I have gone through a lot of grips over the last few years as they never quite hit that sweet spot for comfort and control, some of the highlights: A few pairs of the deathgrips, which were pretty good but not amazing, I probably gave them more time than I should. I then had some burgtecs, which I really liked and fabric funguys which were on a par with the deathgrips. Funnily, I had a set of Ergon GE1 Evo Factory grips before the above and didn’t really gel with them. I say funnily as I’ve gone back to them, they are now on both my bikes and are my preferred grip for comfort and control. Definitely worth playing about the set up of them as a slight rotation made lots of difference for me. Grips are a very personal thing and at least we are spoilt for choice now, which doesn’t help when choosing! :)
If it makes any difference with my useage, I always wear gloves, go out in all weathers, don’t do any serious downhill (The easier 4 trails at Dyffi are as extreme as I go) but do jumps, drops and steep stuff.