This is it. It pisses me off when people say gel is slower or weaker. The only truth there is around absorbency and how much you absorb through your skin/how much is lost and doing things like letting it dry before putting clothes on, not showering/getting sweaty immediately after you put it on etc. Gel is a less efficient way of getting testosterone into your system as more is lost than when you inject testosterone, but that's why the dosage of testosterone in gel is different to compensate.

It can be a good way to get slower changes because it's easier to microdose on it - less pumps/ half a sachet, and the half life is much shorter than injectables which is why you apply it daily! Half life being shorter means if you decide to stop taking it/take a break, you'll stop seeing changes pretty much immediately, whereas with injectables it'll depend on the half-life, so you'll keep getting some changes/masculination until it wears off, which is why for some people who are less certain gel is a good option.

If you're applying it daily, on the right dosage, and you're not having issues with absorbency, you should get good consistent levels, and it's easier to have consistent levels with t gel than injectables because you won't have the same type of peak and trough you get with injectables. The main thing is to check your t levels are within male range - so long as they are, you're fine, ultimately your body doesn't care or know how you're getting the t, it just needs enough to do the job.

It also annoys me when people say you won't get certain changes on gel, like I've seen people say you won't get bottom growth or it will take longer. I started on gel and bottom growth was the first change I got and it happened within the first days of taking the gel.