Silent eyelet setter (Crop-a-Dile)

Member Name: Gemm85

Product:	Crop-a-Dile
Date:	01/09/09 (29 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Punches two sizes of hole, very strong

Disadvantages: A tad on the heavy side

The Crop a Dile is such a useful craft tool for setting eyelets onto your cards and scrapbook projects. No more banging around with noisy eyelet setters, this is as quiet as a mouse!

It comes with full instructions which are quite easy to understand and I got used to using it in no time. There are two sizes of holes it will punch, 1/8 of an inch and 3/16 of an inch.

The most amazing thing about this is that it will punch through the thickest of card, chipboard and other materials like butter. I put an extra hole in a leather belt with no trouble whatsoever using this tool! The instruction leaflet that comes with it also tells you that it will punch through tin buckets but I haven't tried that one yet!

My only gripe is that it's a bit heavy and if you are doing a lot of eyelets on something your wrist may suffer!

I bought this from the QVC website for just over £20 including postage which I think is a great deal, I did quite a lot of shopping around at the time and this was the best price I found even after adding postage! This price included a carry case and a selection of 400 eyelets in a range of colours to get you started.

I wouldn't be without mine now when it comes to adding eyelets!

Summary: Great tool for setting eyelets without making noise!