Vittoria Randonneur's are my personal favorite. There's many models, get the regular or pro. The only downside is the lowish max PSI rating, but unless you're over 250ish lbs or run very narrow tires it won't matter.

Hardcases are crap in every way IMO.
Anything with just kevlar isn't very effective for things like goatheads (it's just string, easily poked through.)
Kevlar is a "better than nothing" protection material, it's faster and lighter than a dense rubber compound under the tread, but much less effective.