MISTI VS DIAMOND PRESS STAMPING TOOL | Did the Misti meet its match? 🤔 

Great review! I think the Misti is waaaayyy too expensive so have never purchased one

Very detailed comparison. Helpful helpful helpful. It's a few months since your posting & HSN has not dropped the price. I did a net search on price options and that's how I found this review. So to date not down to 25 and still holding at 35ish and a bit more if you don't find a free shipping day or option. However it still remains a great contender in the running. I also like that you can slip longer paper into the DP press. I work with full 8.5 x 11 paper & so sometimes I have over lap. I also enjoy doing out of the box designs such as 11"x11" even 12" x 12" and that means sometimes designing with thought out study as to the lay out of stamps to fit when these are folded say for an ever-turning card. I made my own pucks a year ago in various sizes using hocky air pucks and glue on felt furniture floor moving felts. Worked well and gifted a set to neighbor too. I found the smaller puck was easier to use and also worked into corners and edges perhaps better which is one reason I suspect the DP press was maybe more favorable in your hands too being a little smaller than your original. I have 3 presses including the WRmemories and an earlier Tim Holtz folding one similar to these demonstrated here. I'm in search of simpler and less complicated and fewer parts. Turns out I am not a fan of magnets with these to keep paper from slipping. I discovered I forget where to apply the sticky mat to use in stead and love that. So many different in expensive sizes available by order or at the dollar like stores. So I also buy the generic large ones for cricut or other digital cutting machines which are very inexpensive often have the grids and can be cut beautifully to fit. If too sticky you can pat it out to be less tacky and also as you point out you can re-apply tacky. I assume after you clean the mat first but maybe when used here that's not as important as you are not cutting into it. Anyway a top tutorial that is just lovely and well done. Look forward to watching more. PS I have been searching for that Hero Mountain set of stamps that layer for a while now. So far discontinued and haven't nailed one yet. I'm searching new and used via the net. Thank you again & been on the fence about this press. You convinced me of it's virtues and all of them even misti has it's short falls.

Wonder how long it will be until My Sweet Petunia (makers of misti) sues the makers of this stamp press as theyve done that and taken many other stamping platforms off the market.

thank you for the thorough review! I was looking at the MIsti, but I don't stamp enough to warrant the price tag, love that this is an alternative

I have the 2 sizes of the Stamp Press stamping tool. I got them at Walmart in Victoria British Columbia Canada. The other brands are way too expensive for my budget. I also don’t buy everything by big name brands. I love these 2 stamping tools. 😊❤️🇨🇦

The large shammy can simply be cut to a smaller size. And some UK shops ship to the U.S. at reasonable costs. Thanks for the comparison of a new tool!

Thank you so much for this review!! The Diamond Press tool kit is now $29.99 and they have a new customer discount of $10 off. I was able to get it for $26.98 total with shipping and tax. I'm so stoked. I've only really started stamping and I found myself frustrated with the lack of competition to the Misti in the US.

Great review -- thank you! I ordered two (one for a friend). I do own a Misti, TH Platform, and Stamparatus. I rotate using them depending on the project. I create a whole lot of cards and some specialty paper projects. Anyway, I purchased this Diamond Press to place in my travel/emergency craft tote loaded with the basics. This way, if I lose or forget it, I won't beat myself up because it's inexpensive. I have some 8.5xx11 self-laminating sheets that will protect the print on the cover. From what you have shown, I think I'll be pretty happy with it. Again... Thank you!

Excellent comparison, very helpful. Tysm

Thanks so very much.

I love my MISTI!!!!! I use it all the time. I put a piece of sticky grid in mine to hold the cardstock. I also have a stamparatus from Stampin Up. I only use it for layered stamps.

I have been using this tool exclusively for a number of days. Am actually using it right now to stamp 50 cards -- just thought I would take a break to give an update. Have it sitting on a Tim Holtz Media Grip Mat, so it doesn't slide on my desktop. Have also used some of the same mat inside the platform to keep the cardstock from shifting. It is performing fabulously, and any misgivings I had with regard to gifting this tool has vanished. Also, I've never seen the point of getting a stamp press when sliding a piece of cloth over the platform lid with my palm worked. Uh, I was wrong because the enclosed press has been very comfortable and easy to use, and it works great. A bit wordy, I know, but I'm happy with my purchase. 😁

Thank you for the review. I have not seen any other reviews. You get a lot for the price. I think I paid $7 or $8 for a lawn fawn shammy which is great & $8 to $10 for the hocky puck thing. I use a Sizzix sticky mat grid which is 8 tall 6 wide & had 3 mats maybe ? But do not know if they are still available. ? The hinge is a big concern if they are plastic, especially for thicker material. You warned about all the possible short comings. really great review. Price point is key.

I noticed watching you demo that the diamond press moves all over the place vs Misti stays put on your surface. That would drive me crazy. And not having a really good depth of space for red rubber is a no go for me. I think if you aren't wanting to invest a little more for the Misti or even Altenew stamp wheel or even tonic studious tim Holtz stamp platform then this may be for you. Not for me. I would suggest Tonic Studios Tim Holtz platform for the price comparison with the Diamond press. Thanks for taking time to review.

Personally I do not think the Diamond press stamping press can compare to the Misti quality wise. I have the small Misti and find it great for card making. The hinged door and magnets are much better than using tape. I also have the original Tim Holtz stamping platform for larger paper. But for stampers just starting out without any stamping platform the DP would be a good option.

CANT imagine stamping would/ could be any different with Diamond press. Misty was always grossly overpriced. I DO wish inside DP where one lays the card down, would have an etched grid

I have both Mistis (way too expensive), had TH stamp press (gave it away) I have We R Memory Keepers stamp press and like this one the best. I also just bought their little tiny one to keep on my desk for sentiment strips. They have pegs and no hinges to break. I use a cheap, Amazon circuit mat that I cut up to fit in the press. Works great and I can use any paper size since it only have the two ledges. Wished I would have seen those before leaping into the overpriced Misti. I have the Misti corners as well and never use them. Waste of money.

I have all 3 Misti sizes and use them all. I make a lot of cards so they are in use for every card project. I would not give them up for any other. They are professional tools created in the USA.

The diamond press tool looks like the version Tim Holtz had out for a while.