Leveler lied to me and my laundry room floor fought back

I spent 5 days last month retiling my laundry room in Nob Hill and it was a complete disaster because I skimped on self leveling compound. The bag said it flows out flat but I got lazy and didn't use a gauge rake, ended up with a low corner that made the last row of tile pop up like a seesaw. My neighbor who does concrete work came by and just pointed at the bubble and said 'you know you can't fix that with more thinset, right?' So I had to tear out 80 square feet and start over, wasted about $200 in materials and a whole weekend. By the time I finished the second pass it was flat enough but my back was shot for a week. Anyone else get burned by trusting those leveler claims or is it just me? What do you use to check floors before tile goes down?

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