And you're absolutely right to pick what works best for you

For me battery life is a much more important and impactful factor

I use them all day long but obviously throughout the day at times I need to have them out of my ears to have conversations, during which I might even move from a room to another, and the ability to just have them dangle around my neck and have it there immediately when done is a superior experience

I might be lucky but I literally never have had the wire between two earpiece suffer cable strain, then again all my BT earpieces have been higher quality models with a good build quality

Also and like some of the things you listed it is purely personnal preference but the linking cable between the two pieces makes it feel more stable and safe to me