The different glues all have their places. Just take Testors tube glue, great for spot securing of window glass and other things but you have to use fresh dabs of glue often or you get strings. Anything you can hold in alignment without getting your fingers in the way is a case for liquid glue. Sometimes for a dificult part I have spot welded with the tube stuff and finished with the liquid.
I have used a variety of liquid cements but my favorite is Micro Weld by Microscale Industries. The company claims that it is a non toxic formula but I haven’t tried drinking it. It has a pleasant orange citric aroma, much more pleasant that most of the other liquid cements.
I do the same thing by the same method. Some time ago I ran out of the TENAX 7R and bought a bottle of the Testors liquid, which I only occasionally use. I like to use the liquid solvent cements when joining two sheets of styrene together end-to-end. The liquid wicks into the joint and gives a very smooth transition between the two pieces. Other than for that application I mainly use the Testors gel glue. Besides, I really like the smell of it too 