Bought my Daytona Travel Star GTX boots in August 2006. They cost me £250 at the time which made me weep; but I've used them just about every day since and I estimate they've covered about 90,000 miles in all weathers. They have never leaked, all the seams and seals are intact, all the zips and velcro are in good shape. They fit my unfeasibly wide feet and they don't even smell too bad. If I had to guess, probably another 3 or 4 years life left in them. Absolute bargain.
My gloves of choice are Alpinestars 365 Goretex, £160 a pair. I'm currently on my third pair of these in 6 years (the second pair I have kept as a spare in case the main pair get soaked); I reckon they last about 25,000 miles a pair. The main drawback with these has been the first two pairs, the fabric inner lining working free from the stitching at the fingertips, they're a bugger to get back on your hands when the lining turns inside-out. What I like about these is that the leather has never stretched, they fit as snugly as they did when they were brand new.
I guess I'm from the 'you get what you pay for' school; mainly down to the past experience of buying cheap kit and having it fall apart inside 12 months. Now, I bite my lip and pay what a lot of people might consider to be big money for top quality kit. Never regretted it.
