I wouldn't mess around with either of the things you mentioned, and instead just get a pair of Schwalbe Marathon tires. The base model, nothing fancy. Some people call them "green guard", because they have a built-in liner... and it's green.
When I was in college, I had a pair of these on my commuter for several years. Thousands of miles, between class and work. Occasionally I would inspect them for wear, let the air out, and pick out the embedded glass and wire slivers.
To be clear, with the air out, I would 'pinch' the cut on the tread open, and use a little right angle pick to sweep out the debris in the cut. For wire bits, I'd use needle nose pliers.
I think it's pretty wild: glass that gets wedged in there will fracture as the rubber flexes, and as you continue to ride, these shards will rub against each other w/ the continued flexing. Eventually they grind themselves into tiny glass almost-spheres. They look similar to the little reflective ones that get mixed into road paint.
I ran those tires until the liner started to show through in the rear, just under four years. That entire time, I only had two punctures: one from a broken knife tip that was laying in the road, and one from some canvas tacks that were laying around after a city arts festival.
>>1582432>"""kevlar""" belts in puncture resistant tires are basically just tire linersLots of them are very tightly-woven polyester. I'd say there are two kinds of liners: thinner woven material, and thicker gummy strips.
>>1582402Reminds me of when I lived in West Texas. I don't miss dealing with tribulus thorns, haboob, and UV index 11+. The best you can say about the area is that it's dry.
