Also depends on which aircraft you are trying to wirelock
I was always happy to use whichever technique would work on whatever I was locking - so I was happy to manually wirelock when necessary,also happy to use wirelocking pliers when I could - also sometimes used the wire spinners (twisters) when short of space.
On Harriers there were areas where one had to single lock (ie not twisted strands) due to lack of space/access - whatever technique that was necessary would be used