Having experience with Gatorskins, 4 Seasons and GP 4000s II I can say you pretty much get what you might expect. Better ride comes at the expense of reduced flat protection..... The ride improvement is definitely there and you will feel the difference. The flat protection trade off is not that significant in my experience. Even the GP 4000s are fairly flat resistant. One area I ride is along the ocean and the pavement is often covered in tire shredding, shattered clam shells. (Gulls pick them up from the beach at low tide and drop them from above onto the pavement to open them). GP 4000s suffer some cuts but are still pretty flat resistant.
I would ditch the Gatorskins for one of the other two unless you ride in very flat prone conditions i.e. glass, goatherds etc
Gators do have better wear resistance if the matters.....
Last edited by qajaq; 04-10-17 at 07:54 AM.