Seasoned cutter users may find the 2mm cutting clearance and 210 gf cutting force limiting, but beginners will absolutely find this a neat and portable machine for small craft projects. We really love the connectivity to PixScan, an app that enables you to create designs from pictures and photos. We think this really is a nice and approachable machine.ĭesigns are created in Silhouette Studio, which is an in-depth desktop design software that beginners may find overwhelming, which is why Silhouette has the Silhouette Go app for mobiles. Given its beginner machine status we find the Silhouette Portrait ticks many boxes a newcomer will want it's bluetooth out of the box so there are no wires, you don't need cutting mat and can simply feed material in manually, there's a smart gadget that detects the tool you're using and adjusts the settings hassle-free, and finally the AutoBlade will set itself dependent on the material being used. The size ensures the Silhouette Portrait is best used for small card, sticker and scrapbooking projects.
At a cutting width of 8-inches it's small-ish but the length can be extended to a massive 60 feet if you buy a roller add-on. The Silhouette Portrait is a neat little cutter that sits just between Cricut's medium machine, the Cricut Explore 3 and the tiny Cricut Joy. But this is also a bonus for seasoned cutting machine users, as you can really tailor this machine to how you want to use it.
We do find the Silhouette Cameo 4 is less approachable than the Cricut Maker 3, with more manual settings to adjust and fiddle with. There's a level of out-of-the-box use that we like about Silhouette Cameo 4, for example it has a built-in roller meaning you can create projects up to 60 feet in length without needing to buy an additional tool. It also generates an amazing 5 kgf of force, making it more powerful than Cricut Maker 3 and arguably better for sewers and quilters. The dual carriage also allows for additional tools, such as a deep-cut crafting blade and a rotary blade. The Silhouette Cameo 4 has a backlit touch panel which ensures that it's incredibly easy to use – and makes this cutter more manual than Cricut which keeps everything in the app. Only the base model comes in colours other than white. The base model of Silhouette Cameo 4 is 12-inches, and comes in two more models, the Silhouette Cameo 4 Plus at 15-inches and the Silhouette Cameo 4 Pro at a large 24-inches. We find this is a cutting machine that can be use for almost any craft project. The extra power means these cutting machines are more efficient and deliver clean cuts on a range of materials, from the classic vinyl and fabrics, to metals and leather. No matter which you choose, they all have more power than the previous Cameo machines (and more than Cricut Maker).
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