I was on the fence for so long trying to decide if I needed a glass board. I will be honest. I was going to try to turn my Tim Holtz glass mat into a magnetic board by buying some sheets of metal and attaching them to the back and maybe just buy the glass board magnets. I have been sick over the last ten months and just getting back into my card making, and I didn’t have the energy to make to do all that. I am so glad I invested in the glassboard. The gray is so much easier to work on than the black was. My overhead lights reflected so badly off of my black mat, but it’s manageable on the gray mat. I love having the large magnets and I’m glad I purchased the 6” ruler as well. It wasn’t cheap, but it is so worth it.