I've been through a few of the cheaper ones, from Apeman and most of the way thorugh the Amazon reccommended range.
Honestly, the GoPro Hero 8 is the best camera I've bought, use and continue to sing the praise of. The picture is unparralleled.
Also, I know you say 1080 is "good enough" - it's not. If you aren't 100% outdoor in the bright, if you want 1080p final footage then record in 1440p at least. It helps a lot with darker shots due to the noise/filling the cameras do.
I told myself for a long time the cheaper camera was "just as good" then there was a noticable image quality difference in my output files.