I look at it the same way as I look at oxygen tanks. They will help me breath and survive under water for a specific amount of time. After that, I will drown if I don't get to the surface in time. As soon as you notice that your hardware wallet is missing, take your recovery seed out from its hiding and transfer your coins somewhere else as soon as you get the opportunity to do it.
I love that line. Going to be using it a lot.
It's also the reason why if you have a lot of
BTC / crypto. You really should be using more then 1 wallet.
At for the cost of hardware wallets on the secondhand market, leaving one around might not be the worst idea.
If it goes missing you can check you real one to make sure it's safe. But at that point, you know your security has issues because someone got in and got to your hardware wallet. Even if it's not your real one. Someone out there can no longer be trusted.
-Dave