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Cricut Joy 2 Essential Bundle, 11.4 cm cutting width review
An ultra-compact cutter just over 0.91 kg with an 11.4 cm cutting width, sold in a bundle of vinyl, iron-on and card, that recognises images printed on an inkjet printer and cuts around them.
The bottom line A small cutter that publishes the two things its buyers ask first — width and print-and-cut — and very little else. Software, connection and cutting force are all left for the maker’s own pages.
The Joy 2 listing, bullet by bullet
Five bullets: an 11.4 cm ultra-compact cutter for cards, simple stickers and labels that also works with an inkjet printer; more than 75 materials including vinyl, iron-on, printables and card, with writing, drawing, foil accents, scoring and cutting; an Essential Bundle of Smart Vinyl, Smart Iron-On, card, insert cards and printable vinyl, enough for up to 35 projects; just over 0.91 kg with an 11.4 cm cutting width; and printed images recognised and cut around for coloured stickers and garments.
Print-and-cut on a small Cricut
Printing at home and cutting around the print is the Joy 2’s main claim. It turns an inkjet printer into a sticker line, and it is the one feature on this listing that goes beyond cutting a shape from a sheet.
An 11.4 cm width in practice
4.5 inches is the width of a card or a label strip. A T-shirt design or a car decal will not fit in one piece, and the listing says as much by naming cards, stickers and labels as its projects.
The software question on the Cricut page
The listing names no application and no conditions for using it. Software terms are part of what a cutter costs to own, and this page leaves them to the maker.
Availability
At the last look-up, the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores were asking 150 € to 160 €.
It is sold in the British Amazon store as well, in its own currency, which the euro figures above leave out on purpose.
The American Amazon store returned no entry, so the buy button there opens a search rather than a missing page.
Every figure here is Keepa’s reading on the date this page was last updated. Stock and prices can change at any time.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 15 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.
Where it earns its place, and where it falls short
Strengths
Print-and-cut with an ordinary inkjet printer, for coloured stickers and labels
Writes, draws, foils and scores as well as cutting, as the second bullet states
A bundle with Smart Vinyl, Smart Iron-On, card, insert cards and printable vinyl
Compromises
An 11.4 cm width limits work to cards, labels and small decals
No cutting force, connectivity or feeding method published
No software named, and no terms for using it
Specifications
Cutting force
Absent from the listing
Media width
11.4 cm (4.5 in) cutting width, first and fourth bullets
Feeding method
Absent from the listing
Print-and-cut
Yes: the machine recognises images printed on an inkjet printer and cuts around them, fifth bullet
Tool options
Writes, draws, adds foil accents, scores and cuts, second bullet; the tools themselves are not listed
Connectivity
Absent from the listing
Software terms
Absent from the listing — no software is named
Amazon reference
B0GJT3C4JT (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
0093573657702
Questions makers ask before buying
Can it cut around printed stickers?
Yes, according to the fifth bullet: print the design on an inkjet printer, and the machine detects the printed image and cuts around it.
How wide can it cut?
11.4 cm, or 4.5 inches, as the first and fourth bullets state. That suits cards and labels rather than garments or signs.
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