😰 I LEGIT cannot make this up… Cricut Vs. Brother Scan & Cut Sticker Comparison 😰

I don't know what it is with you guys, but you are loving me talking about the Brother Scan and Cut. And I got a lot of comments about people saying, "Tanner, you don't even need software. That's why I love this machine." So, in today's video, we are going to break down exactly how we can do a sticker comparison. I think stickers is one of the hardest things to make when it comes to a D cutting machine. And I thought, what better way to compare these machines that a lot of people are saying are incomparable in one video. And that, my friends, is a head-to-head comparison making laminate sticker sheets. This is going to put the scanner to the test. We are going to test out exactly how these stickers work. And you will not believe the interesting process that comes when you have a Brother Scan and Cut and making stickers. It's easy, but it's different. and I'm excited to dive in and share with you exactly this true comparison Brother Scan and Cut head-to-head with the Cricut Maker 4. Are you ready for this throwdown? Let's dive in. Who's going to call me crazy for doing laminate sticker sheets? I want to give this comparison the hardest test possible that I could think of, and it's laminate stickers. So, let me dive in and let's get started. All right, my friends. On the craft table today, we have the Brother Scan and Cut against the Cricut Maker 4 for this awesome comparison. And one thing about me, I usually don't love to do comparison videos because they seem really boring to me, but this is going to be the best comparison video you've ever watched because we're going to really give a lot of commentary on the process of what it's like to make stickers. I will be the first to say prepping this video, the process is very different and I want you to just put your comparison hat on with me. All right. Yes, I come with over a decade of experience using a Cricut machine. I am very used to using this machine, but I'm very open to the Brother Scanny Cut in the process. In my last video, y'all gave me some flak for just being truthful and giving my honest review. You're on my channel. you're going to hear the rough thoughts that I have about using this tiny tiny screen. That is just part of the territory. So, let's dive in and let's get started with the Brother Scanny Cut first cuz I actually like this process and I think you will too. All right. So, for this comparison, I thought it'd be really cool to only work on the little screen. So, what we did was instead of using Cricut Design Space, we used Canva and we set up our little stickers right like this onto the sheet. And this is allowing us to really utilize the scan and cut features that are built in on this machine. And I think who the perfect candidate for this machine would be is someone that is unwilling to use computerized software all the time. They want to be more um on the edge of their creativity, not really sure about what they want to do. They want to just print stuff out, have it ready to go, and then, you know, tell the machine what to do later. This is the selling point of this machine. A lot of you have chimed in the comments and like, Tanner, like you're missing the point. And I'm like, no, I get the point. I just want to give a true and honest comparison. So, I want you to watch the process between Brother Scan and Cut and Cricut and ask yourself which one makes more sense for the way you create. It doesn't have to be the perfect there's only one way to do this. Just like tennis shoes and all the sorts of different shoes, everyone likes a different kind, right? Same thing with D cutting machines. So, I just went ahead and printed this out. Now, when we first did our prep work for this video, we had the stickers way too close together. That is a noob's fault. So, I wanted to make sure that we give a true good comparison. So, what we did was we made sure there's about a finger width between each. So, a little bit about half an inch. You'll see why on that later. So, I'm just going to let you guys take a look at this again. And you'll want to be able to do something similar if you're making stickers with your Brother Scan and Cut. There is a little bit more room for error compared to what I'm going to show you with Cricut. And we'll talk about why as we dive through setting it up to scan and cut on Brother Scan and Cut. Let's dive in. All right, my friends. I got my stylus for the Brother Scan and Cut. We're going to load this machine in. So, take it right here. We've got our mat. We have our laminate sticker sheet on here. We're going to take this just like so. And all we're going to do is press the load mat button. So, it's go slowly loaded. It's now loaded it in. And now we're going to start the process of making stickers. All right, my friends. So, now we're going to take a look at the screen. A lot of you have said, Tanner, the beauty of this machine is being able to do everything on this little little bitty screen. So, we're going to press scan, and we are going to make sure we are focused in on a direct cut. So, let's go ahead and press direct cut. And I'm still getting the hang of that. And we're going to definitely make sure we save it with the machine. Sometimes it's very interesting that we have a new machine and it says, you know, select a device to convert the scanned image to cutting data. That doesn't really make sense to me, but I'm going to break this down. So, if you're just wanting to scan and cut what is on the mat, we are going to leave it for the machine. But let's say we want to scan an image in that we have, put it in their software. All right. So, we're going to select the device to convert the scanned image to the cutting data. What that essentially means is we are using what's on the machine, not what's on the software. So, if you needed to do something from the software, you would click this. Um, but of course, we are not needing that connected. So, it's going to be like it's not connected. So, we just want to click the machine right here. Now, it's going to let you know it's a direct cut. The scan area is 12x 12. All right. So, it's loaded in. All we need to do is press start. It is now going to scan the everything. So, it's scanning in right here. And it's a nice slow scan. One thing I love about this is Brother is actually known to be a really good scanner. Um, so you know they have all the technology when it comes to printing, scanning and now with this machine and this lineup, it is cutting. For anyone new to Brother, this is not a new machine to the market. I have seen Brother at many trade events for years and this is a machine that is tried and true for the people that love it. I am a little bit newer as you may be to the process. What it's going to ask us to do at this step is to frame the image. So, one thing to note, what I like to preach when it comes to Cricut is that Cricut Design Space only knows what you tell it. Same thing with the Scan and Cut DX. You must tell it what you want. So, now it is our job to frame the image. So, I'm go frame this in. I'm just moving this in like so. And this is a great thing to think about, like, do you like this process? Would this be cohesive with your designing and crafting? I want you to ask yourself these questions and let me know your thoughts in the comments. So, I pressed confirm and now it's recognizing. All that is doing is making the um you know the scan and cut area smaller so the software knows what we're focusing in on with that scan. All right. Now, one thing to note is that we set up this as stickers. You may not be as lucky to do so if you're doing this for your own. So, say you have an image with like really jaggedy lines. It may be a picture, anything like that. I want to just share with you, you could press this bottom left button, and you can move the smoothing. So, we have smoothing on low because our cut lines are already really smooth. So, you can move this up if you needed to smoothing middle or smoothing high. But since we already have really good cut lines intentionally um and our images are made to be stickers, we're not going to have that issue. So just keep that in your back pocket. Again, some of the other options here is the color setting. We just have it at color five. I'm going to recommend for most people, you just need to leave it there. Brother does such a phenomenal job being able to recognize color and everything as is. So we'll press okay. And now it's taking us to the next area. All right. So, there's three buttons I want to walk you through on this page that are very important. Number one is kind of like in Cricut's offset. This is here. So, this is giving an outline distance of pretty much nothing. It's cutting out, you know, just what it sees. If you want a built-in offset, you could do 0.04. That looks really good to me. Um, but if you want to do a little bit more, you could do 0.08. I think 0.04 is really good. So, I'm going to leave that there. That's just giving a little bit more outer outline. So, that's kind of like your offset. The next button, you can see here, this is like the free form. So, it's just going to do the offset based on the scan it takes. Let's say that you want to make sure everything's in a circle. You could do that and it's going to literally make these circles. I don't know if you could tell, but then they would overlap. So, it's like you really I love this free form. Um, there's some other shapes here as well. These are not necessary, but this would be really good to have for scrapbooking. Say you've uploaded a bunch of photos and things like that. Those are good to have in your back pocket. So, we'll press okay. And then lastly, this is a really fun feature. So, if you click edit, it's going to allow you to go through and say I only want to cut out just a couple of these stickers. I could go through and delete, you know, the other ones I want. So, it's just going to go go through and you're kind of confirming or editing any of the cuts. I like to go through here and make sure none of my cuts are actually touching. That's the only reason I like to do that. You can see this one. It looks close, but I think we'll be totally fine. Um, it's on a small screen, so doing stuff like this on a small screen isn't my favorite, especially if you have any vision problems. A big part here is to also go through and make sure that the scan and cut hasn't picked up any like cut marks from your mat. This is where you would delete those. But this is a new mat. We really, you know, closed in the gap, so it only saw our sticker sheet. So, we don't have any of those. And I've went through to confirm that. But now would be the time if I say don't want to cut one of these out. When it's highlighted red, you would press the trash can. And of course, it will not touch it during the scan and cut process. So, we'll press okay. We've went through all three of those pieces. We'll press okay again. Now it's taking us to the next layer. This is where we are going to decide our material in a way. What type of cut do we want? Um, one thing about scan and cut, they focus less on material and more on what I'll show you here. So, let's click please select. And of course, we're doing a cut today. And I want to show you guys a process. So currently on the screen we have um auto pressure speed at five and we have what is called a half cut. This is traditionally really good for a sticker sheet because it's go cut the vinyl not the backer. We are making laminate stickers cuz we want to like see what all this machine can do. So we're going to turn half cut off um cuz we want a really you know thick cut. So you can see you are in charge of all of these settings. You can play around with them. cut speed, cut pressure, um manual blade, you know, all the things. I'm going to turn half cut off. And then, you know, you can see all the other settings. These are all very, very interesting. Not really important today. We'll press okay. All right. Just for a visual purpose, I wanted to walk you through that. We've really been doing the testing and really seeing all these settings. So, half cut, it's cut through, but it's only going to, you know, it's going to require you to do a little bit more work to pull it out. I actually like this setting a lot because it's going to organize your cuts a little bit better um on the sheet and then you can pop them out. So you can see they're there and this is you know kind of half cut. They are cut through but you have to do a little bit more work. Um if you do a full cut which is what we're doing you can see we did some test and it's just go fully cut it through. I'm very impressed with the Brother scan and cut and the accuracy of the scan and cut feature. There is magic in this scan and cut feature that I'm starting to pick up on. So, back to the cat. All right, my friends. So, we turn that half cut off. And guys, we're about to press start. Are y'all ready for this? Are y'all ready for this? We're about to press start. I'm going to move my camera back. And here we go. I'm going to press start. Okay, it says cutting two minutes. Can it cut laminate stickers? [Music] This is a very different cutting process than Cricut, I will say. Oh my gosh, it's making beautiful stickers. Oh my gosh. Okay, maybe I did a little too much of an offset, but that's on me. Um, see, it's that tiny screen, but it's okay. I still love my stickers. I will say one of the harder things about this machine is I think there's more room for error because the the screen is so small. You just aren't 100% sure of things. That is one of the I think complaints, but it's also part of the beauty that you don't need a computer. So, very interesting. But oh my gosh, I love how quiet the machine is. It's cutting really well. It looks like we're going to do a little, you know, make sure that they cut all the way through before we unload, too. So stick with me. Bada bing, bada boom. Guys, guys, guys, guys. Okay, here's my tip. I want to make sure that it cut through. Oh my gosh, it's beautiful. It is beautiful, guys. It cut through perfectly. Oh my gosh. Okay, we're going to leave these right here. And now, let's dive into the Cricut to get those stickers brought to life. All right, my friends. So, we've added this sticker sheet into Cricut Design Space. And what we've been able to do um is we've actually taken the actual designs and in this instant um we have it in two different layers. So, we've just attached them together. Um what we need more specifically is just to make sure Cricut knows what is cutting and what isn't. So, if you zoom in here, you're going to see that we are going to be able to cut just the outline because we brought these in um and it's two different layers. So, traditionally, if we brought this sheet into Cricut, um we' have had to be a little bit more thorough and pretty much we would have removed the backer. But because we have just attached this together, um it knows already that this layer um is print and cut and we just have the background as like a true sticker sheet um to be pink. So Cricut users, you know what's up. What we're going to do now um is press make it. And you can see here it shows the cutable area. We have the full sheet. It's pretty simple, self-explanatory. Obviously, we didn't go through the whole process of creating the sticker sheet. We're imagining you guys already have designed that. And the true comparison is how the actual cut is. So, you want to print this out. Of course, we'll click we've already printed. And now we're connecting to our machine. And again, we're working off our computer. We are working off of, you know, a software. I like the visual I can see. I like being able to click edit and kind of, you know, seeing my image and seeing everything. Um, it's very nice for me, but this does require internet and things like that. So, just be mindful. And then we are going to select, we can browse material. I love just typing in um, you know, my different printable settings. And I am going to select printable sticker paper. Um, let's see which one I want to click on. One thing I love about Cricut is that I can literally just click printable waterproof sticker set white and I'm not worried about anything else. And now it's that simple to come over here and just load it in. Um, and maybe, you know, it feels more simple to me because I've done it for so long, right? There's not a lot of things going on. WA. Sometimes this Maker 4 even scares me at how fast it goes. Um, what you can do now is it's already, you know, measured the mat. What it'll do is now scan and then, um, cut. So, let's press that play button and see what happens. Here we go. Fun little comparison. That was the scan. And here we go. Now, back in the day, Cricut partnered with HP to actually create a um a really fun machine that print and cut. Um and they partnered with HP. So, I don't know who actually designed their scanner in this particular machine, but um it's nice to see a comparison and really test. So, it's reading the registration marks. I think the registration marks is a really neat way to make sure that the cuts are accurate and that is what you're seeing them do right now. So, this knot actually it it's taking a little bit longer um than the Brother scan and cut scan, but now it is starting to cut. The machine is a tad bit louder and it's just working a little faster. These newer machines, they work really fast. I will tell you the cuts look good. They're very accurate from what I'm seeing. Okay, y'all. This machine is working in overdrop. Like, this is crazy. Oh, whoa. Okay, so now it's cutting out the outer edge. Um, which is super cool. And here we go. So, we can actually now take a look. But before we unload it, we want to make sure that these stickers cut through. Did they cut? All right, my friends. So, this is the actual Cricut material like that. We, you know, we click the setting and everything, but I am just not for certain that it cut through all the way. This is crazy. I'm going to just before unloading it, I'm going to put it through one more time cuz I want to get and make sure that it's cut through as much as possible. So, I'm just going to press the play button again and run this through hopefully one more time and I'll trust that, you know, it's really, really cut through. Well, this is not looking good for Cricket. I think this machine needs to slow down and cut deeper. Cricket, you better get it together. You're making Cricket look bad. Now, let's take another look. I just want to see if it even like it cut out this outer edge. Okay, it definitely did not cut through. So, I'm going to try a different setting. So, let's come over here to Cricut. All right. So, we are not able to cut through as well as I would like. I mean, I'm not able. It's just not cutting through. So, I'm switching to heavy card stock. That's a really good setting for me. Um, that usually cuts through really well. So, what I'm going to do is I'm going to load this in again. I normally would not recommend this. I want to give Cricket the benefit of the doubt, though, and I think with the registration marks, it should be able to register again. Um, and we're going to do heavy card stock and cut this through. And again, this is the same material side by side. Um, and the Brother Scann and Cut did a really great job first try. So, this is going to be our third cut. Let's see how it goes, y'all. As it was cutting, I was like, I'm gonna be late for my barber shop appointment. So, we're gonna get a haircut and then we're gonna be back. Machines. Yeah. Okay. Christian, would you think the Cricut machine is going to win or the Brother Scan and Cut? The Cricket, of course. The results may surprise you. Awesome. Thank you. See you later. All right, y'all. We got the fuel and now we're headed back to the office. Let's go. All right, my friends. We have the next cut. I don't know why it wasn't cutting before, but I think it's cut really, really well this time. So, we're going to take a It pops off. Okay, let's unload it. I'm so excited. Okay, take a look with me. Here it is. Oh my gosh. Okay, it's cut all the way through, which is fine. It was heavy card stock. Um, but yeah. Okay, it is time for the big reveal of both sticker sets. All right, my friends. We've got both sticker sheets right here, and you ultimately get to be the judge because you're deciding which machine you use. But I want to critique and just take a look at each of them. First of all, I want to just go ahead and say the Brother Scan and Cut process was very fun and very simple. I am I like that it required less work in the beginning and a little bit more work at the actual cutting process. I think this is a process I could get handled and under control pretty quick which as we take a look it's pretty awesome. What you'll notice in Cricut you do a little bit more work in the beginning for absolutely no work at the end. So it's just it's about the same amount of work either machine you're using. It's just do you want to frontload that work or do you want it to be right before the cut work? Like it just it changes the workflow a tad bit. Now I'm going to address the elephant in the room. This is Cricut sticker paper and I used the actual setting Cricut gave for the sticker paper and it did not cut the first time. It did not cut the second time. We had to cut it a third time and I had to use my Cricut expertise opinion which was heavy card stock and that is what made it cut. So I just wanted to throw that out there that that is the result we got off of a Maker 4. Um I would say that's not normal, but I wanted this to be as neutral in the middle as possible. And that is my experience today in our studios. Um like not, you know, I didn't edit that out. I just wanted to be transparent with you. So, let's take a look at the Brother Scan and Cut stickers. Um, they are really cool. They cut out really, really well. Oh my gosh, look at this sticker. I mean, guys, come on. I could sell that. Like, this is totally sellable. I love it. So, let's peel it off the backer just to see that it's truly a sticker. Need to cut my fingernails. Oh my gosh, look at this. Super super cool. So, yeah, the transparent stickers. Really, really awesome. the laminate stickers. I mean, really cool. Let's take a look at another one. Let's take a look at some of the cuts. So, here is something to be aware of. Like, with these tighter cuts, it did a really good job. Um, it didn't affect the cut at all, but you could see like it kind of, you know, it could have had issue. But one thing to note is that that Brother Scan and Cut, honey, it gave a good cut. Like a really good cut. I'm And this is a hard material. Like I just want to let y'all know I did not choose an easy peasy material. Like this is a pretty it's a pretty good comparison with these transparent, you know, laminate stickers. So look at that. Look at that. What do you guys think? I mean, these are the Brother ones. So these are the first three of Brother. All right. So now let's take a look at the Cricket. Okay. So super cool. Super super cool. I mean, I like it. I like the sticker a lot. So, this is the comparison there. Let me grab this middle guy. Now, one thing I want to note is like the Cricut had no problem with these edges. You know, again, either one didn't affect it, but it is something to note. Um, and let me grab this one right here. Okay. Beautiful. I mean, the cuts on both machines did really well overall. Um, the Cricut obviously had to be adjusted. One thing I was going to talk about, so where I went wrong with Brother, and again, this is a MI issue, not the software or the Brother machine's fault. I put the offset to 0.04 and where I was working on such a small screen. I was too busy chatting with you guys and didn't remember that it automatically is detecting the white as, you know, what was already going to be cut. So, I didn't need to add an extra offset. But I actually like the look of the pink around the edges. So, I'm not mad about it. Um, but that's just something to be aware of. It was a me issue, but I had trouble noticing it. And I feel like if I was working on a desktop, I would have noticed the difference. Does that make sense? Whereas Cricut, you know, you could argue I've just been using it longer. Not sure. Um, it what you see is what you get because you have that larger screen. So, I think this would be the only disadvantage um of the Brother machine is that it is actually the advantage. So, it's a double-edged sword. Do you like not having to use a computer? Maybe. But what are you sacrificing to not have a computer? You're sacrificing the large screen. You're having to use, you know, a tiny touchcreen, things like that. So, it's just something to be really aware of when you're comparing each of these stickers. I just want you to be aware of that comparison. Overall, I am very, very impressed with the Brother Scan and Cut. The cut quality is amazing. Like, I'm starting to pick up what you guys are putting down about the magic of this machine. I think card making is going to help me take this machine to the next level. Um, I think stickers is a really great comparison because it's pretty neutral. Everyone wants to make stickers, whether it's for scrapbooking, card making, uh, decals, stickers, all the things. Very, very fun. But here's what I need to know. What do you guys think about this process? How did this compare to what your expectations were versus reality? Which one do you think cut better? And most importantly, which one would you rather cut with? I need to know in the comments down below. Let's have a full-blown conversation. and I'll be down there responding to as many comments as possible within the next couple of days. It's going to be awesome and I had so much fun putting this video together. But I also need to know what other Brother Scan and Cut video should we make? What other comparisons should we do? What would you like to see me do with it? Um, how can we use Makers going to learn files with this machine more? I would love to hear you in the comments as well, giving me more ideas on what you'd like to see next. If this video surprised you, let me know as well. And if you want to see more amazing Cricut and craft videos like Brother Scann Cut and so much more, be sure to hit that subscribe button. And here's the deal. We're having a craft conference this July 19th and 20th. It's called CraftCon, and I want to invite you to be there. It's a jam-packed weekend full of creativity. So, if you want to grab a ticket, check it out right down below. And I'll see you there. Bye, guys.