No matter how good of a puncture resistant tire you have as long as you are running a tube you are more prone to flats. You should look into converting your wheels to tubeless. I have converted both my 29er and 26er wheels tubeless. If you use non-tubeless tires, the walls are weak so it will be harder to fill up and you usually have to use a compressor or Co2 cartridges to get tire bead to hook on the rim. Tubeless tires will typically fill up with no issue since they all have some kind of reinforcement on the walls. I used this kit to convert my 29er wheels, Stans NoTubes kit. After the conversion, I currently have thorns stuck in my tire and there is no leak. The only maintenance is that you need to make sure you have liquid so depending where you live you want to check it about 4-6 months.