Tires Falken or Goodyear

Reviews put them as extremely close performance wise and I haven’t had any issues with them.

I got the quatrac pro + after trying to use the default summer tires last winter and it being basically impossible to get anywhere. So far no regrets at all amd they have done great with the 8 inches of snow and ice we have had.

I recently switched from LT Toyo at3s to "SL" Falken at4ws. IMO the xterra is not heavy enough for the LT tires, it rides and drives so much better with the lighter sidewalls of the falkens, as well as feeling more responsive from less rotating mass.

I have the LT version in that exact size. They are surprisingly great on bitumen with hardly any road noise which is great for your use case. Currently at 35k and no noticeable wear at all with mostly bitumen use. They seem like new.

I was in the same boat as the OP, and went with RT660s.

660 is good bang for the buck. Not as fast as the top tier tires but two or three times the lifespan.

I went with fallen 615+ not the fastest but should last a good number of runs

They're okay but I wish I had gotten better. On a positive they still have a lot of tread left at 30k+ miles on them. Also a negative cause I'm stuck with them for a while yet.

I just had an experience with new Douglas (Good Year made) tires from Walmart. 744 miles later I ran over something in the road that sliced my tire. I took it back to WM and they basically laughed at me because I did not buy their road hazard insurance.

Demand a swap. Pic 1 shows a crack above the slope behind the G leading onto the tread. Pic 2 shows a major crack leading further into the tread above the slope after the R about to split the tire along with the separation starting before good and ending after year near the tread line. Pic 3 shows the separation near the tread and also another split above the first O in goodyear.