>I've long subscribed to the philosophy that you should buy the cheapest tool you can find and use safely, use it until it wears out, breaks, or your skill surpasses the capability of the tool
For a sufficiently cheap tool that might be instantaneously and the difference can be very hard to tell.
I think that you should spend money according to what you are comfortable with and what you actually have a use for.
>Too much money is thrown away in the name of "buy once, cry once" only to discover that you don't need the capabilities offered by the top of the line options.
I would say too many products are made and thrown away because people discovered that they were too badly made to use them.
For a sufficiently cheap tool that might be instantaneously and the difference can be very hard to tell.
I think that you should spend money according to what you are comfortable with and what you actually have a use for.
>Too much money is thrown away in the name of "buy once, cry once" only to discover that you don't need the capabilities offered by the top of the line options.
I would say too many products are made and thrown away because people discovered that they were too badly made to use them.