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I got my Archetypes second hand, from amey, and he said he'd done 500 dry miles on them with swisstop greens. The black was only just starting to wear away, very slightly, on the rear wheel. You must bear in mind that these were the black, non anodised, archetypes though.
I used standard brake pads on them as soon as I got the wheels from Amey and the braking surface wore down on a 30 mile round trip! Hope that helps. So swisstop greens definitely prolong life. I now have greens and the braking performance is vastly improved and also silent.