Roofing experts--need shingle advice

[GhostOfTomJoad]

Time for a new roof. The hail storm in April was enough to do damage, but not enough that the insurance will cover it. Oh well, it was a 10 year old roof anyway so we're going to bite the bullet & have it replaced for peace of mind & so we can have some more roof vents installed & pick some shingles that will match better than the existing ones do.

Question for you roofing experts: our proposal lists several options from the basic "A" rated 3-tab 20 year shingles (Certainteed CT-20 or GAF Sentinel) up to 45 year dimensional shingles. We're likely going to upgrade a bit and our basic choices are amongst the following lines:

Atlas Glassmaster/Pinnacle 35/Pinnacle 45
Elk Prestique RP/HD 30/Prestique 40
GAF Timberline 30/40

I know almost nothing about shingles. Any real difference between the manufacturers? The Atlas shingles have a transferrable warranty which may be of value come resale time.

 

[12thStudStan]

We replaced our roof about 10 years ago from hail damage and went with an Elk 40 yr dimensional shingle recommended by a neighbor across the street that owns a roofing business. It looks as good today as it did then. Our dumb *** next door neighbor went replaced his at the same time with a thin (20 or 30yr?) shingle and it looks like it needs replacing 10 years later.

I don't know about the others, but going with the Elk was a good move for us.