Maybe look into the Koss KSC75? They’re cheap as well but they can definitely compete with much more expensive headphones.

They’re not a looker but they’re probably one of the better alternative routes you can take here and have quite a dedicated following.

There are a lot of comments that have great suggestions. My personal favorite are the K702 / K712 suggestions. They’re massive and the suspension headbands I find are quite comfortable.

However, since you need to use those things for hours on end, have you given iems a chance? It’s a different rabbit hole to go down but you can’t really go wrong with any popular option nowadays. They’re much cheaper than headphones as well.

Headphones mess with my hair and I’ve always been a little worried that leaving them on too long could damage hair and stuff but never looked into it because iems were just much more suited for me.