I've used conti's, rainsports, f1 gsd3, yoki, vredestein sportrac 3, T1S, T1R, and a SURPRISE TYRE!!.
F1 I wouldn't have if they were free, seriously I wouldn't use them, of the sts I have used 4 out of 10 developed sidewall bulges, never due to kerbing either some were on inside, it's never happened on any other tyre either.
Yoki I wouldn't have, ok in dry crap in wet,, conti I found good long lasting, but not6 a performance league tyre.
The T1S I found ace, really good, suffered shoulder wear badly which was supposed to have been fixed on the updated version the R, but my experience showed it was made worse.
On the same car same driver same weight everything, the T1S lasted 16,000 miles, the T1R, lasted a fraction under 6,000 miles and was shit in comparison to the s, in the wet, pretty much the same in the dry, but had harder sidewall, the car was a mk3 astra 1.4 auto, so how someone got 12K from a veccy I don't know.
Vredestein Sportrac 3, and Rainsports very very similar tyre, excellent in both wet and dry, in wet rainsports had edge, in dry sportrac, but these two were better than any of the other tyres mentioned so far.
I found in the wet that the rainsport and sportrac 3 were faster on the corners than the F1 was in the dry, shame as Goodyear had a awsome tyre in the Eagle Ventura, now discontinued, best wet weather tyre by a mile I've used.
SURPRISE TYRE, HANCOOK V12 VENTUS EVO,
I now run these, the grip is amazing in the wet, but even better in the dry, have these on the cossie at the mo, too early to tell about wear rates.
I didn't buy the "cheap sounding" Hancook, in a effort to save money, as they are nearly twice the price of the T1R for example, I will happily pay 10 X the regular tyre price for better tyres, I bought them as I used a car with them on, and was stunned, expecting them to be ditch finders.
tabetha