Michelin X-ICE Xi3

I read a lot of reviews that rate them the top tire by a wide margin. I was skeptical but found the comfort and handling to be beyond merely excellent, like a performance tire, without the traditional snow tire squirminess. As a result I thought here is no way that a tire that handles this well can be any good in the ice and snow. Guess what, in many instances it was hard to tell I was even on ice or snow they gripped so well! To be driven to be believe. My car chirps to lay some rubber down even with very sticky summer tires when I floor it, and even when accelerating, one would have actually try to get the tires to spin outside of normal driving they grip so well. In short they ride and grip like nothing else. They are a breathtakingly superior winter tire to anything I have experienced before. No wonder all the praise and top ratings and I don't mean to patronize anyone. They are simply, that good! Two things, you get what you pay for and secondly. what price does on put on life and safety at the risk of sounding like a Michelin commercial. To be objective I wish I had something, anything, negative to sat but sadly, I don't =)

not bad for this price

When I bought these I was expecting the tires to be really good since they were rated number one all over but was let down by the performance of them. It is a very quiet tire, comfortable and doesn't ride like winter tires. It's good on ice and snow but the downsides are when your are driving in messy road conditions such as slush, the tires don't bite well enough and causes you to lose traction and from a stop it takes a little effort to get going. Overall a good tire but not worth the price. Other brands that are cheaper perform a lot better.