Owner reviews for tires

I run Falken Wildpeaks AT4w on my GX 550... The Falkens have been on for a year and are great on road and light off-roading. They are good in the snow but not as good as the Toyos.

We have a set on a Crosstrek and they're fantastic

We have them on our crossover and they're excellent all year in Anchorage weather. Many of the responses comparing them to all season tires are misguided. The "all weather" tire is a different type of tire from an "all season" and they perform relativley close to many dedicated snow tires. They are a true year round tire for Anchorage weather. Never had an issue going anywhere around the state in winter including up to the ski hills in all conditions, running up to Fairbanks, or down to the Kenai.

It does depend on what and how you drive as well if you have an awd vehicle and a reasonably decent driver you should be good to go? If it's only 2wd I might lean toward separate snow tires, but they're probably fine for a front wheel drive car as well. For awd - I'd go for the crossclimates. I'd buy again if I were buying for our CUV today. I might even put them on my truck if they were available in truck sizes. Unfortunately the truck size crossclimate only shares the name, but not much else.

Just for a comparison from actual testing data I found that was done on the same car, same day, same track for snow braking distance from 20mph to 5mph:

Summer tire 120.9 feet

All Season tire 44.8 feet

CrossClimate2 36.8 feet

Winter Tire 34.7 feet.

The Crossclimate is about 5% different from the winter tire like the Blizzak, 30% better than the all season, and about 3.5 times shorter braking distance than the summer tires. Acceleration tests were similar on snow.

My personal experience is similar that I'd guess they're about 90% of the way to a winter tire vs a summer tire. And you don't have to swap them twice a year.

I run Blizzaks on my XC70 in the winter, and it's a utter MONSTER in the snow. I've embarrassed 4WD vehicles with good tires on snowy forest roads. I went into the mountains early season last year with just the all-seasons on after a minor snow event (a couple inches, plows had been through) and skidded slightly off a plowed gravel road onto a soft shoulder. Never would have happened with the Blizzaks, I'd just been lazy and hadn't put them on yet - they got put on later that afternoon. I don't notice much of a gas mileage hit that the winter fuel blend doesn't mostly account for anyway.

Falken Rubitrek A/T. They are a little less aggressive then the Wildpeaks, and perform better on the highway. I do a lot of highways miles and occasionally drive on some rough trails, these have been amazing.

Michelin x-ice are pretty nice. Used my last set for 5 or 6 seasons. Had been so long since i bought them. They did a little RND

I have had no issues off road with the Wild Peaks.

My car has the Goodyear assurance max now, a 2016 Q5. Tread is already at 6/32 after a few years.

My experience with minions as a casual rider in the DFL class of my local DH races is that they leak sealant out the sidewalls, don't have a good transition when leaned over, and tend to roll off the rim.

My only experience with Pirellis was a set of P6 All Seasons that I put on my old Acura TL fifteen years ago. It transformed my ostensibly “luxury car” into one that rode like a cement truck.