well... a HWW is really only for spending/sending sats somewhere. it makes the signature for your TX, then you broadcast that into the mempools.

If you're not spending sats, then you probably don't need a HWW.

in terms of custody... the HWW can help you create a new set of addresses and keys, if you feel somehow that the ones you have aren't good enough. but you'll never use the HWW for receiving.

in terms of novelty, it's pretty cool to have one. and if you just want to try one out... see if you can find a used one at your most-local bitcoin meetup, and then create new keys on it... then send 10k sats to yourself and go around trying to spend sats with a HWW... (the joke here, it's not any better).

if you're getting a used HWW, for experimentation only, then you don't need to worry about it being pwnt. and you can just have a little fun with it.