If it helps, I use GHS Bassics because they had the tone I like: brighter than brand's regular nickelwound, like Boomer, and not as harsh as their regular stainless steel strings, like Super Steels. To me Rotosound and D'Addario usually sound more muffled and feel stiffer compared to GHSs.
They are also offered in not so usual sets, so I can get a heavier E string with a light G string (0.102 - 0.040). I feel they balance better with the way I play (I bend a lot, so I like lighter strings, but bottom strings tend to hit frets more easily when light, so I mix them to get tighter bottom with more flexible upper strings).
And they are cheap, great bonus!
Bassics are more affordable than any other GHS set (around 12 bucks in US webstores, like juststring.com). Hard to beat on price...
But they clearly do not feel as slippy as Elixir (no uncoated string will be, either) and they are nikel coated steel strings, so they are not so gentle on frets also. So I try to always remember to use GHS's Fast Fret or Dunlop 65 before playing to make them more slippery and to have them fresh longer. This doesn't protect frets, but make strings feel easier on my fingers (and extends string life if you clean them again after playing, too).
I like that feel on fingers, but I didn't liked Elixir tone (even when new they sound like my bassic set after a week or two). But I tried them a couple of time... And cutted its end with no perceivable issues.
