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Cricut Explore Air Wireless Cutting Machine

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,621 ratings

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Brand Cricut
Material Leather
Operation Mode Automatic
Print media Paper (plain), Card stock

About this item

  • Embedded Bluetooth for wireless cutting
  • Dual carriage for cutting and writing or cutting and scoring in one step
  • Upload your own images for free (.svg, .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif, .dxf) Cut over 60 materials from vellum to leather
  • Smart Set dial for easy material settings, Free Cricut Design Space online software and iPad app
  • Cut Smart precision cutting,Works with all Cricut cartridges
  • Integrated storage compartments
  • Embedded Bluetooth for wireless cutting, Dual carriage for cutting and writing or cutting and scoring in one step

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Product Description

Say goodbye to unnecessary cords and create more space to work on your projects. With the Cricut Design Space software system, send your projects wirelessly to the Cricut Explore Air machine for cutting.


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Cricut Explore Air

Make more, every day

Say goodbye to unnecessary cords and create more space to work on your projects. With the Cricut Design Space software system, send your projects wirelessly to the Cricut Explore Air machine for cutting.

There are so many ways you can create with Cricut Explore Air. Design with the 50,000+ images, projects, and fonts in the Cricut Image Library, or upload your own images and fonts for free. You’ll be amazed at how often you can use this incredible tool. Make party invitations, decorations, and favors. Create seasonal home décor or personalize wedding gifts. Add embellishments to your favorite photo memories. Turn ordinary items into beautiful, personalized pieces that let you say, "I made it."

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What can I cut?

The Cricut Explore Air cuts a wide variety of materials, including paper, cardstock, vinyl, iron-on, poster board and fabric for DIY projects. Upload your own images or choose from the Cricut Image Library—the only limit is your imagination!

No settings required

Forget the complicated materials settings. Now you can get the perfect cut on nearly any material, just turn the Smart Set dial. You can even create custom settings for different materials.

Clean cuts, big or small

The Cricut Explore Air features patent-pending Cut Smart technology. Cut all sorts of shapes with exceptional precision in sizes ranging from ¼ to 11½ inch wide x 23½ inches tall.

Cut and write in just one step

The Cricut Explore Air machine can cut a card and then write a personalized message exactly where you want. It can also cut a box and score the fold lines in one step.

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
1,621 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the quality of the die cut machine. They say it does a decent job at detailed small cuts, and the blade cuts are amazing. They also say it performs beautifully and cuts like a dream. However, customers have different opinions on ease of use, and value.

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401 customers mention311 positive90 negative

Customers like the quality of the die cut machine. They mention that it does a decent job at detailed small cuts, the blade is amazing, and it performs beautifully. They also appreciate the clear, precise, and accurate cuts. Some love the Print then Cut option and find the machine to be quieter than others. Overall, most are satisfied with the quality and performance of the product.

"...I am amazed at the detail it can cut, and how much smaller I can make my images than I could on the Expression and still have them come out..." Read more

"...The machine itself cuts and performs beautifully once you have gotten through the software portion of the image process...." Read more

"...150 stencils with it so far, and the level of detail it is able to produce is fantastic...." Read more

"...I've made something nearly every day.The blade cuts are amazing. Intricate patterns cut like butter...." Read more

242 customers mention161 positive81 negative

Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the die cut machine. Some mention it's very easy to use, and can be figured out pretty easily. However, others say that it'll require a great length of learning curb, and be frustrating to use.

"...creative possibilities with this product, and it really takes so much of the strenuous work out of the process...." Read more

"...The software itself is a little fiddly, but it can be figured out pretty easily. Slice and weld and slice and weld...." Read more

"...There is a definite learning curve, but I am really getting the hang of the basics (as well as some more advanced features)...." Read more

"...It has a nice interface on your computer and the sky is the limit when it comes to cut patterns...." Read more

121 customers mention81 positive40 negative

Customers are mixed about the value of the die cut machine. Some mention that it's well worth the price, cheaper than buying cartridges, and the subscription is reasonable. However, others say that the blades, pens, vinyl, and subscription to the Cricut design store can get expensive.

"...Cheaper than buying cartridge after cartridge, I'd imagine!..." Read more

"...Consumables are not terribly expensive...." Read more

"...I feel that the cricut files are expensive, and there are a lot of great cheap or free resources on the web...." Read more

"...If you have tons of time to craft, the fee is worth it because there's so much available...." Read more

All That Glitters...
4 Stars
All That Glitters...
I have had my Cricut less than a month. I purposefully waited before I posted a review. I like and I dislike this machine. I think my dislike comes from the manner in which this machine is promoted. Let me explain.When you get the Cricut, you have an introductory membership to their library of images you can cut. I was in the middle of scrapping some Christmas photos and when I saw the cuts available for me, I got excited. I was particularly drawn to the images that had words, like a stencil effect that would say something like "Merry and Bright". So, I follow the instructions on how to cut the image. I enlarge the image to fit the space I wanted it to have on my page and the machine did its thing. Its thing was to chew up the paper at those places that had sharp curves. If the curve was gentle, things were OK. Sharp curves seemed out of the realm of possibilities. I next studied up on how to use my own fonts with the machine so I could create titles for my pages. Again, I would create the image, upload it to the machine per the instructions of a YouTube video I watched. There was my title, ready to be cut. And, once again, the machine could not handle the sharp curves. After a week of having this difficulty, I emailed Customer Service. The representative that replied was most responsive to my dilemma. He asked if I could email a picture of a cut that messed up so he could see what was happening. I did so. In a timely fashion, he replied back. He thought that maybe the blade housing was at fault. So, he ordered me a new blade housing, two new mats and a new blade. The replacements were free. I was very impressed by the service I got.Now, the upside of the machine is that for those images that are not quite so intricate, it does quite a good job. And, if you are willing to sacrifice paper and are very patient, sometimes you will get lucky and can eventually get an image to cut correctly. If I am doing words for a title, it is not that unusual that I have to cut it out more than once in order to get all the letters cut as they should be. The trick to getting a good cut is to make sure your paper is solidly adhered to the mat. If it loosens its grip, the paper will slide and the result will be all messed up. Lower case "e"s prove to be very problematic for the Cricut.Another downside to the company is when you purchase images. I am used to sites - like Amazon - where, when you purchase a file that is downloaded to your computer, it is instantaneous. Not so with the Cricut company. When I purchased images, my experience has been that it takes anywhere from a few hours to a few days before the image shows up in my library as being one I own. This is very frustrating. When you are working on a scrapbook page, you do not want to have to put it on hold in order to wait for the image to become available for use. I've never run across this situation with any other company I download purchases from.Another problem, I encountered when I set up my Cricut is that my security software warned me not to proceed with the installation because the Provo site had a history of being an unsafe site. I had to override my security software in order to install their software on my computer. I trust that I did not make a mistake when I did this. But, it is very unnerving when you attempt to install software from an established company and you get security warnings that the software is not safe.I've had my Cricut almost a month. I have developed a love hate relationship to it. When it works, I love it. When it doesn't work, I hate it. It is far from being the machine it is advertised as being. At this point, I wish I had investigated other die cutting machines. But, at least I can use the Cricut for some things. I just have to be less exuberant in what I want to decorate my pages with. I now realize that all that glitters is not gold. And, for those wondering, I did get the replacement parts and, yes, the same problems with intricate cuts still occur with the same frequency as before. Why did I rate it a four with all these negatives? Well, customer service is positive. And, like I said, when it works, you really have something to be excited about. I just wish that the company was more realistic in their claims for the Cricut Explore Air.I am including two photos for this review. One is of a chewed up cut, the Merry and Bright photo. The other is of a layered star die cut that worked well. This will illustrate what I am talking about with the Cricut machine.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Possibilities Are Endless With This Magic Craft Machine!
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2016
As a person who loves paper crafting, I have to say this is SUCH a fun product to own and use. It's so cool, I don't even know where to begin to describe its abilities.

POSITIVES:
I purchased this because I had an old Cricut personal cutter, but my older model did not have the capability of connecting to a computer to design and cut your own images, so it worked solely off of cartridges. I found that pretty restricting for my creative needs. As a graphic designer, I like to be able to have creative control if I'm going to cut something and use it. I love this machine because you can design anything in a program like Illustrator and cut it. That leaves unlimited abilities of what it can truly do. Then of course there are pre-made images for purchase in the database if you're in not into designing your own. I find there are lots of great images available from the database - some free and some at a small price.

One of the features of this product that absolutely surprised me was that it has two cradles - one that holds the main blade, and another that you can put different types of tools in. For instance if you want to cut and write on the same paper, insert a specially sized marker into the cradle, lock it into place, and it will write AS it's cutting where you specify it to! The cradle you use for markers can also be used for scoring tools. Which you also can specify with the software.

Right out of the box this thing is easy to set up and use. It didn't take me long at all. The blades are changed out easily, and you can even purchase a deep cutting blade to cut into thicker materials. Lots of creative possibilities with this product, and it really takes so much of the strenuous work out of the process. I literally used to cut and score my own intricate paper crafts with an X-acto blade by hand, and it would give me terrible cramping and pain in my hands and a backache for days afterwards. This machine does all that debilitating work for you without taking the creative process out of your projects (since you are still free to design and assemble your own images).

NEGATIVE:
The online software program is simple to learn and use, but It does have some limitations (internet only based, slow/laggy at times, resolution restrictions, no more than one document open at the same time, and maybe more I haven't come across yet), but for the ability to cut so much more easily and nicely than I have in the past I still am pretty impressed. If I were to say anything negative about it, it would definitely be for the software issues. The machine itself cuts and performs beautifully once you have gotten through the software portion of the image process. I think it really depends on the complication of your project and whether or not you are creating your own images in outside software as to whether the issues will affect you or not. This is the only brand cutter I have used and therefore am not sure how others perform.

CONCLUSION:
In just the first few days of owning this and experimenting with what it could do, I cut and assembled the few quick paper items you see in the photos I posted - A 3 layer monogram, a couple rolled paper roses, and even some Christmas present labels right in time for the holidays! If this is what I can do in the first few days of experimenting, I can only imagine what I am capable of doing later.

Even with the negative factor of the software having some issues and limitations, I am truly in love with this cutter, it makes crafting so much more enjoyable of a process instead of chore where you're just anxious to achieve the final product. If you love crafting, I recommend this model. I'm just hoping maybe they improve the software eventually, but for now I think I can live with it for how well it cuts.
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kenway
5.0 out of 5 stars So useful!
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María Isabel Hernández
5.0 out of 5 stars Maravillosa!!
Reviewed in Mexico on March 8, 2016
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Melanie
5.0 out of 5 stars Love my Cricut!
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Danielvg
5.0 out of 5 stars Genial practica, rápida, precisa
Reviewed in Mexico on May 24, 2016
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Clodia
5.0 out of 5 stars Me encantó, es precisa y fácil de usar.
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