and Craft Supply |
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Product Type | HOME | HOME | HOME | HOME |
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Publisher | Tonic Studios | Tonic Studios | Fiskars School, Office and Craft Division | EKS |
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Quantity | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Score | 9.4 | 8.8 | - | - |
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Size | 1 - Pack | 6"|8.5" | - | - |
Studio | ||||
Studio | Tonic Studios | Tonic Studios | Fiskars School, Office and Craft Division | EKS |
Title | ||||
Title | - | - | Fiskars 3x5 Inch Compact Stamp Press | EK Tools 54-04002 Powder Tool |
Warranty | ||||
Warranty | Guaranteed to be free of defects in material, manufacture or assembly for the life of the product. Normal wear, sharpening, industrial use, or damage due to abuse/misuse is not covered. | Guaranteed to be free of defects in material, manufacture or assembly for the life of the product. Normal wear, sharpening, industrial use, or damage due to abuse/misuse is not covered. | Limited lifetime. | - |
Weight | ||||
Weight | 1.3 oz | 0.7 oz | 1.0 oz | 0.1 oz |
Width | ||||
Width | 251.2 in | 52.4 in | 49.6 in | 128.0 in |
Feature | ||||
Feature | Stainless steel blade Perfect for use with vellum paper all the way up to cardstock Works well to trim photographs Features a measuring grid in inches, a carry handle and a soft orange grip | Features a measuring grid in inches, a carry handle, and a soft orange grip for cutting Cuts paper up to 6-1/4 inches Stainless steel blade Imported Measures 6 inches; 5 year guarantee against defects from faulty materials or workmanship | Ideal for creating custom stamp layouts for cards, invitations and other small to medium crafts Makes it easy to stamp multiple times, saving time and perfectly replicating your design Clear design lets you see where you're stamping Layout space: 3 x 5 inch Lifetime warranty | Powder deactivates adhesive on the stickers Add foam dots, pins an more for other uses of your favorite stickers Refillable bottle |
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