Side by Side Comparison of: Xyron

This the answer for my small letter made with my Cricut. It puts the glue on the back of ant image or letter without mess.

Great product for a great price.

I LOVE THIS THING IT'S SO MINI AND AFFORDABLE AND CAN PRODUCE SO MANY STICKERS

My granddaughter loves it - one of her Christmas gifts.

great idea, but you do waste alot of the paper making one sticker

Love the Teresa Collins design. Didn't need it causey original works great still but just loved through whimsical design.

This is the best thing ever! I went online only to find out that a roll of 200 custom stickers was 49.57 and I was completely devistated because I didn't have that much money to spend. I was searching on the web for cheap sticker rolls and the least I could get was 30.00! Then I found this and decided to order it, I have made OVER 300 stickers for my business in under 20 min! The shipping was FREE and came in 2 days!

No one understands just how much fun this little machine is. I had one as a child and bought another now with all the excitement in the world. If you're on the fence about this one I hope I can push you to love it as much as I do. This tiny cute machine allows you to turn doodles and drawings into beautiful stickers that you can put anywhere! You can even give your stickers to friends as presents! It's so wonderful!! This can also be used for scrap booking and it is VERY easy and useful.

We did have a bit of trouble with shipping this product initially (it never arrived at our home, we believe it due to our postal carrier) but Amazon customer service was very quick and courteous and re-sent the product which arrived just as quickly as my other orders always have.What a wonderful product! Truly permanent adhesive used, and when turned patiently, professional quality stickers can be produced.I personally use this for making ATCs (artist trading cards), and I can place two 2.5" wide cards next to each other to fit inside the full 5" width of the sticker area.I have noticed that the thinner the paper, the better the waxy paper peels off the sticker. When using thin to heavy chipboard (I use cereal box weight cardboard at times) some of the adhesive can 'mottle' where it's not slowly peeled off, but I have yet for this to cause any bubbles or inferior hold.I'd recommend this to anyone looking to replace glue or double sided tape, especially where water saturation into the paper is a problem (my projects always warped or came apart in the past due to water based glue or inferior glue sticks in an attempt to avoid the warping!).

I debated on swapping this for the new machine which also does magnets and laminating, but for the price, I figured I could just buy another machine if I was sold on this brand. And for the most part, I am just interested in making stickers. I run a lightweight glossy paper through a color laser printer and then put the designs through this bad boy. Great quality stickers. I've only had a few instances where the edge got caught going into the machine and bent.My beef with this machine, however, is that it wastes a lot of adhesive. When you tear off a design, you're ending up with a good inch and a half or so of border when you start your next project. To get the most out of this machine, I'd recommend running through as many pieces as you can in one fell swoop. It can be a bit tricky to get them to not overlap as they go into the machine (another bummer that's happened to me) but once you get the hang of it, you'll maximize your adhesive. I also send small items in side by side.As some comment, there is no indication when you're about to run out of adhesive, and the machine just stops. You're left to try to salvage the piece by unrolling out of the machine (I was able to do this once successfully) and then I ran it through again on a new refill cartridge. If only the manufacturer would put some sort of indicator on the refill to tell you when you've got a little left (like, a foot). That would be extremely helpful.All in all, this is an expensive way to make stickers for projects and a heck of a lot easier than using double stick tape.

For the price, I adore this! It is so perfect for making your own stickers. I've saved so much money!

If you're in to paper crafting, you need this machine! The permanent adhesive is sticky, the machine always works exactly how I hoped - without fail. Sometimes I do need to retrieve a little extra adhesive that doesn't get picked up in small openings of letters or cutouts, but not a big deal compared to what an absolute pain it would be to glue all that by hand.I was between this 2.5 in machine and the 5 inch, and I'm so glad I got this one. It's bigger than you think it will be, and the refills are almost half the price - don't forget about the consumables because that is the investment that you are committing to make here over and over and over. Plus, it's really my 2.5-inch-and-smaller pieces that are the ones I need help adhering. Once they get bigger, it's no big deal to use craft glue or glue dots.If you do any sort of intricate paper crafting, look no further. Once you've bought it you'll wonder what you ever did without it!

The Xyron sticker maker products are easy to use, clicks right into place and ready to use! Good price, great product.

I needed a refill in a different size, thought that I may as well get this refill at the same time.

Perfect fit for the xyron small X shaped dispenser. Easy to replace and love this product! Makes doing scrapbooking and kids projects so much easier that using glue sticks. No body has time for the old way of doing things.

Love my Xyron sticker maker. It is so easy to use! These refills are so easy to replace. Slide the old one out and the new one in. Love it! One of my favorite products ever. I give this my highest recommendation. Such a good price too. Love, love, love these!

If you know what this is, then you know how well it works and how there is pretty much nothing else to replace it. If you need it, buy it, and if you don't need it, buy it for someone who does (before they stop making them!).

Well, yet another item that I use in sewing. Even though this is for the little X shaped sticker maker, I use this all the time. It's perfect if you want to lay some ribbon down, have it stay in place and not get distorted by pins. And, you can sew through it and it doesn't gum up your needle.

I love this thing. I love being able to turn anything into stickers. Works well and is easy to change the cartridges.

This is a great machine. I didn't need it to be electric and it isn't difficult to use at all. The only issue I have is that it makes a terrible squealing noise when using, it is very loud, and I can't find the source in order to fix it. It is something in the mechanic of turning the handle but there doesn't seem to be a way to try and clean or help that.This works great for making stickers, especially with basic shapes, but it is not great with intricate designs. That is the main reason I bought it, to make it easier than applying glue to small, intricate designs, but I do still use this a ton. If you do use it for intricate cuts, I find it helps to use a pin to kind of pull the adhesive away from the edges.

I have veen wanting one of these for along time. It is nice but when taking the items off the paper the glue seems real stringy and i have to clean around the sticker before placing on my paper

I really like this! My only complaint is how much waste there is at the beginning of making the sticker. If I try rolling the paper back into the machine more it gets stuck. So I have to keep the paper rolled out to the part where you rip it off. My kids really really like making their own stickers though!

I bought this machine to make some stationary by adhering scrapbook paper to cards. It is a great tool! The machine does a great job of coating the whole surface with adhesive evenly. I love that it's so simple to operate; all one has to do is turn a knob. The size is perfect for most projects. My only complaint is that the edges of the paper one passes through the machine have some leftover residue from the adhesive that makes them sticky. Other than that, this machine is great!

I love this machine. The only thing that bothers me about it is the knob you all replaced on this new version with the handle. The handle was much easier to turn. I get a lot of use out of this with my intricate designs I cut on my Silhouette a Cameo. You can also use it with stencil cuts for glitter designs. Cut your design. Run the bottom piece of your project through this Xyron. Then glue the stenciled design on top. It will leave sticky opening where,the design is that can be sprinkled with glitter. It is a nice technique for this machine. I would not be without this in my craft room.

I used this Xyron machine for a little part of a DIY wedding project. For my wedding invitations, I made wraparound address labels myself since I didn't want to hire a calligrapher or just use standard printed addresses on clear labels or anything. Wedding invitations were a while ago, but my labels were something like 1.75 inches x 6 inches or somewhere around there on thicker poundage paper. I researched all sorts of adhesives for something like this - spray glue seemed to messy and lung-damaging, regular glue is messy and sort of shows up through the label, and it would be annoying to use double-sided tape.This was a perfect, cheap machine that rolls in the label and pops it out as a sticker (make sure you get the PERMANENT adhesive cartridges and not the "removable" type for something like address labels). I went through probably 8+ refill cartridges since we had so many invitations and the labels were long, but it was worth it. They stuck on really well and easy to apply as a sticker.Only complaint (hence minus 1 star) - towards the middle to end of the cartridge, it gets squeaky and takes more work to roll it through, but whatever - it's not unmanageable not a deal breaker. I wouldn't have done these any other way.And now that the wedding is over - I'm thinking of giving it to my nieces with some non-permanent adhesive sticker cartridges so they can make stickers of their little drawings and things.This is something that would also be absolutely perfect for scrapbooking.

great size- love it

My mom love it and Ilove it too

Got just what I ordered. I like to use the "X" sticker maker for small die cuts for my planner. I can cut arrows and boxes, etc. and customize my Journal/Planner to fit me!Thanks!

Just a tad difficult to put into the Xyron Create-a-Sticker Machine.

I love all of the xyron products. This one is great to have for the small letters you cut from a machine and pretty much my primary use for it. I will say, this one often leaves sticky residue on the top of the letters so it is not my favorite. I prefer to use the larger ones. When they come through the machine, there is no top layers to those ones.

Love these! I make stickers by the mile. It's easy to use, the adhesive means business when the sticker is used, and besides that, the sticker making process is just plain fun.

I love the size, but not the adhesive residue it leaves everywhere. The smaller sticker maker has a sheet over the top that you can rub to get all the adhesive away from the stickied item.

The concept of making your cutouts for scrap booking, card making, etc into stickers so they can be easily applied is a wonderful idea, however, the execution with this machine leaves a bit to be desired. I would love to try Xyron's newest models to see if they've made improvements, but in the meantime, this is what I have (along with the Xyron 150 "X"). First of all, you must be VERY VERY VERY careful not to tear the cellophane or you lose your entire roll of sticker paper. That means, you must slowly feed your item into the machine and turn the knob gently - any amount of force could result in a tear of the cellophane. Once you have fed the item through and successfully managed to avoid tearing the very delicate clear plastic (cellophane), you'll find this tool handy.

I bought this sticker machine to make little labels for glass bottles (to label home made vanilla as gifts). It does work pretty well for a small plastic device, and I can see this being a hit with kids. :) However, the sticker tape, while plentiful, is difficult to be efficient with. There is always a huge amount ahead of each sticker, or you end up with overlapping paper without sticker backing. I also found the tape to not stick that well to paper and leave some bald spots and it really didn't stick to glass well. Regular Scotch double sided tape worked a lot better!

I originally bought this sticker maker as a treat for myself with intention to sell stickers. It is the perfect size for little circular stickers to give to your friends and to create customized stickers for your personal planner. The 500 does work as it should, but I often find that there are left over adhesive sticking out of my stickers. In addition, when I peel back the sticker, there are sometimes patches where adhesive was not placed. Luckily, the adhesion of the stickers is very strong, and I have no worries of the product "unsticking." I am just a little annoyed that there's random trails of adhesive that sometimes sticks out of my stickers, especially smaller ones. I suspect that it may be just the batch I received in the mail. The weather when I got the product was cold, so maybe it affected the adhesive.I deducted a star off my otherwise 4 star review because I recently experienced the worst jam the other day while I was working with this product and it made me realize how wasteful the Xyron 500 can be. It happened unexpectedly, and it was probably due time to buy another cartridge because of the problems I experienced before. However, I wish that creating stickers didn't product so much waste (you often times create more "backing" then you create sticker) and extra cartridges came in more compact and more eco-friendly sizes.

This is a good product for making small stickers ocassionally. However the technique for pulling stickers out creates a significant amount of waste which I do not recommend for those who make stickers often. While it does create stickers as long as the adhesive, the 1.5" width is a bit limiting. A good item to have for specialized scrapbooking techniques but not much else. Easy to store because of its small size.

Jams frequently to the point where it is a hassle to use.

If they work they are a 5 but I have had 2 out of the 10 I have used since I got three Xyron (refills) that loaded fine into the machine but when you used it, the clear sticker part spliced of the solid and jammed up inside the machine. I never was able to get these two to work.

Good product but one had the tape on backwards in the dispenser and I couldn't use it.

I love the xyron! I do not like that the refill did not come with instructions to replace the cartridge. Wasted too much trying to figure it out!

These work well but if they come off the track, there is no getting them back on. :(

Love the idea, but it's a little difficult to load and use.

We found it to be extremely difficult to load the cartridge - it seems that it should be sooo simple, but we could not get it to work, and now I'm afraid we have wasted one whole cartridge and these are not cheap. I have a different type of Xyron that is super easy to use. I bought this one for my daughter so that she could have her own. Also I didn't realize that it's very small - so you can only put small images in.

There are slightly more expensive electronic labelers that fit a slightly different purpose but are much better for what I had needed than this product. This essentially applies some light adhesive on existing paper... kinda sucks as a concept

Pretty cheap, big waste of the adhesive sticker material to make a small sticker. I returned it.

Worked great the first time or two, but ever since then it leaves sticky residue on the front of the stickers, which is very unhelpful.

Doesn't work any better than the first one i bought. Not happy with it at all.

Original sticky tape inside came unraveled thus unusable. Not happy with this product.

Almost every time I use it and pull to advance my items the inside sticker portion pops out and I need to insert it back into the X and hold it tight to keep it from falling out again. When this happens I loose a lot of the sticker tape. My sister has one and I have used hers and she has no problem at all. That is why I ordered this one.

this was listed with my daughter's sticker maker as a refill but it doesn't fit.

Purchased this for a teen aged girl and didn't realize it was so difficult to keep the adhesive sheet intact. Kept having to fix it.

I bought this product as a gift, and it only worked 1 time before breaking. Very dissatisfied with the quality of this item.

Total garbage. Mine came damaged and only worked twice.

This machine is good but wastes a lot of unused adhesive also the adhesive isn't really that strong, comes off easy, and it's the permanent one.

Bad product, breaks within days, I tried to email the company to see if I could return it and they never got back to me, so annoying!

took it out of the box and it was broken. I didnt use it till after the cut off date to return and by then it was too late ;(

This product is terrible. I literally had to complete my project by hand using the sticky backing and the clear film. I returned what was left along with the malfunctioning sticker machine.

Never again

I've had this Xyron 150 sticker maker for five years and have only been able to make ONE sticker (and that was by just using the refill without the Xyron itself).I have had the Xyron 510 as well as the similar Brother 5 inch sticker maker for over ten years and they both work like a dream. It is possible that I put the cartridge into the 150 wrong? I am not what you would call a novice crafter. (I've been crafting for over 50 years, selling many of my creations). Why does a simple little tool like this Xyron 150 seem so impossible for me to use? I'm afraid I will use up all the cartridge material just trying to make it work.