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Cheaper and better option would be decent pair of cutters and a separate winder.
As for string winders, try as I might I simply can't see the point. On a classical, maybe, but on a steel string, if you are getting any time saving worth mentioning from using a string winder, you are putting way too many turns on the post. (And I speak as the owner of several of those very low ratio Gotoh 21:1 tuners.)
I do own a couple of string winders, cheap nylon D'Addario ones, but they only earn a place in my string-change kits because they have a nifty no-scratch end pin puller built in, which is handy for stuck pins you can't push out from underneath (push and lift at the same time for these) or for guitars without an orthodox soundhole where you can't push the pin up.
Changing one string at a time is the way to go to avoid this
So, no-one sells the guitar and buys a new one when the strings need changing ???
If you do end up taking it to a professional for a string change, it might be worth asking them to give it a more general checkover, particularly if it's a brand new guitar.
So, any high/low frets, is the neck straight, is the nut cut nicely, is the action nicely playable, etc. If they spend a bit more time on it, and tweak those aspects to your preferences, you might find it comes back as a new guitar all over again.
You could also ask them whether they'd show you their string changing technique too - save you a trip next time.