I've used over a dozen different brand tires. From Continentals to $15 tires I bought on chainlove.com. That's what I have on my bike right now and I have another set of them I'll replace them with when they wear out. I've never noticed any real difference in performance, wear or puncture resistance between any of them. I once even bought a wire bead Hutchitson at a small bike shop in an emergency for $20 and rode it until it wore out. I'm 200# ride a Ti bike over 4000 miles a year, been riding for over 20 years. I buy whatever's on sale, don't pay more than $20. performancebike.com has good sales every month or two..