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If you're looking for tubeless loveliness, then I can heartily recommend the 28mm IRC Formula Pro X-Guard. They shit all over the Schwalbe Pro Ones I had previously. Grip is better, ride quality is better, and they don't get cut to shit in five minutes flat.
After some positive initial feelings, I had to dump my pair of 28mm Pro Ones as I began to get regular punctures. They rarely if ever sealed with Stan's (they tended to just expel all the sealant over my arse/legs/frame), and adding different sizes of glitter did little/nothing to help. The state of the tread after around a month of commutes and road rides was shocking – big cuts everywhere, and I needed to internally patch each tire several times. They never really felt that grippy to me; nowhere near as confidence inspiring as the IRCs. Also: they suffer from the classic Schwalbe One QC - even with the tires properly seated, both tires seemed unevenly moulded; I thought my wheel was out of true, but it was just a wonky tire. This is something I've seen several times with recent Schwalbe tires (One, Durano Plus, One Evo).
So far:
IRCs - 800km - Zero p-words
Schwalbes - 950km - Around 8-10 p-words, maybe more as I lost count