Love my scan n cut!

I have looked in to one, but the smallest is priced around 550$ here 😳

Thanks for the reviews. I was considering getting the machine, but since I am getting good results with my PixScan mat, decided I couldn't justify the cost right now, or the space for another machine. It's always nice to hear when someone loves a cutter, and the reasons why.

moraie, since you say you have always been a Cameo girl, I want to know more. I assume you have tried the Cameo PixScan mat. The Scan n Cut would minimize steps compared to cutting stamped images out with the Cameo & PixScan. Other than speeding up the process, are there other reasons to prefer the Scan n Cut over the Cameo, or are you still using both electronic cutters?

I don't promise a perfectly coherent analysis, I'm squeezing this in between projects at work, but I'll do my best.

I honestly think it's a right tool for the job type of thing, and I'll keep both cutters unless they somehow manage to make a baby when they're sitting side by side on my desk.  The Cameo can do what the SnC does via the PixScan mat, and the SnC can cut out designs like the Cameo does, but they they both "do what they do best" much, much better than the other machine.  Cameo's client and design/editing features are better and the library is larger.  But the SnC does what it does SO well it merits the cost and space.   And incidentally, I still don't own a Cricut for 2 reasons:  1-the cost/space issue, 2-because I can can buy a cartridge/design, add it to my Cricut library, screen shot it and move it to my Cameo software (and not have to be online to use it after that).  Because the shapes are solid, the Trace and Cut does a great job.  (You could also print them off and feed them into the SnC to achieve the same ends, but there's reasons why the Cameo is still better for this.)  I could say more here, but I should be a good girl and move on.     

I want the Scan n Cut for the speed and convenience, for the faster, easier work flow that doesn't need a phone or laptop, for the more accurate cuts of pre-printed/stamped images and it's fine-line cutting ability.  I wouldn't write off the speed.  I always did, but it's shockingly impressive.  I figured my PixScan mat worked just fine, but I can have an entire sheet of shapes cut out on the SnC before I can even get the photo loaded into my Cameo software, or before I could get my Big Shot out.  

It's very efficient, and because it scans first, you can position your projects all over your mat for more even wear. The Cameo has some small feed issues if you wanted to cut, say, a 1" star on a scrap in the corner diagonally farthest from the blade.  Conceptually, if you want to use up every last inch of paper, you can use saved images in the SnC and position them around existing cuts in the paper, though I haven't tried it. 

It's more accurate.  I love my Cameo, and I think it's reasonably accurate, but the first stamp I cut was an MFT giraffe with a tiny 3-pronged tail and the little tufts on his head--I fully expected the SnC to lop off the little parts in the no-line cut and do a good job on a small border--but it cut out all the tiny bits on the no-line cut.  That's when my mouth hit the floor.  I could do a reasonable job on the Cameo, but that is where it would start to have issues.  And even after seeing it, I was amazed but thought it wasn't really that useful for me.  When would I ever honestly use a no-line cut?  Masks.  I use masks all the time for my stamps--and the no-line cut will do perfect masks, and when I need little fingers, or toes or other tiny details to be intact, they will be.  It can also cut out a composite stamped image when you're done building your scene.  You know those pages where people write and cut their text into little strips?  Now you can cut out your actual writing (or print a pretty font in a pastel color) for a softer, less blocky look, or your kid's drawings/early attempts at writing.  That would be more difficult on the Cameo.   (So many cool things going on with the fine-line ability it'd be it's own post.)

The quality of the blade, mats and actual SnC machine are very notable.  The SnC has a smaller footprint.  It's a very solid feeling machine, it's very compact, the blades give a noticeably better cut on difficult materials, and the mats are heavier.  I can't say how long the stick holds up yet, but straight out of they package they are great to work with.  They aren't overly-sticky and your material pops off easily. The blade is very accurate in the depth of the cut, and so far I have to really look to see where it met the mat.  I'm sure that will also help the mat last longer.  The top-mounted touch screen makes a huge difference in the SnC being smaller.   It will do cuts in a single cut that my Cameo has to double cut.  The actual cut edge is cleaner and crisper.  I'm sure the quality of the blade is huge in it being able to do such intricate cuts.  

So a super quick summary.  If I only scrapbooked and didn't stamp at all, I'd get the Cameo.  If you can only buy one machine, I'd lean towards the Cameo.  If I stamped and didn't scrapbook, I'd hands down get the Scan n Cut.  If you do both and can afford it, it's worth having both!

My only real con/criticisms so far are:  
1-Charging separately for wireless just bugs me by nature.  The cost of the wireless hardware is already included in my device, so I paid for it.  Why should I have to pay extra to use it?  
2-They tell you to brush off the blade after every use so that the paper lint won't build up, the same as the Cameo blades do, but they don't give you a brush.  If I'm supposed to brush it after each use, that merits providing me with a 25 cent brush.
3-The size of borders is incremental and not continuous.  For practical purposes you have 3 options, no border, tiny border, big border.  I'm sure it's a programming thing, and having more options would probably slow down the speed of the machine.  (And it may be buried in there and I haven't found it yet.)  That said, I'm really happy with the sizes it has, and it would only ever affect me if I was mixing pre-made die-cuts with my stamped images.  I wouldn't have uniform borders in that case, BUT I can run the premades (which always have larger borders) through the SnC, and they'll all match.  

My experience checking out the software is limited, and I really doubt I'll ever bother using it much because of my Cameo.  

I hope that makes sense and helps!

I never thought it was on my list.  I'd seen videos and pics and went meh.  galew mentioned she had one, and I went whoa....and had to seriously look at it.  I think I always thought about it from a scrapping perspective, but seeing it from a stamping perspective was totally different.