Yeah, just suck it up and buy the Dynaplug tool. Don’t bother about trimming the tails on the roadside. Do that later back home or just leave it. They squash flat anyway. You can also get Dynaplugs with shorter tails for road tire use.

Bacon strips are more of a faff compared to Dynaplugs. Still much more useful than patches, but not as quick or foolproof as Dynaplugs.