Originally Posted by BCRider

Regardless of what tire you eventually go with you NEED to have a spare tube, tire levers and a frame pump of some sort and learn to deal with changing the tube while out on a ride. Even the most flat resistant tires will find something that'll beat them as the post a few up with the nail showed. Seriously, this is not an option IMHO and I'll bet that anyone that commutes will back me up on this.