This product is a very safe press for operation Other presses can be more challenging to operate, setting up pressure and pulling the clamp down. The problem is I find that this set up is has issues creating enough pressure when pressing hard items and shirts. I found that I had to adjust and increase time and temperature settings and this led to a lot of repressing vinyl and ghosting with sublimation. I think that there needs to be a way that you can increase the pressure with this device. It is good to have things safe and automatic but some retooling would make this machine more effective.