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@Tea_Bee
I don't know which is meant to be the best but the zaffiro pros I ran for 2 almost years were an extremely hard wearing tyre. They didn't even wear out in the end, I just changed them for white-tread Contis because they were getting the colour of old men's pants and I wanted posher looking tyres again. I still have them in the shed, waiting for a beater.
Good puncture resistance too. With Panaflat tyre lining, I only ever got one puncture - a small screw point first straight into the front tyre, which you can't complain about really. (The Contis I changed them for have managed 4 punctures so far in a lot less miles). They don't try to kill you in the face with tarmac by disappearing out from under you on wet corners like shitbag Kendas do either.
Only downside is getting them on and off - they're REALLY tight! Over half an hour to get the first one on the first time I tried*. I gave up on the second one and had to go for a tea-break, scratch my head and ask on here whether that was normal because I thought I was doing it wrong or had maybe bought a wrong sized tyre. Much swearing was necessary to complete the job.
So I say they're great tyres, except if you want to fix a puncture fast.
*NOTE: This was not helped by them being the first flat/folding tyre I'd ever used and me having to work out how to do it.