What's specifically bad with the AmazFit watches in your experience? I'm curious to know.

I have an Amazfit Bip 5 with Gadgetbridge and for the most part it works just fine. It even accurately recognizes my bicycle workouts, something my Apple Watch Series 5 could never manage to do. For $80, I am very satisfied.

On the flip side, the Sleep and Do Not Disturb modes let through calendar notifications and sounds no matter what, which is mildly infuriating.

I also deleted the Zepp app after the initial pairing, so maybe that's part of why my experience is different?

I'm with you on Skullcandy headphones. It's not just that they're cheap, there's better ones for the same or less. Anker soundcore are my go to - pretty good and very affordable. Mpow honestly weren't bad, I'd get them before Skullcandy. My low-mid range Sony's have been great and shockingly durable.

But my skullcandies all sounded like listening through a pair of socks, and the controls were awful when they did work, which wasn't very long.

Any Skullcandy Headphones... they just break

I've had 3 pairs of them so far. First one held up really well (I think it was their cheapest model), until the connection got a bit shitty. Second pair, the Casette, lasted for about 2-3 years, until it broke around the side. (y'know, the weakpoint of any pair of headphones?). I'm on a Hesh Evo rn and have no complaints currently. That is subject to change, however, as I've only had them for less than a year.

What headphones would you recommend? From what I've seen, they all have a weakpoint, making them susceptible to breakage pretty easily.