I have been an avid crafter for about 3 years and have recently purchased one of these machine and what a buy........I only wish I had invested in this much earlier than I did, it makes great dies in no time at all. Athough it can only take the sizzlets and the quickcutz dies with an adapter I find this to be more than enough, these dies are a nice size to work with. I think that some of the bigger dies that go in the bigger sizzix machines are slightly on the larger side so if you only want to work with smaller dies then this machine is more than enough. It is very easy to use!!! well worth the buy, mine was bought on ebay for a fraction of the retail cost.