How quickly do they break? Sometimes it's easier and cheaper to just keep a spare on the shelf, especially if it is a style you find convenient, instead of trying something unfamiliar and maybe more expensive.
For really cold weather, bowls might be better: the narrow trough on the waterer freezes quickly, while a larger bowl stays thawed longer. Rubber bowls also let you dump out ice without breakign the bowl.
A trick for cold weather (that you may have already discovered): have two waterers. Fill one and take it out to the chickens, bring the other inside to thaw. I've broken a number of water containers trying to get the ice out quickly while thawing with warm or hot water. They last much better if I can just sit them in a warm room and walk away
Similar waterers made of metal do exist.
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/harris-farms-5-gal-double-wall-drinker
https://www.amazon.com/Miller-5-Gallon-Galvanized-Poultry-Fountain/dp/B000OL89S0
(Two places that have pictures of the metal kind.)
The metal ones don't screw together like the plastic ones; instead, you lift the big dome off the top to refill them.
Because of this, you cannot hang them by the top. But you can put them on top of something.
Metal can get dented.
Certain things should not be added to a metal waterer (vinegar, for example.) Plain water is fine.
You could also choose to use one kind of waterer in the summer, and a different kind in the winter.
