Buyers remorse. I cannot get a project to turn out or hold. I believe the heat is inaccurate, and it doesn’t seem to have enough pressure.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from CricutBy Cricut, Cricut, April 1, 2025
We are sorry to hear you are having trouble with your Autopress. Please reach out to our Cricut Member Care team so that we can find a solution for you!
I have some mobility issues with one of my hands, which sometimes made the weight of the easy press a challenge. This allows me to press with no worries about pain!
The auto press has made my life easier! I am in love. You see I am a wheelchair user and using the regular press was a bit difficult as I could not put the right pressure on. With this auto press I just have to push it down and it will fo the rest for me! I trully love the auto press!
it's a good heat press. I really like that auto timer, auto shut off features and the ability to lock the press closed so my kids can't play with it. It was easy to set up, between the picture guide in Design Space and instructions manual. This is VERY HEAVY equipment and may require two people to carry. You must register the timer box on Cricut Design Space, or it won't turn on. But after that you don't need to use Design Space to use the machine. I do love the fact that when the timers up, the machine automatically lifts so that I can other stuff without worrying that I might burn my project. The heat works regularly and is dependable. things that disappointed me: I didn't read the description well enough to know that the heat plate is only 12" by 15" that feature alone, I would have gotten a different press, but alas I was like oooo shiny auto press, not looking at the details, also I was hoping for the bottom plate to move. I have seen heat presses where the bottom plate comes out so that you can load your shirts/hoodies etc onto the plate, then move it back to press. this would help with alignment of designs without having to hunch under the top plate which is hot. Again, my fault for not reading the details well enough. Another thing to note is that if you do larger sized hoodies, not only will it be difficult to put the hoodie part squished up into the clam shell, but also the bottom plate is rounded on the edges. It was hard for me to press a large flat designs, i usually end up doing a couple of presses because of the rounded edges, like the corners of some of my sheets wouldn't press because it wasn't flat. it's a good press, really it is, just some minor dislikes, It's way much better than the easy press, because of the automatic pressure, no more standing putting all my weight into whatever I'm pressing and then being disappointed because I didn't have enough strength to push down enough. And I'll keep it for now. When I pay it off, I'll probably get a different one with the features that I wanted: bigger pressing plate, flat edges and a plate that pulls out.
Can't adjust pressure manually which should be an option for the price of the AutoPress. This doesn't allow for proper pressing pressure to make certain projects using sublimation blanks that require a lot of pressure. Very overpriced for that reason.