Preferred Brake Shoe Brand?

Wabco or Bendix are both good I perfer Bendix .. nothing wrong with Wabco

 

The supplier I get parts from stocks Bendix thats why I perfer them but they can get Webco ..
I did a cut off here a couple months ago the guy that own's the truck brought me in some cheap shoes .. American was in the name if I remember right .. they were in a blue box with red & white lettering I open the box and looked told him take them back I will get some good shoes ..
I said ain't your life worth the 60 or 70.00 a set more ?

 

I got these today, recommended by my local parts store. Silverback Canadian brand, curious how they gonna last
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It is not just the brand but there are different friction ratings on brake shoes or pads.

 

We used to use Carlyle HD2 on general fleet trucks . HD1 on dump, concrete and some tank trucks. The HD1's were more aggressive with more metal in them. A refrigerator magnet would stick to those. Great stopping but you might need drums every brake job.
I thank those may have been replaced by MB20 and MB23 linings. Used to have a sheet with many different brands and their corresponding numbers.
Have no complaints with any brand name shoes but there is a lot of off shore crap out there anymore.

 

I've been running silverbacks on all 6 of our units. They are a ceramic pad/shoe.
As for lasting I like them because they are soft.
They do not wear the rotor or drum as bad.
Disc brakes I'm getting 3/4 sets of pads to a rotor. Drum brakes I'm getting 2 sets of shoes to a drum.
As part of the cvip in Canada all wheels have to be removed once a year. I find it much easier, quicker, and cheaper to throw on a set of pads or shoes during the cvip. You cannot beat the price.
I find with bendix, wabco they are a high metallic pad, way more rotor/drum issues.
Keeping in mind these are school buses, lotsa starting and stopping.