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There is nothing wrong with buying used.
Equally some of the cheap joyo, mooer, tonecity and even mosky pedals are great.
You really have a world of choice at the moment
I’ve had a few bottom end pedals die and get problems and not a single problem with mid range or better.
I don't have much confidence in cheap new pedals. They're cheap for a reason. They're mostly designed to be disposable.
As are many things now.
There are good quality pedals available used from around £50. Really good. You'll always be able to sell them on again without much of a hit.
Alternatively have a try of a mates pedal board to get some sounds in your ear.
It makes it fairly cost effective to try a number of different pedals to find your favourites.
I'm not averse to buying new but I'll usually try to fund any musical purchases from selling existing kit I'm not using which enables me to satisfy curiosity without spending a fortune.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've never had one of the cheap Donner, Joyo or Mooer's fail. So I am not sure that price = quality - not all of the time anyway.
The actual electronic guts in terms of components tends to be less than 10% of the pedals cost with drive pedals and an opamp with 2 diodes chucked in the NFB loop will sound the same whether you spend £25 or £250 if the circuit and components is identical.
The Behringer footswitches are fine, like almost any pedals that use proper electronic switching . You're right, a 3PDT can break on a £400 pedal just as easily as on a £40 one .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein