On air it was stated the crop-a-dile could be used for outdoor applications, such as repairing tarps, etc. I wanted to make outdoor curtains for our lanai. The crop-a-dile was on sale & extra boxes of grommets were too, I got extra grommets because I have several outdoor projects to do. Unfortunately the grommets were flimsy & cheap & I couldn't use any of them. I sent them back w/ the crop-a-dile because frankly I have a hole punch & that was all the crop-a-dile could do for me...punch a hole in fabric. I went a local DIY store & purchased good quality grommets & a hand tool to install them. (The dyes that are attached to the crop-a-dile rotate but none were big enough to accomodate heavy duty outdoor grommets.) Although I must say, HSN is very good about refunding promptly if a product is not to a customers satisfaction, so I have & will continue to purchase from HSN.