Cameo 5 (Black)

This is my first cutting machine and I absolutely love it. After doing a lot of research, I decided to go with the Cameo 5 over the Cricut Maker 3 for various reasons. The machine performs and cuts well, is very sturdy, and sleek looking. I love the new power tool feature and the tools they’re making for them. The software is awesome and I can do almost anything I want with it. It also isn’t very loud; my husband is a light sleeper and I have used it at my desk while he was sleeping and it didn’t wake him up. It sounds like it’s computing rather than cutting lol. My only con is the auto blade. I love the auto blade holder but hate how fast the blade dulls and how I have to throw it out once it’s dull and buy a whole new blade and holder (It’s expensive considering it dulls pretty fast after a handful of uses.) I really wish Silhouette would make an auto blade holder you could change the blade out on like you can with Cricut. Yes, I know of the CB09 and other Roland blade like alternatives, and I have bought both but it takes forever messing around with the blade depth and different settings and a ton of test material before you find the right setting and as soon as you change the blade or material I have to mess with it all over again because it doesn’t sit in there the same way it did before I changed it. Plus the adapters for the blades are a thin plastic that’s already wearing out from opening it up and closing it so many times. All in all I give this machine an 8 out of 10. It really is my dream machine but the blade situation really ticks me off.

This is my second cutting plotter machine, And I definitely prefer Cameo over Cricut. Functionality 10/10, excellent quality, clean and precise cuts with the proper settings, Worth the price. Its software isn't as intuitive as Cricut's, but it allows you to do more things.

I've had my cameo 5 for a little over 6 months, so wanted to write a review after having time to use it. As background, I was a longtime Cricut user before moving to Silhouette. I started with a Portrait 3 and loved it (you can read my Amazon review), but wanted a larger size, so got the cameo 5. I was hesitant given the negative reviews, but I knew I could return it if it was defective. To my pleasant surprise, it has worked very well. I had to calibrate it to get print and cut to be more accurate, but as you can see from my picture, print and cut looks amazing (the stickers were cut a different times). Even the preset autoblade functions have been relatively accurate for me, with some minor adjustments depending on the material. The one negative thing I have to say is I was unable to do matless cutting like I did on my Portrait 3 (my favorite function!). I would usually dock a star, but I ended up getting the electrostatic mat, which is such a game changer and even better than matless cutting because I don't have the roller lines anymore since I move them to the furthest edges. I've always hated sticky mats, which is why I left cricut in the first place, so am happy to be free of them thanks to Silhouette. I want to add I'm in no way affiliated with silhouette, I just genuinely love their products that I've bought. I know the company receives negative reviews due to lack of customer service, dissatisfaction with the machines during the initial roll out, and changes to the design store (I tried today and my synching issues finally seem to be resolved, yay!), but I hope others will still consider silhouette because their products are innovative, reasonably priced compared to other cutting machines on the market, and really seem to try to address the needs and wants of their customers. My review may change if my machine rollers breaks, but for now I'm a happy and loyal customer ;) (knock on wood). Lastly, to Silhouette America, please work on the issues customers complain about instead of ignoring them or you will one day find people unwilling to give your products a chance.

Ordered one. Got it, and defective on arrival. Doesn't scan 95% of the time. Then, when it does cut, it's inaccurate. The blade moves incorrectly, and malfunctions. So, I reach out to customer service. They give me the run around, and make me waste even more materials to record a video that they don't even look at, judging by the canned response. I return it. Order another one, in case it was a fluke. Identical defect. Avoid this thing like the plague. It doesn't work, and the company responsible will just give you automated responses that won't help with your problems. Edit: Also, I ordered the Cameo 5α. Yet this is now what appears in my order history. It's possible that they're pulling some shenanigans to try to shift all of the terrible reviews for their newer model to their older model, and piggyback off of the positive reviews for their older model to sell their newer model. Can't confirm for sure, but I know that when I ordered each one they were the 5α model, not the original Cameo 5. Considering how I received two identically defective units and no help from customer support at all, it seems silly to give them the benefit of the doubt, though.

Att den här Cameo 5 är en brutal plotter. I am so happy to work with it. I surely recommend this machine to those who loves this hobby.

I had bought one in Mexico — the only difference is that the one from there came with an extra replacement blade, which I see they don’t include here. Other than that, I like it better than the Cricut.

Top, amei ...super recomendo.chegou direitinho.

Be careful this is from USA and does not have a uk plug . Have had many problems getting it up and running. Got it running but now having problems with the bluetooth. BEWARE if you by this from Amazon and you have problems with it. Despite the fact that you have registered the product with SilhouetteAmerica, if it goes wrong they will not help to get it put right as we are not in USA oe Canada

We ordered a cameo 5 cutting machine last April as it was recommended by a friend. However few cutting was done the roller broke. We again ordered another one in April end and it took almost a month (May end) to arrive. We have opened the box and wanting to try and to our surprise the roller broke. We have not started the cutting or anything. It is a very bad experience both the machine and the shipment delays.