Samsung Galaxy Watch 5

Hello all, I just recently switched from Apple to Android and I am looking for a watch that works with my Pixel. I don't love the look of the Pixel Watch.

I think the Samsung line-up look the best, and in my brief research the Watch 5 Pro seems to have been a great device. I have found it on eBay for around $120, or I could trade the Apple Watch in with Samsung and get the new Ultra for $350ish.

Is the Ultra worth three times the price of the "refurbished" 5 Pro?

Sorry for a rant but 12 miles into a half marathon today, it's decided to die on me and shut down.

Last summer I went from an Apple Watch S3 to this (had to make the switch as I'd moved across to a Z Flip 4). I've had a variety of experiences over the years (Microsoft Band v1, TomTom Runner, Apple Watch S3) and this Samsung is comfortably the worst of the lot.

• I daren't use it for pool swimming given the horror stories on here and elsewhere about the water resistance eventually failing. Had to buy an additional old Garmin Swim off eBay as a compromise.

• Although YouTube music seems to sync more speedily and reliably than the Apple watch ever did, getting it re-connected to existing paired headphones is an absolute chew on every time, and pot luck as to whether it'll work and stay connected (I lost music after 8 miles today and then it started playing out of the watch).

• The Google Maps functionality in major cities (such as London) for walking and cycling is hopeless in comparison to the Apple equivalent.

• Google Pay doesn't reliably work on the tube

• Whether a Samsung Health or watch specific problem, it seems to unlink itself from Strava on a fortnightly basis.

Is there any point persisting with it or should I bin it off and find a Garmin equivalent? Anyone else had more luck than I?