What I like about it, is that it just works.. That's the best compliment I can give it. Everything you could want a tuner to do - excellently - that tuner does.. As odd as all that sounds.
There's no magic to it, just no drama whatsoever when using it. It's simple, it's stable - not jittery at all, it has Very-very fast and stable note detection - it reads minute note changes very quickly. It basically locks on to the string you are tuning and you just tune until the spinning stops. It's not hard to see, not hard to decipher, and very accurate.
It's the speed and accuracy of the thing, I think...not so-much that whole " ..within .02 cent" thing.. just the very-fast reading of those tiny incremental adjustments which makes accurate tuning so quick and easy while using it.
Of all the tuners I have had in 30+ years. It's the best tuner I have ever had. It just works great.
I agree.. I would be happy with a needle tuner as I'm into that kinda analog-style thing, I just never had too much luck with them. The older needle tuners I had, 30 years ago, all had flappy-needle syndrome. Drove me up the wall using them... Very slow, and went mad approaching the note you were aiming for. Having said that, today's tuners are likely much better than that.
I also like the cheap digital Korg tuners I have - with the LCD Needle displays .. they don't react to note change while tuning near as quickly as that Turbo Tuner - you have to tune more slowly so as not to overshoot. But still.. nothing wrong with them at all, and would be just as usable for tuning or setting intonation as any other tuner.. In fact, the Korg tuner is what I use when setting intonation after a build, in my workshop.
Tuners...As long as they work, they work. No matter what tuner you get. They are not complex things.