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Uncanny that I had the exact same timeframe for getting a replacement; in my undergrad I was doing an ethnography on QS culture and spent about 2 weeks waiting for my UP band to get replaced when it broke, only to have the replacement break a few weeks later. I ended up buying a second band and at one point used each in rotations while the other was in the process of getting replaced. After my fieldwork I stopped bothering to replace them despite them still having some time left on their warranties.

I'm not sure what these products do that the Garmin I wear doesn't do, but my vivoFit has made it 10 months so far without a battery charge. It's worked fine the entire time - syncing daily.

And yet if I had to buy one every year it would be worth it to me.