Recommendation for spoke tension meter

[SirBikealot]

Hi guys,
maybe i'm blind (okay i have some thick glasses ) but i can't find any thread about spoke tension meters.
But i need one because my new wheel set finally settled and now some spokes need retentioning.
Are there any recommendations or is the park tool the only one that really works?

[Wet Noodle]

...or is the park tool the only one that really works?

Ehh? Just wondering about the phrasing. Park tool may have earned a good reputation with some of their tools, but in spoke tension meters, theirs is not really the gold-standard be-all end-all kind of thing (if anything, it's more on the lower end of the spectrum, kinda pricey for what it is, tbh, but park tool).

If you're talking about round spokes in large wheels, almost any type could give you somewhat repeatable readings. With thin bladed spokes or small wheels (little space between crossings or spoke ends), things get a little more complicated. Also, tension meters may need a little practice and a steady hand.

Personally, I only use thin bladed spokes and prefer the Brandt design (I have an older Wheel Fanatyk, but there are also those from that Polish guy) over the pliers style ones.

[courdacier]

they all work, but I don't think calibration is always right. if you measure a good wheel, whatever it reads is what you try to match w/new wheels.
having built a bunch of wheels now over the course of a year, you can just skip the tension meter altogether.
pick a good wheel you want to replicate and pluck a few spokes to check what they sound like.
get the wheel that needs truing and pluck each spoke on one side like you would with a guitar string - pick the highest pitch and tension up the other spokes that sound like they are more loose/lower pitch to match it.
Alternatively, don't worry about tension altogether and fix the spots that are out of true.
building wheels is "secretly easy (TM)"

[veloc_h]

good wheel builders (e.g. SON in Germany) use tensiometers. My mech in Switzerland checked every spoke, when one spoke was broken...
I use both: my hearing and the tensiometer for the final check. The tension depends on the brand/type/construction of the rim the type of spokes as well.
Edit: the cheap ztto tensiometers are not very solid, however the ones from ZTTO, which look like the DT Swiss Tensiometers, are supposed to be better. The DT Swiss are the best (Parktool: between). I've got a cheap Amazon (China)tensiometer, the values are reproducable, so I'm happy with it. Would recomment a bit of grease onto the joints of the tensiometer.