What Cricut Machine is Best for Making Shirts?

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Each Cricut machine has their own best qualities, but which one is best to use when making shirts?

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Cricuts are an investment and range in price from $130 to $400.

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The Cricut Joy is the smallest and most cost efficient of all the machines. The Joy, however; limits the available design size for the shirt.

The Cricut Explore Air 2 is the next most cost efficient machine, and much larger than the joy. It's great for cutting any potential shirt design, but isn't Smart Materials compatible like the new machines.

The Cricut Explore 3 is the newest Cricut model, and is Smart Materials compatible. The Smart Materials are great for making repeat designs for multiple shirts.

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The Cricut Maker is the most versatile of all the machines, but to just make shirts it doesn't produce better than the Explore line.

The Cricut Maker 3 has all the capabilites of the original Maker and Explore; with the added bonus of being Smart Materials compatible like the Explore 3.

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So which machine is best?

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Based on price, capability, and necessities of the machine, the Cricut Explore Air 2 is the best machine for making shirts!

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