Are new water based glosses good and hard wearing?

Are the new water based glosses that good and hard wearing? I was forced into trying some of that Farrow & Ball gloss a while back, and (I hope I don't offend anybody with this) it was at best a bag of shyte, I wen't down and got the Dulux centre to knock me up some liquid gloss to the...

Are new water based glosses good and hard wearing?