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99% of people don't need their wheels to have exactly the right tension
True, although a more elegant formulation would be that for most people on most builds, the range of tension between too low and too high is quite wide. The range narrows as the load rises and the spoke count/cross section reduces, until you get to the Dymaxion design for a particular load case in which only one precise value of build tension will result in the spokes never going to either zero tension or terminal overload.
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99% of people don't need their wheels to have exactly the right tension. I've never aimed for a certain tension in wheels, but I use a Park Tools TM-1 to make sure the tensions are even, for doing this it is a good tool. Citation: ive built 20+ wheels for myself and others and never had a spoke break. No need to knock the TM1 to try and justify spending 400+ on a tension meter