I've been using Schawalbe Marathon Plus tires for a couple of years now and never had a problem, I wore out my rear tire after about 12000kms without a flat. I put on the new tire up front for beter traction and the (old) front tire is still going strong (nearly 15000kms).
I don't know much about other tires but with this record there is no way I'll be changing soon
Well maybe to the XR's.