ESKIMO S3 +

<p>have had these tyres on the car (kia rio 2012) since 2019. so theyre 7 years old now. Wet grip was very bad since day one, wet braking is downright scary. Dry grip is not good, but its not awful either. the tyre is not predictable, so do not buy it if you have a spirited driving style. I honestly dont have much good to say about this tyre. It has been on the car year long, through 40C summers, through cold winters. snow grip is okay in the winter. Only very good thing about this tyre: i have been trying to erase the tread, by driving it as hard as possible on the hottest days of the summer, it is impossible to wear it down. buy this tyre if you dont care about grip, but want a long lasting tyre. after 7 years, there is NO dryrot. thats impressive. i just absolutely hate the grip levels of the tyre.</p>

l've been using these on my base model RDW E90 320d 2011, and ice and snow traction is amazing so much so l never needed to mount chains (they're mandatory) but in dry/wet these tires are awful, super spongy feel and feels like the car is riding on foam, l wouldnt trust these going more than 165km/h. l guess l'll keep fun driving during summer and for winter i'll just have fun by not getting stuck in snow since we got a lot of it here in Kosovo during winter (at least in my town where l live)

They are on my Kia Ceed 2016 1.6 GDI since brand new. The performance seems to be consistent by the years. (car kept in garage all its life and driven easy till i got it a year ago from my dad) Snow performence is not bad, but oh boy, dry and wet is something. For normal driving conditions it seems to be quite alright. If your driving pace is just about standard. I had several situations, when i had to brake or steer heavily and the response was not the best. Skidding and when breaking, the car just kept going while ABS was going crazy.
So average driving is pretty alright, but cautious driving is advised. Had different car with the same tyre size and for example the Pirellis were much more predictable and better on hard brakes on dry and wet roads. Not getting them again. If you are on the budget and you know its weaknesses, it could be fine to get them.
tires had the same performance since new to this day (+-5,5 mm after 35k km of easy driving)

Very very good tyres. Dry6 Wet8 Snow10 Ice7.

Snow: These tyres are pure snow tyres. Driving on snow is awesome - once I've tryed to go through really high snow like 40cm on dirt mountain road - the car was more likely sitting on snow by its bottom, rather than on tyres and I was still able to drive it through.
Dry: The opposite of this value is handling on dry roads - the high, soft and small rubber blocks are acting more like a gelly when it comes to sporty drive. It still has a good grip, but it has nothing in common with precise driving. You can really hear the sound of rolling rubber blocks even in decent cornering or accelerating. But its kind of funny aspect of driving these tyres :-)
Lifetime: I have two cars - one for winter and convertible for the summer, so i am wearing these tyres all season, while driving only few 100 miles in the summer, but the tire still has an ability to stay for 3 to 4 seasons while driving arround 5000 miles a year.
Summary: I would recommend these tyres for those who want to stay safe in mountains during the winter and accept its limitations during +0 degrees temperatures. Because I am buying them just for the snow, I am going to buy them for ever :D
PS: But please consider that every tyre acts differently in different tyre sizes! I was surprised how differently the same tyre model could act on different cars. My review is for 165/70 R13 on car which weight is about 1000kg without driver.