Originally Posted by
FBinNY
I prefer grease or similar because I found I got too much spoke twist with WS Spoke Prep.
OTOH I use lots of thin spokes so twist is more of an issue for me than it is for those using 14g straight spokes or even some of the common 14g DB spokes. As far as lasting, just about anything will outlast most humans.
I recently purchased a Twist resist spoke gripper. I've used it on half a dozen wheels, and already I wonder how I managed without it on thin spokes. Not at all cumbersome to use as long as you get the right or left handed model as needed.
Spoke prep user here. Bought a big jar of it almost 10 years ago. I use it sparingly so a little goes a long way. I've built a few hundred wheels with it and still have about a third of the jar left.
Does what it's supposed to. I can tweak a wheel years after being built, and the nipples turn smoothly.