Test of snow tires vs all season-video from Road and Track

soren wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
Not a shocker that snow tires are better than non snow tires in snow......
Just siped a new set of mudders for the truck. She climbs mtn passes like a billy goat on crack now!

Yea, if we were talking about old school snow tires, you would be correct. Winter tires are a whole other game. They are very soft, have sipes, mini-sipes on the tread blocks, and all kinds of engineering magic involved in their design and construction. They not only do well in snow, but they are superior on ice, and outperform studded tires in testing.

I don't disagree.
But siping any normal set of tires with good tread gets you quite a ways towards being a dedicated snow tire. For me, I don't need the haaakipilettas. Already got 4wd and I need lugged tires for when the snow is deep.
And they're more versatile as there's no increased treadwear in the summer (unless I have the camper on. That doubles at least, treadwear on the rears. But that would eat up snow tires too) if I decide to leave them on.

Them big heavy mudders did get me for 1-2mpg instantly though over the pavement pounders I took off. Advantage snow tires there.