Refeeds vs Reverse diet when it comes to weight loss plateau

I just came off a succesfull cut, I went from 178lbs to my goal weight of 155 lbs in about 4 months. The first three months went very well, I lost the weight at a rate that I wanted to, the last month of my cut was pure hell, at one point I was at 157 lbs, I only needed 2 stinking pounds to end my cut...I was eating at 1800 calories and doing 4 days of cardio. Eventually it took me 3 long weeks to lose those 2 pounds.

At that point, I ditched the cardio and decided to do a reverse diet, because I had no clue what was my maintenance at that point, so I increased my calories by 200 each week until I experienced a weight gain. Funny enough, I was losing more weight by increasing my calories and ditching my cardio than when I was at low 1800 calories with 4 days of cardio which made me rethink of my strategy for the next time I cut.

By experience, I can say reverse dieting is a helpful tool that worked for me, but then I read about Refeeds from Mike Matthews. If I understood him correctly, he recommends that when you are on a cut (especially if you are lean) to do a refeed day once every 2 weeks and he recommends to increase your calories by 30% on that day.

Now, I love learning about fitness + bodybuilding and I want to avoid the same mistake I did on my last cut. The next time I do a cut, which one is the better option, doing a reverse diet when I hit a weight loss plateau or doing a refeed day every 2 weeks during a cut as suggested by Mike Matthews. Now I know the reverse dieting worked for me by experience and many may suggest me that because I experienced success with it, but I always prefer to chose the best option so which is why I ask this question to people who have also done refeeds and tell me about their experience. I mean if the majority have had even more success with refeeds, I might as well try that one next time. So what are your views on both options?