Features:

  • Cuts a variety of material including vinyl, paper, cardstock, fabric, and other materials up to 12 inches wide and 10 feet long.
  • Use the powerful Silhouette Studio design software to create your projects. Features Bluetooth technology for wireless cutting or plugs into your home computer.
  • Features a dual-carriage for multi-tool use and a higher 2 mm clearance to cut thicker materials. Is compatible with Print & Cut and PixScan technology.
  • Is the only Silhouette compatible with the self-adjusting AutoBlade.
  • Includes Silhouette CAMEO cutting machine, Silhouette Studio software, power cable and USB cable, 12-Inch Cutting Mat, AutoBlade cutting blade
Great machine!

It took google to figure out how to install the blade properly since there are no directions with the machine and I couldn’t figure it out through the install software. Once I got that down, I’ve been having fun designing and cutting vinyl, htv, and paper. The computer software is pretty easy to use, especially compared to my old cutter (a craft robo- the silhouette’s predecessor). I occasionally have to adjust the auto settings as they aren’t perfect but that is quick and easy to do.

I have wanted a Silhouette Cameo for years

Way back when I couldn't afford the lump sum for a Silhouette, so I bought a Pazzle which I could make payments on. I never totally unstood how to set the blade on the Pazzle. When I saw the Silhouette Cameo 3 on Amazon at such a reasonable price, I moved money around until I could buy it and I haven't regretted it yet. It took a few days to acclimate to it but that's true of anything more complicated than a pair of scissors. You can download the Silhouette software for free from Silhouette America.com and work with it. I added the designer's edition upgrade to the software and had the pictured diorama ready to cut by the time the Cameo arrived. Please notice the delicate paper grasses in the front of the scene. (My cat did; she ate one.) I could never do that on the Pazzle. The following month I bought some heat transfer vinyl and created the parrot T. If you notice a shadow behind the design, that's the residue from my first messed up attempt. You MUST be sure the autoblade is all the way down in the first blade holder before cutting anything. There are Youtube vids for this and just about anything else you might need to know. Also the loud clacking noise it makes at the beginning of a new cut is normal. It's just the Cameo adjusting the autoblade. The first day I kept unplugging the machine thinking something was wrong. Once I installed the blade correctly & stopped panicking when I heard the autoblade adjusting, I cut the diorama pictured. There is a user's manual on Silhouette's website for the Cameo 3 & the software, but I haven't finished it. What can I say, Youtube & Google are quicker & easier. There is so much more the Cameo is capable of that I haven't yet tried. I'm retired and have a limited budget, but eventually I'll have all the supplies I want. I'm looking forward to making some awesome Christmas decorations.

Best machine ever.

I have the first silhouette machine, which is still working great and I still use it. I purchased the Cameo 3 about two months ago and I love everything about this machine. The selling point for me was the blue tooth and the auto blade. I use it to make stencils for wood projects, for iron on transfers, among many other craft projects. The designs you can make with this is endless. I work at a school and a teacher there purchased one just for her classroom.

Love Love Love this machine

I have cricut, gazelle and now cameo 3-4T, I have also had a Robo, out of all of them my new favorite is the cameo. Super fun to use, quiet, works with SCAL , My favorite software is the SCAL so I was super excited when I hooked up my machine and found it is compatible with Scal, I didn't see that in any of the reviews I had read. The only complaint I have at all is the set up. Your free images are suppose to load when you hook up machine, I installed and uninstalled software 3 times. I followed the instructions of unplugging and reset, still no luck. I then decided to test my cutter and see if my computer and machine were responding together. As soon as I hit send to machine to cut the images loaded. Would of saved a lot of time if this was in the instructions.

Awesome product

Well I have been researching a silhouette for over 1 year now and finally saw it on sale for $199.00 and decided to take the chance with it after reading all the bad reviews. I already own a cricut and a scan & cut but wanted this for certain features it has. I am very pleased with this product it was so easy to install the Bluetooth was really easy to set up. I noticed a lot of bad reviews saying about the Bluetooth, but there is a YouTube video showing how to connect it. The Bluetooth adapter is under the machine. I love this and I have no regret making this purchase.

Go ahead, pull the trigger!

I can't even begin to tell you the array of vinyl decals and t shirts I have already made with this product. Lives up to the hype, I am pleased with this cutter. Rollers can handle 12" or 15" vinyl sheets or rolls. If you're on the fence, take my word, pull the trigger, you won't be disappointed. Software is fantastic, I can literally take any image from the internet trace with the tracing function in the software and cut in a matter of minutes.

I preferred this over the Cricut

I actually tried the Cricut Explore Air 2 and this for about a month. They are both so different, yet similar. I chose the Cameo because the software is WAY better (not even a contest), and the way you organize your files is better. The cutting ability is fairly similar, but the Cricut does better with chipboard and thick things like that. You can always just set the Cameo to do a double cut though. I watched YouTube comparisons saying that the Cameo was flimsy while the Cricut was so much sturdier. Well, that's not really the case imo. I think many of those people are Cricut reps. They are both great machines, and I love that Cricut has templates in their software so you can visualize how big you need to make your design. The problem is that you have to design things elsewhere, and it just gets disorganized with files everywhere. When you upload them into Cricut Design Space, there's no way to organize them. It's a giant jumble. I like designing in the Silhouette software because everything is in one place, and tracing is so much easier. I tried tracing in Sure Cuts A Lot 4 (great program if you do end up going with Cricut) and in Inkscape, but neither were as easy as Silhouette Design Space. I would advise updating to the Designer edition of the software, but you can usually find it for $29.99 or less. I'm new to the crafting world, but I did a crash course this last month or so, and I've learned a ton. You can make so many things with this.

The Silhouette Cameo is FAR BETTER than the Cricut Explorer 2!

I LOVE THIS MACHINE! I had a very negative experience with the CriCut Explore 2 and this machine literally did everything that the CriCut machine COULD NOT. I purchased this for the main purpose of creating professional quality glossy white vinyl decal stickers featuring my own artwork and the Cricut machine's "Print and Cut" features only work on matte papers and matte vinyl. Not so with the Silhouette! The Cricut machine and online design studio only allow for a cut area of 6 inches by 9 inches! Now, if you're buying expensive sticker paper or vinyl it probably comes in 8.5x11" and everything outside 6"x9" is waste. I have NO idea why this is, since the machine can accommodate a 12"x12" mat just fine. The Silhouette easily allows you to fill and cut a full 8.5x11 sheet. Another huge con with Cricut machine is that it constantly loses connection to the design studio- both while using bluetooth and USB connection. I have to refresh, disconnect, turn off, restart over and over to get it to see the connection again. The Silhouette again, does not have this issue. The Cricut machine also can't cut without THE INTERNET. Now, if you have a spotty connection like I do, this is SO aggravating especially on top of the connectivity issues it already has, as mentioned above. You can only cut from the Cricut ONLINE design center and you can't do it offline or by simply just downloading software. Again, Silhouette Cameo wins here! The Silhouette Studio is super user friendly (especially if you're familiar with Photoshop) and easy to design and use. To sum up, I LOVE this little machine and would highly recommend it. Stay far away from Cricut machines- at least until the address the aforementioned issues! Good luck! Happy Cutting!

This is my third Cameo, here are a few tips....

Let me start by saying, I never ever write a review, and I buy from amazon almost daily. This is my third Cameo, I had the 1 & 2 before this one. I also have the Brother Scan & Cut 2, and the Cricut Explore; so I know a little bit of electronic cutting machines. From the three brands silhouette is the one that alouds you, and give you the power to be more creative, therefore the learning curve is a little bit more steeper. You need to know about this before you decide to purchase this machine. You will need to dedicate some time to learn how to use it, and how to use the software. That means hours on Youtube, hours on silhouette blogs (Silhouette School), hours on Facebook silhouette groups. If you have the time and you are willing to do this, you will open a pandora box in your life, is like magic. There are few tips I going to tell you before you push the buy it now button. First if you are going to use it on paper crafting you need a hight quality card stock, a cheap card stock won't work in any of the machines, and cheap I don't necessary mean on the price, I mean the quality. Card stocks books from Hobby Lobby and Michaels always work for me. Another important tip, I would share with you is the blade, silhouette black ratchet blade is the worst blade on the market, horrible, specially for paper. The automatic blade is better, but more expensive, the deep blade the same. I would suggest you to buy the the CB09 bladehttps://www.amazon.com/Graphtec-Holder-Plotter-Degree-Blades/dp/B01IXRKYT8/ref=sr_1_5_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1474296797&sr=8-5&keywords=cb09+blade. It is cheaper & last so much longer than the silhouette blade, it does not have a guide like the silhouette blade, but you can use the silhouette blade as a guide for this one. You can watch some videos on youtube for how to use it. After a few times using it, you would not need a guide anymore. I decided to make a review of the machine, after noticing so many bad reviews that were made by people that are newbies, and most of them are frustrate, because they probably were not expecting a steep learning curve as I was at the beginning, it took me a month of non stoping reading and watching videos, but I also was very frustrate, before I took some of my time to really learn. Anyway this is a long review for somebody that hate writing reviews, I hope it help make your decision easier or give you some inside.

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