Well... I got those !@#$%^& LX STI shifters. They stunk. Neither I nor the shop that sold them could get them to index on more than 3 gears out of the nine on the cassette. I replaced them with Attacks, which instantly gave me all 9 with nary a tweak.
And then there were the Stelvios. On the first one, the rubber peeled off the shoulder in strips. I crashed while cornering, probably because there was no rubber there anymore. Second one developed a nasty-looking bulge. Third one had the cord delaminate, making an 'S'-curve on the tread in one spot. No more Stelvios. Now I use Comets for training and Contis for fast rides.