What was the brand? I typically go out of my way to buy the most expensive shit possible so I don’t have to deal with that very problem, the only things I really replace are things between me and the ground, like my bed, shoes, tires, carpet, shit that wears out. After being in sales for years, and selling cheap shit to cheap people, and watching them come back time after time to replace or upgrade where they could’ve just done that in the first place, I realized that trying to save money costs you more money in the long run.