I would like to say congratulations to OP for getting a hardware wallet, but I guess I will give credit to those who posted here regarding problems concerning Ledger.
I mean it helped me narrow my choices on which hardware wallet will I have to buy in the future.
TBH, I've been using Electrum ever since, and I haven't encountered any problems or hacks, or getting scammed whatever. I believe that it will all come down to the investors themselves. I can continue using Electrum for life, and still not fall into scams, and not get hacked. On the other hand, I can buy a hardware wallet, but if I don't know how to secure my private keys, I might still get scammed.
Overall, I guess I'll try to buy a Trezor in the future instead of a Ledger wallet just because of the problems that the wallet is encountering. As for OP, take care of your coins as always and still congratulations for having a hardware wallet.
I been using Exodus and never had any problem either, I also got Electrum and TBH I feel it's to nerdy for me.
I am still a newbie and in a learning process and this was perfect I created this post before I open it and got a very good lesson and learned something new.
But if we never try, we never learn
But you know what guys? No offense taken, opposite, I learned something new and weary important. But I don't think Ledger is that bad.
I haven't open the plastic yet, and with all these replies I will return it and get another one thank you guys for the replies it may have helped me a lot to save my money for the future, who knows?
But I also heard many bad things about Trezor. And I don't want to use Electrum as I mentioned I already got it but got most of my money on Exodus and it works perfect for me and also Solflare for Solana.
Then I got an old mobile phone without sim-card in and its kind a offline wallet, but I wanted to take the next step. and trust me, no offense taken opposite I am happy I got this news from you guys.
So the big question.. What should I buy instead? My limit is around $200 but could go to $250 I guess. - And I know I will get many different answers, but no wrong in that.
Share your ideas and then I weight them in and take a decision.
Also maybe the safest thing regarding hot or cold is to be aware of where you have your seed phrases? I don't know. I just don't want to wake up one day and see all the crypto is gone, I read some stories on this forum.
If you only know how many mines I been walking on in my life and mistake I did, but always recover and in the end it always end up well!
Thanks guys for being honest.
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