I got this regular cricut for christmas. I do love this little machine! The things I don't like are that the only quarter size you can do is 1 1/4, then it jumps to every half inch... I really really wish it had more quarter size options...I also find brand new cutting mats super sticky and sometimes rip paper. Also you kind of have to play around because sometimes while its cutting the paper rips. I try to use my cutting mats as long as possible I clean the mat and mix "tack it over and over" with some water and brush it on and let it dry, it gets super sticky also so I tap my hands over it a few times. This method works well to further the life of the mat but once it gets too cut up you'll run into problems with cutting paper. If you have the money for an expression buy that, I thought I wouldn't use anything bigger that 5.5 inches, but at valentines day I wanted to cut my own window decorations, and 5.5 wasn't big enough for what I wanted to do. The expression is too much money for me but maybe one day...
