Winter Tires reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 421 Reddit reviews across 78 subreddits and 111 posts to rank the best Winter Tires brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/tires, r/Crosstrek, r/Edmonton, r/ElantraN, r/civic. Top-rated brands include Michelin (4.5/5), Bridgestone (4.6/5), Nokian (4.8/5).
Stats
Reviews421
Subreddits78
Posts111
Brands33
Products85
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#1
Michelin
4.5
(123)
"Just passed 105000kms on my caravan with them on, and they just need replacing. That's summers and winters for 5 straight years."
"They were just as good in snow as the dedicated snow tires plus I could run them all year round."
"It’s so good that you might stop using snow tires in the winter."
"My experience is the GSi-6 suit my needs better than my X-ice Xi2 did, on my vehicle."
"I usually go with Michelin X-Ice, it is a great performing winter tire and does well on wet roads"
"I have bought Michelin x-ice series now for a few years and have been happy. They are on all 3 of our vehicles."
"Michelin X Ice manufactured 2 years ago with almost full tread depth for 650. That's about half the price I would have paid to buy a set new and these were basically new."
"Go to Costco and buy some Michelins. We bought tires a couple months ago and no one could beat their price."
"This year I got some Toyo Observe GSi-6 and they’re the best tires I’ve had so far."
"I have Michelin X-ice snow that I got for a pretty good deal at Costco last year."
#2
Bridgestone
4.6
(97)
"Bridgestone blizzaks, Michelin x-ice, and Nokian Hakkapalitas have been great and lasted awhile."
"I personally run the blizzak dmv2 ( best winters I have ever used). Although pricy my mechanic said at the price Costco was giving me he condone touch it and was shocked."
"Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 work great on my '18 XSE."
"Depends what for. Deep snow? Blizzak ws90."
"***B L I Z Z A K S***"
"Blizzak ws90 for studless."
"+1 to the guys saying Blizzaks. You get a lot of tire for the money you pay."
"Blizzaks for me and my N. Helped that they were on closeout sale on tirerack for only $80/tire. Couldn't beat it"
"Blizzak WS90 are probably the best reasonably priced dedicated snow tire, though Michelin and Continental have great ones too (usually for a bit more)."
"X-Ice Snow & Blizzak WS90 depending on whether you have more snow or icey roads."
#3
Nokian
4.8
(79)
"Nokian winter tires are excellent."
"We will only run Nokian's."
"I've used both Nokian Hakkapeliitta and Michelin X-Ice and they are very good. Worth the price."
"Winter: 20" Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 EV"
"Winter: 20" Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 EV"
"The best snow tires I’ve ever had were the Nokian Hakkapellittas on my old hybrid."
"Hakkapelita 10 for best period."
"They’re the gold standard of winter tires."
"Studded or un-studded depending on how much ice and steepness you have."
"Get a set of wheels and either 285/70r17 or 275/70r18 hakkapeliitta LT3"
#4
Continental
4.3
(34)
"I got the continental contiwinter contact and they did extremely well in the snow."
"Working really well in Minnesota winter."
"Great on ice, super quiet."
"If you need a dedicated winter tire: Michelin X-ice, Continental VikingContact 7 or 8, or Bridgestone Blizzak, are all great choices."
"I already have them on my other car and I love them!"
"I have had the Continental Vikings for 4 years and after my car got totalled immediately bought them again I loved them so much."
"I've had these for the past 3 winters. They're great."
"Continental winter contact TS870 are my go to as i have found them to be superb."
"The best tires are the continental VikingContact7."
"The continentals are great."
#5
General
4.7
(11)
"I have had excellent experiences with General Altimax Arctic winter tires."
"Did wonders for me in upstate NY."
"I can recommend any of these. General Altimax Arctic - currently run these on my 2018 Pacifica Touring L"
"They’ve always been fantastic in the snow."
"Have been absolute rock stars."
"I run General Altimax Arctic12 on my Forester (studded) and have made it through some intense weather without issues."
"For winter, we bought a set of steel 17 inch wheels and a set of General Altimax Arctic 12 tires."
"Absolute champs in the snow"
"I got general artic's and studded them."
"Of the ones listed, the Generals would be my first choice."
#6
Studded Tires
4.4
(10)
"I put studded on my car last winter for the first time.... didnt slip once was awesome."
"Studded is by far the best for traction in the winter."
"If you can afford it, go studded. I've ran both studded and not studded."
"I’d do studded to get all the help you can."
"Nobody has mentioned the noise studded tires make."
"Studded can be great, but if you mostly drive on plowed roads, the downsides are the added noise."
"I got studded for the Mazda 3. Wow! Even better than good winter tires."
"If you’re going to be driving on unmaintained back roads the majority of the time, get studded tires."
"Studded. Hands down."
"A good set of winter tires will be just fine."
#7
Vredestein
4.1
(10)
"Vredestein wintrac pro have been amazing for me"
"For winter tires I recommend Vredestein Wintrac Pro tires."
"I picked up a set of staggered VREDESTEIN WINTRAC PROs for the stock rims of my M3P. So far they’re pretty great!"
"Yeah, put the Wintrac pros on in November once we get lows around 40. They are fine up to 65/70 on warm fall days just wear faster."
"Have Wintrec Pros now. Main daily issue is cold, if it’s snowing roads get plowed quickly and in winter roads are dry so blizzaks are overkill."
"With Vredestein Wintrac Pro in 235/45R18."
"I would go with the VREDESTEIN QUATRAC 5."
"In this case i would recommand an All Season (All Weather Tire) with severe snow rating. Vredestein Quatrac"
"Vredestein Wintrac Pro or you could go all Weather with Severe Snow rating."
"I bought verdstein wintrac tires."
#8
Falken
4.5
(6)
"Best tire I've had so far."
"100% best tires I’ve ever owned and they last forever."
"Ran them on my Tacoma and they were awesome in PNW winter"
"Falken wildpeak at4w"
"I've found them very good for winter driving."
"I have got a 2022 EcoBoost Maverick with AWD and Falken WildPeak tires."
#9
Hankook
4.5
(6)
"I loooooved the Hankook iPike RS."
"Can’t recommend this tire enough."
"It's hard to beat the Hankook iPike."
"Hankook Winter i*cept RS3."
"Hankook ipike."
"Hankook has had always the best quality for price."
#10
Pirelli
4.0
(6)
"I’ve got a pair of perelli Sottozero 3’s on my RWD and they’re really grippy in the snow."
"Pirelli Sottozero 3 for dry and wet performance"
"Pirelli Sotozeros are pretty good."
"Pirelli Sotozeros are pretty good."
"I was using Pirelli Winter Snowports 240."
"I was given a set of Pirelli Winter Sottozeros."
#11
Goodyear
4.0
(5)
"Goodyear DuraTrac"
"Goodyear UltraGrip Performance 3."
"I have good year weather ready tires."
"I live in the Canadian prairies and have been running Goodyear Duratracs for the last 4/5 years."
"Wrangler Steadfast by Goodyear"
#12
Viking
4.8
(4)
"The viking contact 7s are phenomenal."
"I ran viking contact on my Type r in WI and never had a problem."
"Vikingcontact 💪"
"Using Viking Contact 7 here."
#13
Sumitomo
4.0
(4)
"I also have an AWD highlander with sumitumo ice edge. I am really impressed with that tire for the price."
"Their parent company sumitomo’s encounter AT"
"I just bought sumitomo ice edges at Walmart for our family suv."
"I run Sumitomo Ice Edge"
#14
Nexen
3.7
(3)
"I got stock size of nexen winguard sport 2 and they do the job, I liked them because they rate pretty well in the wet and it rains a lot on the west coast."
"They’ve performed pretty well."
"I have nexen winguard sport 2 they were cheap and have worked well enough so far."
#15
TireRack
5.0
(2)
"Tirerack.com is the best source I’ve found for reviews and selection of what tires fit my car."
"I’ve had good luck/experience with the website TireRack."
#16
Cooper
5.0
(2)
"They certainly did their job."
"Didn’t lose traction once on steep inclines/declines on unplowed roads"
#17
Firestone
4.0
(2)
"Firestone winter force are fairly inexpensive compared to others and are actually really good in the snow."
"My recommendation is firestone winterf"
#18
Nordman
4.0
(2)
"We had great traction and control with them."
"I'm on the Nordman North 9 and so far so good."
#19
BF Goodrich
5.0
(1)
"I was very happy with those last winter."
#20
Toyo
5.0
(1)
"I’ve found them to be an amazing tire."
#21
DWS06+
5.0
(1)
"I ran DWS06+ and they were awesome."
#22
Hercules
4.0
(1)
"Hercules Avalanche have been great!"
#23
Schwalbe
4.0
(1)
"Schwalbe winter marathon studded tires."
#24
Regular Winter Tires
4.0
(1)
"Personally, use regular winter tires on my vehicles."
#25
All-Weather Tires
4.0
(1)
"Unless you deal with mountains and/or rural areas that don't get plowed very well, you mostly likely will be just fine with a good set of all-weather tires."
#26
Semperit
4.0
(1)
"Semperit Speed Grip 5."
#27
Nitto
4.0
(1)
"I'm really loving my Nitto Grapplers. They can stay on all year and are great in the snow and on trails."
#28
Nexen Winguard Sport 2
4.0
(1)
"Best bang for your buck would be Nexen Winguard Sport 2 or Falken Eurowinter."
#29
Brand-name winter tires
4.0
(1)
"If I had to choose between the cheapest studded vs. brand-name winter tires, I'd pick the brand-name ones."
#30
Quality winter tires
4.0
(1)
"A quality winter tire is going to beat a studded tire especially when it's really cold."
#31
Studded winter tires
4.0
(1)
"Buy it nice or buy it twice. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Get studded winter tires."
#32
Normal snow tires
4.0
(1)
"Normal snow tires are the way to go unless you're exclusively driving on ice."
#33
Regular snow tires
4.0
(1)
"I put regular snow tires on my mustang and it actually drives pretty well in snow."
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