Throughout the years, I've purchased expensive premium tires that were suppose to be puncture resistant and were promised to last for long mileage, but didn't. Some of these so-called puncture-resistant tires had multiple flats within relatively short periods of time. They certainly weren't worth their expense.

OTOH, I've purchased less expensive tires, that were a mere fraction of the cost of the premium tires, but they seemingly lasted forever, with relatively few flats.

Have you ever experienced this before?