I find the turn the wheel whilst tightening the nut until it gets difficult to turn and then back off to finger tight trick to work well if you are adjusting a pre-assembled and working bearing but for comfort's sake a quick check with the DTI is such a trivial additional step to make (if you happen to have the DTI of course).

If you are not careful new bearing seals not seated properly can give a false impression of bearing pre-load which you are more likely to detect with the DTI

So DTI is in my opinion safest and best

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
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