Thanks for the input guys. I do realize a spoke meter isn't 100% (or even 1%) necessary but I enjoy messing around with tools . I actually wasn't planning to buy one any time soon but I've got some birthday money to blow so may as well spend it on something useful right?

SuperB tools definitely aren't popular in the USA but all the bike shops here in Canada stock their stuff. I've noticed they also license them out to other companies who sell them under different brand names (Sunlite is one you may recognize). I've been aware of them for around 5 years now and in the last 2 or 3 they've considerably upped their game and started releasing a lot of really nice looking tools. I own a few of their smaller ones and they've held up just fine.

Still thinking it over but the more I do the more I lean towards the TB-ST12. Heck I could buy that AND their awesome looking TB-1930 dishing gauge for the SAME cost as the PT TM-1!! Not sure how I can justify saying no to that.