Thanks for watching, go review your tires over at www.tire-reviews.com ❤ Just FYI the Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 should be in this test, but I couldn't get them over to Europe in time (the rest of the tires are sold in both Europe and North America)

This guy is the benchmark of tire testing on two sides of the Atlantic.

I love how much data you put in your tests! It might not be obvious, but I'm certain your tests will save lives. It only takes one person purchasing a better set of tires to prevent an accident. Thanks for the thorough testing!

Thank you for including tires available in North America! You keep saying that people don't want long videos! Who are these people! Release the 45 minute directors cut!

I’m in BC, Canada and I went with Michelin X-ice Snow as we have cold wet conditions most of the time but I live high enough on the mountain to get a snow. Plus trips to the ski mountains and tournaments around the province, the tire was a great choice. I watch you videos before every tire purchase and I appreciate the safety and confidence I get reviewing your data and experience for my family driving needs. Thank you.

I am living in Alberta Canada in the rockies and just had the Nokians R5 mounted under my SUV. They are absolutely amazing to drive with. The car feels like a tank in the snow, so much grip.

Colorado here, I have the Michelin X-ice snows and the Continental Viking Contact 7s on our two cars. I have had them for one year and had them installed 2 weeks ago for the winter. Some thoughts after putting them on: The Michelins drive so nice no matter the conditions, they have almost no effect on fuel economy, but they are much noisier. I immediately noticed how loud they are after putting them on this year. The Continentals are much quieter and grippier, but when they go, they go. 😂 I decided not to get the Nokians because we have lots of dry days in Colorado and they spray lots of chemicals on the roads making them wet when it snows, but not enough to cause hydro planning. Ultimately, I have the Michelins on my wife’s small hatchback that mostly stays in the city and they have enabled her to get home when trucks with A/T tires were sliding off the road. I have the Continentals on my Subaru Outback and we take it to the family cabin all winter, which includes 7 miles of unpaved, snow packed roads. The Continentals have been an absolute life-safer, getting us out of the cabin with up to 10 inches on the road, while other trucks and Subarus were getting stuck or sliding off the road, the Continentals just kept gripping. What’s more is that they are so good in the other weather we have in Colorado the rest of the winter. Like you said, all three are excellent and it really depends on your use case. For the Rockies, the Continentals are king, the Michelins are good, but not quite up to the mountain weather here and the Nokians are too focused on extreme winter weather to be good the other 80% of the time here.

Yet another fantastic test! Thank you for your methodological approach! Educating people about tyres is what you really do best! I think we all appreciate the hard work you put into it Jonathan! Keep it up!💪💪💪

Fantastic job with this review. I really love the practical approach you took. You also understand how things like temperature variants from start to finish of a test can skew the results. I appreciate the depth of understanding. Keep up the great work!

I just endured my first snow storm after installing continental vikingcontact 7’s and I am blown away. I’ve never had snow tires before and I moved to a region that is more or less freezing for 4 months out of the year wirh roads that don’t get plowed much. I don’t know how I ever lived without snow tires.

This is the video I'm waiting for! From Canada!

Amazing video as always, the effort that goes into collecting accurate data is so much appreciated!

Your reviews alone makes me decide on my tires every 2 ish years. Keep them coming!

Awesome content as always Jonathan! With the CE tires I have been happy with both Conti TS line as well as Nokian WRD4 that lacked a bit of aceleration grip but made up with braking and lateral grip and saved a couple of sketchy situations. Thanks for another great video - looking forward to a new one!

The best tyre comparison channel bar none. Appreciate your time, effort and information in all your uploads

Amazing review. Thanks for your attention to detail and dedication to carefully explaining the differences between tires.

This video and detailed review is fantastic and by far one of the best winter tire reviews I have seen or read. I am currently working on a winter wheel and tire video for my EV6, so the information in this video is incredibly beneficial since I was unable to get anyone from Goodyear, Michelin, or Nokian to return my messages. I was only able to get some basic information from a Continental Tire product manager. So once again, thank you very much. I just subscribed.

Great review, thank you. I am glad I have a set of Nokian as our winter tyres and will be using them again when I have to replace ours.

One of your best tests yet, well done! Great to see the wet and dry tests under 7C. I find the category comparisons highly valuable. Why no Goodyear? Wintercommand Ultras (I bought a set last year)?

Always look at your channel when someone asks me which tire to choose 😉 I have now the Continental WinterContact TS830P as a all winter tire on my M2. Love this one. Perfect on dry, wet, snow and feels sporty (life in Belgium and go skiing 3x a year in the dolomites, always without chains) The biggest problem on the M2 (LCI) is the lack of weight on the back. For the rest... Fun fun fun. When I have to change the tires, I will go for the ts870. Thank for all the info always.

Went to northern Finland in February, with temps ranging from -5c to -29c. Our rental car (Merc A-class FWD) had a new set of Hakkapellitta 10s fitted. It was only my 2nd time driving in snow, but the Nokkians quickly helped me feel confident. In northern Finland roads are only plowed, not treated, it was so nice being able to drive 8 hours without having to wipe the windscreen once due to salty muck like you get in other places. It also made me realise how incredibly varied winter conditions can be, with seemingly an endless amount of variation in traction conditions. Generally, the road was covered in a thin packed snow layer, with tyre tracks exposing the asphalt on the driving line; these tracks seemed to have a thin layer of icy frost. The Nokkians were very impressive; I'm not sure if the studs helped with traction much, but braking action was generally excellent. Same in hardpack snow, I was shocked that I could drive at (almost) normal speeds down a country lane with little kick-in of the ABS/TCS/ESC. When a couple cm of fresh powder fell over the hardpack, it did become much slippier, presumably as the treads no longer penetrated the hardpack. I almost put the car into a snowbank on a tight corner before I'd got used to the different traction levels. All the same, very impressive, and the car still felt safe and predictable providing speed was dropped and you slowed enough for the corners. In fact, I even did what is generally advised against: driving down an unplowed country road after 3-5cm of powder had fallen over the hardpack. I couldn't resist trying, as the road cut 30+ mins off the journey. After the first km, I kept going, as I was confident with the traction levels, and it did indeed give us a good time saving over the main highway. Seeing the snow cloud behind me in the rear-view was quite satisfying... Only thing that surprised me was that sometimes on the main road, where the asphalt was visible but frosty, the tyres would really spin up easily when accelerating away from a junction... I kind of expected them to grip better in this scenario, but I guess it was icier than it looked. Again, thankfully braking on the same surfaces was more assured. Overall, a really interesting experience, and fun to see what the best winter tyres out there can and can't do in the harshest winter conditions... As a fun aside, I also cycled 40km on the snowy (but plowed) cycle paths of Oulu in -25c. Even the bike tyres are studded, and they were also really impressive, giving much better grip than walking, even vs wearing snow boots.

I have been waiting for this video all year! Thanks.

Wow what beautiful places you’ve tested! You must have very good eyesight because seeing the track in the snow was hard! 😍😍😍 Tire technology is getting so impressive!

I really appreciate the comparison to a performance winter tire, and this helped solidify my decision to get Michelin Pilot Alpin 5 winter tires for my M3 while living in the Seattle area.

I just purchased a set of X-Ice Snow on sale over Labor Day, so this makes me extremely happy with that choice. I'm out in Eastern Canada and it sounds like this will be a huge upgrade over the old Uniroyal winter tires I'm replacing. Wasn't happy with those last winter and with a second kid on the way, I'm trying to do my best to keep the family safe out there on the roads. Appreciate you taking the time to be so thorough in your testing!

Thank you Mr. Benson for this test and review. Your hard work is much appreciated. Its amazing how the competition have caught up to Nokian over the years. Your information is invaluable. Cheers.

Nice video! I personally use Nokian on both vehicles and love them. Studded Nokian Haks are incredible. I love in northern BC Canada and commute 150 km's round trip to work and feel comfortable with the Nokians.

Nice catch on the poor aquaplaning resistance of Nokians. I've been driving R3's for the past three years and twice I almost went off the road or into the oncoming lane going through deep water. Never experienced anything like it. Otherwise they were great and I just bought a new set of R5's this afternoon. Thanks to your test I know I'll still have to slow down during sudden torrential rain.

Great video. I got 325k + miles on my Outback in Minnesota, USA. First set of winter tires were General Altimax Arctic 8's. Those things lasted a long time. Then got Bridgestone Blizzaks, only lasted me 2 winters before tread was right at 4mm. I just picked up some Michelin X-Ice's now. Came across your video, seems like I made a good choice!

I live in Florida and I was excited to see this video pop up in my feed! LOL! Thanks for the great videos!

I really appreciate the added context of specific temps and conditions here.

I really love your tests, that includes tyres from different categories.

I enjoy your videos . Good info .Over the years I've tried a number of different winter tires . Almost any of them will blow away an all season , especially in harsh winter driving conditions . I'd say any premium winter tire like the top three or four on your list , really comes down to preference ,, or price . The last set I bought are Continental Viking , now in the fourth season , somewhere between 90 & 100 thousand km behind them . And still offer impressive grip . 👏

Excellent review and thank you! On my wife’s Subaru Crosstrek, our last snow tire was the studless Nokian , which we LOVED! After 5 winters on the Nokians, we just installed Michelin Ice-X Snow tires. I’m sure we’ll love these as well. They were about $250 cheaper for 4 tires.

thank you for all the tests you do, it certainly helps when planning a tire purchase

Another great video thank you, I recently damaged one of my very well worn Hak R2's and had to make a quick decision on the replacing the entire set. I watched the snow handling section of the video without watching the end, chose the R5. Today, three days later I had enough time to watch the full video was delighted to see you final recommendations, making me feel very comfortable with my choice of the R5. Location: Calgary, in Canada, these are dedicated winter only tyres. Snow and ice performance are my most important selection criteria. It rains very little here, but it snows pretty good, and if the snow hangs around, it evolves into polished packed snow, very much like ice. The Hak R2's were brilliant for these conditions, looking forward to seeing how good the R5's are 🙂

Thank you! Very Helpful and comprehensive testing. I live in the Green Mountains in Vermont in very snowy conditions on a dirt road and have the Conti VikingContact 7s and they are exceptional. I put them on my Subaru Outback in November and take them off sometime in April.

Just discovered your channel. Awesome stuff my dude. In the U.S. the Michelin X-Ice Snow's have a $150 off through 10/23 and I'm grabbing those for our Forester XT after you confirmed it's abilities.

Watched your reviews a year ago, selected the Michelin Xice snow, great results. Ram promaster city work van, FWD. I was able to navigate steep hills up and down, stop predictably, and get going up hill from a stop. They build confidence in exteme conditions and helped us stay working during inclement weather. Worth the price, hoping to get 4+ seasons out of them. Thank you, Tyler from Seattle,WA USA

i just bought a bmw M3 x drive competiton & i live in boston / Rhode island. I only watch to see where the Michelin winter tires Rank in or your tests. they seem to come in on the top 3 or in 1st place in every internet test ive seen. Great channel! You are my go to for tire reviews from now on! very informative. Great job man keep it up.

Thanks for the effort and review and telling me to wait and watch this review based on my comment on your other winter tire video. I’ve had both the Michelin and the Nokian and I like them both with the Nokian edging out the Michelin by a narrow margin based on where I live

Great review. The work you do and how you do it is much appreciated. Thank you.

Thanks for the great video. It inspired my to buy a set of Michelin X-Ice for my mother's Corolla as a Christmas gift.

Great content. Very thorough. I've struggled with a couple reviews when your subjective ratings don't really line up with the objective data (ie. AT review). However, having all the objective data and being able to focus on the categories important to me (ie. braking) is simply invaluable to tire selection. Between you, and TireR@ck, and some vehicle specific chat forums, the process of tire selection has gotten so much easier. I got a used Jeep GC recently and the OEM AT tires (GY Wranglers) are not up to snuff (getting really sketchy in rain/hydroplaning). I've been running dedicated winter tires for about 20 years now and was looking for a set before this winter. Previous cars were a FWD Nissan Maxima and AWD Infiniti G37x. I've previously run a Continental tire back in the mid-2000s (can't remember model - like a WinterContact 810/820/830-?). Then the Blizzak WS70 (awesome snow tires, but a bit noisy and wore very unevenly). Then Michelin X-ice Xi3 (glorified AS/AW tires - quiet, comfortable, long lasting, pretty good in rain and light to medium snow (0-4"), but hot garbage on ice/packed snow). And most recently one season with the Continental WinterViking7 on the G37x. The WV7 was all the good features of the Xi3, but with actual avg+ to great winter performance. Winter tires for the Jeep in stock sizes have been difficult to find, at least from the more reputable brands (265/60r18), and at a decent price. Mainly Blizzak DMv2 and Continental WinterViking7. I was leaning toward the Blizzaks because the Jeep is heavier but those tires/technology is getting a bit outdated (ie. dual layer compounds). After seeing this video, I've decided to stick with the WV7. I don't plan to go off-road in the winter and the WV7 performance in dry and wet braking is class leading. I already have experience with them and know they can perform outstanding in the winter. I even put a pair on my mom's little hatchback and she was amazed at how easily she can get around in the winter now. Also, the WV7 are $15-20 cheaper per tire than the Blizzaks, and $50-100 cheaper than most other brands, so why mess with a good thing. They should be going on next week...

Your test and reviews are always the best. I just ordered a set of Nokian Hakkapeliitta R5 for my SUV, hope they do well

Great content as always. Really enjoy your videos and your insights. You do great work and you no doubt help save countless lives with your recommendations regarding safety and common sense of driving. I live in a Nordic country and we get stupid winters with all sorts of conditions. Really tough to actually find a right tyre for myself since we get it all. Deep snow, deep slush, ice, wet roads due to heavy salting and dry roads since sometimes theres sun... And I happen to run CE winter tires and havent died yet. The trick here is that I mostly drive on main roads and city streets and those are fairly well maintained. I put wet performance as my top priority due to salted roads and it works fine. Also, common sense and defensive driving is the key here since even the best tire wont save you if you do stupid stuff. I thank you for your great content again and hope to see cool new tests in the future.

Thanks for another great informative and entertaining review 👍 2 years ago we moved to Nova Scotia Canada and got a new Subaru Crosstrek. I bought some Continental VikingContact7s on the strength of your review at the time. The area around Halifax is renowned for black ice - so that was my major concern. My wife mostly drives the car for work and with 2 winter seasons of about 20,000 km total (gentle driving) she has put practically zero wear on these tires!!!! 🤣 It was particularly fortunate as we had a sidewall damage incident requiring the tire to be replaced 😱 but with no appreciable wear on the tread we were able to get away with just replacing the damaged one instead of a full set - Praise the Lord 🙏

Thanks for the reviews, I live in the Vancouver area of BC, Canada and although my experience with Nokian All Weather Tires has been good, this winter I will be going up a large un-even hill below 7C. We get about two weeks of snow a year here but it's better to be safe. Although I hate having to change over tires, I'll get a second set of rims and went with the Michelin X Ice Snow.

I have always found that stud less tires can be very good on frosty rough ice but when the sun shine or temperature starts melting the ice surface ( wet ice) studs are far superior as your testing showed. Good test!

Wow, this is what I call an absolute review. I'm getting ready to purchase my first winter tires and after consulting severak experts, the continental viking 7s have been overly recommended. I must admit your review has re-echoed what I think must be the best in class. Thank you for your unparalleled review.

Just completed 5 years with Michelin X-ice versions this past winter here in northeastern Canada. So impressed that I have ordered a new set of 4, Michelin X-ice snow for winter 2023. This video only reinforces that I made the right choice.

I've been a fan of the x-ice tires since gen 1(which I really loved), gen 2( snow trackion dropped and ice was improved), gen 3(had a more rounded feel) & the snow's which improved all around tracking last year when I got them installed and wow I'm impressed. Being in Alaska selection is limited and costco is my go to so Michelin's are my go to.

Testing tyres in Nordic winter conditions is palpably problematic, due to the changing weather conditions, such varied conditions they need to be tested in, and time constraints. I think you did a very thorough job. When I lived in central Sweden, I only drove with studded tyres during winter and parts of late fall and early spring. I think driving on ice regardless of the tyre type is always a delicate affair.

WOW!! Finally an unbiased sponsored review did for Extreme winter tire!!! Especially usefull for north american market! It only miss the Brigestone WS-90 to have THE perfect test!! It's a real delight to see somebody else say; "Your best winter tires depend on your location!". Your CE winter tires REALLY give the comparaison!!

Great work, I really appreciate the effort you and your team put into these tests. I have just purchased Toyo Observe GSI-6 HP for my 2022 Subaru WRX. I'll be sure to review them on your website after a winter in Alberta, Canada

Great review as always from you. I do wish Blizzacks were in on the test as I was narrowing my purchase down to Blizzacks, Michelin, and Nokian. My last purchase went from Hakka 9 studded to Blizzacks, and am quite happy with the compromise change. I tried Michelin studded and they were so bad on the dry, I returned them.

The best winter tire review! I am so happy to see an independent testing, especially for the Nokian R5 as it was not tested yet. I wanted to buy this tire but my concern was how good it would be in snow. I am glad to know the good result. I have a feeling that this tire will not be the best in slush, deep snow and aquaplaning so it is good to be aware of that when driving.

Great video.. I run Viking Contact 7's on my car and I would buy them again. Very happy with all aspects of them thus far.

Thanks for your hard work in producing another fantastic winter tire test! Will we be seeing a winter all-terrain test this year?

3rd winter with the Vikingcontact 7, still very satisfied with them. What I have been the most impressed about is how well they performs through slush. Those bad boys goes through big puddles of slush as if they weren''t even there, where many other tires quickly lose traction. Impressive. I have found that when the tire lose grip, it tends to quickly gain it back, basically just giving you a warning to maybe slow down a little(yeah I'm kind of an heavy foot driver...). I do feel very safe with them. By the way, I had Nokian Hakkapeliitta 7 before the Continental's, so it's not like I was coming from crappy tires. The Vikingcontact 7 were significantly cheaper than the hakkapeliitta 9 (the 10 weren't out at the time).

Thank you so much for the video, excellent as always. I bought the X-Ice Snow last year for Colorado and they kicked ass in the snow, especially when I was caught in a blizzard on I-70 and everyone was on ice skates around me. They are quite spongy in the dry, but meh, they are a winter tire

When I had to drive much much more for work, I typically used Continental snow tires. Now with a 20mile commute, run mid tier stuff, currently Sumitomo snow tires. They are very good for the price.

GREAT REVIEW! As a Nokian tire dealer since 1980 and selling winter tires since 1973 I can appreciate the time and effort it took to do this review. Very educational as most people (including most tire stores) do no take regional needs in consideration when choosing or recommending tires, or reading test and reviews. Bravo! I will be recommending this to our customers.

Hello from Used To Be The Wet Coast of western BC, Canada. Way too dry for the huge trees now. So we find the old wet road tire prioritizing gone. Now we need "damp road", dry, cold and snow grip, good ride on cheaply made highways, and quite a dollop of performance. With all those considerations in mind, we soon tossed the nasty OE tires on our family Mini Countryman JCW awd, manual, no cursed sunroof. Yes, it feels like a family rally car. This car is going on snowy ski trips and tearing up twisty roads all the time. The winner thusly was, Nokian All Weather in the stock 225/50 x 18 V rating. As long as pressures are fussed over, they are nearly perfect. Steering, braking, acceleration is ample on all surfaces. The nearly is because at over .7 Gs in mid corner, they start to slide a bit. The slip and re grip is very progressive, so the Mini JCW can happily do it's thing. The specified pressures are 36 to 41 psi on our Mini, depending on average speeds. I leave it at 40 for fast trips and 38 for a mix. I know the real winter tires are a bit better in real winters. These All Weathers claw up snowy hills I cant walk up. Will we buy them again? It is on set #2.

This is by far the best review I have come across for winter tires. Thank you for your thorough testing, its appreciated and for sure helped me make an informed decision. I live in Alberta, Canada where the winter temps can go up to -40c. Currently I have Nokian Hakka 3 on my SUV, and they have kept our family safe over last few years, but I am thinking of going for Michelin X-Ice this time. I love the Hakka 5 but I also keep the same tires during summer months (I know its not recommended but less hassle so...) and have experienced more aquaplaning with Hakka's. Any thoughts or recommendations if one is going to drive on same tires throughout the summer and winter.

The best tire tests ever, because they are independent and performed with a lot of ambition!I have the ugly feeling that some of the tests from other sources are influenced. For example some automobile clubs don’t become tired emphasising how bad all seasons are. Logical because it’s a great loss of business for tire industry. For a very long time it’s the first test of Nordic tires, which are as well in CE interesting when man live in the alps. I rely at first on your tests when I buy a tire!

Really great review my man,very informative,maybe one day you can do a video testing snow rated all terrain tires on snow,ice and slush it'll be greatly appreciated...

Love your testing! Excellent! I would pick the Michelin's as they are very good and have a very good wear rating in the USA. Funny enough, I picked Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2's for my vehicle. Studded tires here are a big no-no here. I live in the US northern Great Lakes Region... lots of Ice, Snow and cold 5 months of the year! Thanks again for the great tests!

Would be nice to see some middle class segment tyre tests in the future. I personally run studless w429 hankooks for 2 seasons already- 18k km total distance on my 2007 xc70 cross country. Fantastic tyre in snow and slush. Capable on ice- car is still drivable and responds to steering inputs. After 30 months still has not lost elasticity. At -30 deg. C. was still soft and sipes working properly. The most surprising aspect of the tyre is treadwear- new is 10.5mm now i am at 8mm. Yes it is slow in dry- you do feel those chunky tread blocks move, quite noisy, fuel consumption is +1 l/100km. But every tyre is a compromise. Safety in extremes was priority for me and i am ready to loose some comfort and steering feel. Choose tyres according to your needs and stay safe. Thank you for your work!

I bought the Nokian Hakk 7 back a few years ago. As a dedicated snow/ice tire I LOVE them! Still, I recently (last year now?) bought the new Michelin cross climate2 tyres for the same all wheel drive vehicle I own/drive. Unless the weather changes drastically this coming season, I'll just keep the CC2 tires on...for now anyway.

Amazing Test Jonathan! For the winter holidays in Norway , i am waiting for the Viking Contact 8 which will be released in Autum 2024, the Nokian R5 is also a very nice tyre!

I have the Michelin X ice snow now and love them. Smooth, quiet, comfortable and probably do a bit better fuel economy than my all seasons. I had a previous generation Nokian and they were very similar with quiet, comfort and fuel economy. Both great on hard pack snow, but where the Nokian falls short is in slushy conditions, which we have lots of here in Nova Scotia. Otherwise it would be a toss up which one I'd buy again.

I have the continental viking contact 7's on my BMW i4 M50, and I could agree more with your comments about the tire. It is very very good, quiet and comfortable, and provides ton of grip in snow and ice, BUT the levels of grip is quite snappy, so i.e in snow if you want to drift, you get a false sense of grip because in one moment you have all the grip in the world and then suddenly you have no grip at all. It makes you super excited and scared at same time

I just recently ordered the Continental Viking 7’s . I had the X-Ice Snow 3’s , which were amazing. Your testing tells me I made a good choice. The others are very good as well. Hakkapeliitta RSI’s we’re my first set. Outstanding tires.!! Excellent Video !!

I came here because I thought I had decided to go with the viking7 but now I have three chance to get the R5s. My new Mercedes is arriving in hopefully 2 weeks and I wanted to get the winter tire shipping out of the way before Summer starts. I'm in Ontario, Canada and, with the exemption of this past winter, we get a lot of snow and sometimes some ice. My priority besides safety and handling is comfort / quietness. I've decided to go with the R5s. Thank you for such a detailed review. It's probably the best I've seen in years. In subscribing for sure

Amazing work, thanks for doing this and sharing the results with us!

These videos are just so good Jonathan! I got myself an EV6 and now got Hakka R5 as its winter tyres. I live in Sweden and wanted to skip studs as I drive an EV. Excited to see how they perform!

I live in south west Sweden where we get a mix of a couple of days of snow, black ice on mornings and evenings, half of the winter it’s raining or we get sunny snow free days with dry tarmac and I do travel a lot south to Germany/Poland. I got a really good price for the Pirelli Ice Zero FR and after watching this review I feel confident that it’s a fairly good tire. It’s like you said - a really good all round tire.

Thank you for your extraordinarily work. I have a 2022 Prius Prime. Based on your work we had to settle on Micheline's X ICE 4 TIRES. We wanted the Hapakalita 10's but they were not going to be available any time soon. I did sport the Nokian Hapakalita 7's (studded) on our Honda CRV and they were fantastic. Sadly the CRV has moved on. Thank you again for your thorough and outstanding presentation.

One of the only Winter Tire comparisons videos this year. Michelin Xice Snow is my pick based on tire wear long term

Got Conti TS860s on my E Class estate. Game changing tyre, drives almost as well as a summer in the dry and wet and still sold on snow.

When somebody tells me KZfaq is just for vlogging and kids, I’ll show them this video to prove them wrong. Super interesting and extremely valuble. I should have watched this before I ordered winter tires with my new car. Luckily I chose well with the Continental VC7. Also, really interesting to see the difference between the nordic market tires and the Central European one, highlighting the importance of choosing a tyre after the conditions you live in.

These reviews helped me select my preferred winter tire, I purchased the continental VikingContact 7 two years ago. I love them! I will never go back to all seasons in the winter. Thanks for the videos!

Thank you, excellent. Three winners is just fine. Sorry to go off topic but where I live and drive is one of those crossover regions. Winter tyres are required but deep snows can be avoided as we only get half a dozen bad storms a year and have good snow clearance. As a result I opted for an “all weather” Khumo tyre for our puddle jumper. After a year of use I have found the tyre to satisfactory, though not brilliant. It matched what I expected from a snow tyre and was an improvement on cold/frozen roads. In the summer it was almost equal to the factory supplied Continental tyres except in wet weather. Here I noticed a drop off in performance. Can’t afford to change but would think very carefully before I buy again.

Thank's! This is the best winter tires test review online! Some other very popular models should be add like Bridgestone Blizzak WS90, new Goodyear and Toyo Observe GSI-6! I'm living in Canada (province of Quebec). On a Golf mark VI 2013 I was using Nokian studless Nordman 7 (Hakka 7) that was very good in every winter conditions. Since two weeks I went with Continental Viking Contact 7 with XL charge capabilities and I can tell that I really love it on ice and snow. So silent and confortable, maybe not perfect but very impressive on cornering and give a general safe feeling! The durability, tread wear life, will be the point to follow versus Nokian excellent winter tires!

Thank you for your hard work and outstanding analysis, as always. X Ice Snow is a ridiculous tire, driving on snow feels like driving on dry roads.

Was hoping to see the goodyear ultragrip ice 2s and hankook's nordic winter tires, but seeing these compared to the continental Central-EU-winter tires was really interesting and insightful! Hopefully you can get them for next year. I chose the ultragrip Ice 2 for their apparent wet advantage over most other nordic winter tires while still doing well on ice, seeing as here in west-Norway we have rain for 70% of the winter, but we still get ice here and there.

I've had the Blizzak WS70 on my Acura, X-Ice3 on my Genesis, and now picked the VikingContact 7 for my BMW which arrives this week!

Thank you for the great review. Helped a lot!

Thanks for this great review! An interesting comparison video (albeit more North American/truck focused) would be comparing several winter dedicated tires (Hakkas etc) to some popular all terrain/season tires like the BFG KO2, Nitto Terra Grappler, Yokohama AT G015 etc.

Nokian Tyres quality control worker here! Brilliant testing glad you liked hakkapeliitta 10 :) very interesting data edit: And the R5 of course :D

This video was a great help for picking out a new set of winter tires for my car. I ordered Nokian R5s and I'll make sure to be mindful of its aquaplaning performance in the wet. Thanks.

Yes!!!! Thank you for your hard work!

I live in the Pacific Northwest. Our snow is heavy and wet, much of the winter our lower elevation roads are soaked with rain, which high up is heavy snow (there's a reason our mountains have glaciers on them!), but during cold snaps we get ice at elevation and high passes, ski areas; frosty, chunky ice, not sheet ice like Minnesota. Your test showed me the Michelin X-Ice Snow is the tire for where I live.

I've just bought a set of Nokian R5 based on this test. I travel between the Alps and Norway a lot, and a CE just doesn't work for the winter in Norway. I'm OK with losing wet weather performance, I can just slow down when it rains.

I must say that this review video is far better than our local Finnish videos. Just bought Michelin and love them already in harsh Finnish winter

As a Californian who has literally driven in zero snow, we moved up to Oregon. For winter I bought Viking 7s and my son has CrossClimate2s, both on FWD Toyota Camrys. We drove in some pretty heavy snow (for us) driving through peaks and valleys for about 3hrs straight. There were many cars and SUVs stranded at the sides of the road during our trip. My son and I are novice snow drivers. We high-fived thankful we made it home in a very uneventful manner without incident. I can't say enough about investing in 3peak winter tires, they'll get you home and may even save your life.

Fantastic in-depth review!

I’ve had a set of Michelin X Ice tires on my Audi a few years back and they were amazing. The only time you knew you were on snow was on turns because no matter how good a tire you got, a 4,500lb car will slide. I just picked up a set of the Pirelli Ice Zero FR tires for my GTI and looking forward to seeing how well they do in the snow. For reference I live in NYC, not the worst winter weather but we do occasionally get up to 2 feet of snow. Mostly have to deal with pack snow and black ice.

Thanks, I’m happy to see I should stick with the Continental VikingContact 7, I wasn’t sure if I should go with these tires but you just confirmed I shouldn’t change.