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Review on MICHELIN X-Ice North 4 205/55 R16 94T winter by Dorota Strzalkowska ᠌

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I do not cease to rejoice at the purchase, a very good deal!

I had no idea that the spike could be removed with such stealth. The primary impression that the rubber gives is as follows. These are some advantages: I would not say that there is much more noise, even on wet pavement, but on the snow crust, which the roads in the city turned into this February, so there is no difference at all. Quiet, in my size (225/55/19), before them there were Blizzak Velcro (225/65/17). In snowstorms like the ones we've been experiencing over the past two weeks in Hong Kong, I feel a lot more secure standing on these spikes rather than on Velcro. (7 years trip on Blizzakah). I used to have Continental spikes that went up to Velcro; they were approximately three years old and made a lot more noise than Michelin and Velcro did. In them, I heard how the spikes scrape the asphalt, even if you just turn the wheel without moving anywhere; however, this effect is not present in Mishki; in addition, the spike itself is some kind of small and black; to summarize, I am not overjoyed at these frosts, and I advise everyone else to feel the same way. Although I traveled for a week, I managed to +3, +4 in the middle of January, it's also very quiet, maybe not quite as quiet as in blizzak, but about that, in addition, the car is different than the one on which Velcro was worn, so it's difficult to evaluate. Has some disadvantages that have not yet been noticed, but we'll find out in the spring when all the asphalt will be covered in puddles.