Besides the size the joy differs from the maker in these ways.
Different types of cricut machines and what they do.
Make more in less time cut over 100 different materials upload your own images and design on the go.
Cut lengths up to 20 ft.
In our opinion the joy makes a great addition to the maker but cannot really compete as the best overall cricut machine.
Here are the older cricut cutting machines in general order from first to last or see here for what is the best cricut machine.
Except that instead of printing your design the cricut machine cuts it out of whatever material you want.
Welcome to the world of cricut machines.
Compact portable and easier to store.
Accessory adapter replacement included with cricut explore cricut explore air cricut explore air 2 and cricut maker.
Legacy machines that aren t being sold anymore include cricut gypsy cricut cake cricut personal cricut expression and the cricut expression 2.
You can think of it like a printer.
They really are two different machines that each serve different purposes.
Can be purchased separately as a replacement scoring stylus for all cricut explore machines and cricut maker knife blade drive housing for cricut maker quickswap tools for cricut maker cartridge adapter for cricut maker.
Today cricut machines are used for everything from making vinyl decals and iron on transfers to fabric and sewing projects and even cutting cork or other types of heat transfers.
The cricut explore airis a die cutting machine aka craft plotter or cutting machine.
Recently the original cricut explore cricut explore one and cricut explore air were discontinued as well.