Stop ignoring spoke tension meters, I learned the hard way

I used to just tension by feel and truing stand until a wheelbuilder in Denver told me my wheels would crack rims within a year. He took out his Park Tool TM-1 and showed me one spoke at 80 kgf and another at 115 kgf on the same side. Bought my own meter, retensioned a wheelset I did last month, and now I check every wheel I build. Anyone else skip tension meters because they thought feel was enough?

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