But even "badges of honor" might not be the best way to phrase it for a broader audience.
My girls regularly got things replaced even though I am very cost conscious.
Tiger paw strap breaks ... good thing I bought 2 pairs on sale at the time.
I tended to also have the "next size" ready in paws, grips, and braces in case they were ever needed.
My oldest (OG) "tried" grips multiple times. She never liked them. She would try to get used to them during the "off-season" so she had about 4 months to get used to them before the lead up into meet season. She only managed to compete in grips for 2 meets her last year. It was her 4th pair of grips (and 3rd size). Her younger sister (YG) tried palm grips, but never wanted to even try dowel grips and hated to palm grips too. L'il step-sister (LSS) also doesn't like grips and is in 10th grade now ... so I sold all 4 pairs of dowel grips and 3 pairs of gently used palm grips.
We have ankle and knee braces that also get replaced regularly.
They still often CHOSE to wear the old braces (taped because the velcro was long since "almost" dead) for practices. I was able to convince them that they needed to wear the new ones at least the last practice before the meet.
In LSS's gym bag, she has 4 knee braces, 3 ankle braces, 2 pairs of tiger paws, and another wrist support for beam (just in case), and athletic tape. YG's bag had 3 neoprene knee braces, 2 knee braces with side stabilizers, 2 neoprene ankle braces, 3 ankle braces with stabilizers (1 left, 1 right, and 1 universal), 5 tiger paws (2.5 pairs, lol), and pre-wrap + athletic tape.