Well, in search of the best hardware wallet to use since ledger has broken their users trust, try using either a desktop or mobile Electrum wallet for the main time and move all your funds from that of ledger to your newly acquired Bitcoin wallet. Before it becomes too late, when the ledge is either hit with a security bridge or any funny news from the SEC,
There is nothing becoming to late. Going for online wallet is not a good idea. He can just wait and buy new better hardware wallet instead.
There are options he can go for if he has good knowledge about bitcoin wallet. Going for other cold wallets like paper wallet or wallet on airgapped devices is better.