Originally Posted by
bkaapcke
So, who's right? A militant tightwad, or people who like having the right tool? bk
This is not an area where there's objective truth. What's right for me is that I expend an extra amount of effort that I feel is trivial enough that it is much less than the cost of the tool. Plus I enjoy the 'beat-the-system' feeling of a homebrew solution. For you, your time is more valuable, so the price of the best tool is justified. And you probably enjoy the 'biggest-armory' feeling of having lots of tools. I get it. I mean, if somebody gifted me a pair of master-link pliers, I wouldn't sneer at them and throw it back in their face -- just for myself I'd save my money to buy other things (maybe even other bike tools. Like a set of quality four-corner spoke wrenches).