Between those 2, the strips are better. Cheap garden soil pH meters are nearly worthless.
Next step up as Rusty said is an aquarium liquid test kit.
Then into pens. Milwaukee, BlueLab, Orion, Beckman, and Oakton are all very reputable brands.
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