Made the same mistake with a $60 ER32 set. Spent more time fighting chatter than actually cutting metal. Felt real smart when I chunked a carbide endmill into the garbage can.

Read a piece from some security researcher who put it pretty well. He said the real risk isn't the password manager itself, it's how you use it. If you pick a strong master password and use two factor auth, you're probably safer than a notebook sitting in a drawer that could get stolen or lost in a fire. The notebook worked fine until it didn't, just like my reused passwords. I think the main thing is being realistic about your own habits. Most people who lose data lose it because they got lazy, not because their tool failed them.

Found myself in a similar spot last year on a school retrofit. Had some cheap nylon ties holding up sensor wires near a rooftop unit and they just turned to brittle garbage after one summer. Swapped everything over to stainless steel straps with a heat shield and haven't looked back since lol.