Review on MAXXIS Premitra HP5 225/50 R17 94W summer by Stanislaw Kalinowski ᠌

Name: MAXXIS Premitra HP5 225/50 R17 94W summer
Item: MAXXIS Premitra HP5 225/50 R17 94W summer
Rating: 4

May 29, 2023

Good product, good quality, not bad.

Tire size 215-65-16, stand on Toyota Camry.
I took tires in St. Petersburg through the Internet store wheel-city in 2022 at a price of 3300 per piece. A week after installation, for the first time I went to the track in the direction of the MSC and felt that the steering wheel was beating, I decided that I would not do much time at home. Three times in different places I did balancing in the last place they said that the reason was the egg-shaped geometry of one wheel (radial runout). I handed over this tire to the seller for quality control, he pulled as best he could, as a result, some kind of "sticky" gave the tire OK. I went to court (in the end I won the court, but the legal entity was closed and I didn’t have time to take money from them), I bought a new tire, when I bought I chose among several pieces, I got caught again with an egg, I immediately asked for another one.
Now about operation.
Tires were put in the spring after the winter studded khaki. It was about +15 degrees outside. Of course, the noise has become less, but the previous summer ones were Yokohama DB E70B much less noisy. Maxis at speeds after 30 already started to make noise, and at 80 they already make quite a lot of noise, I can’t assess it exactly, but it feels like the noise increases as it wears out. This year (2022) I changed my winter tires to Cylon Velcro, after which the summer Maxis seemed studded, that is, much noisier.
About the grip on the road. With a sharp start on the automatic transmission, they broke a little into axle boxes (although Camry 2.4 would not be called sharp). With braking, everything is pretty normal, predictably behave. During the operation managed to go to the Crimea and Georgia, several times in MSC and Finland. There are no critical comments on handling, except for the sensitivity to the rut, you need to hold the steering wheel with more effort than it was with other tires. I traveled on very different types of coverage and there was a rock and cobblestones and flew into holes in the asphalt, the tires withstood no hernias.
rear, do not poison will not do.
To summarize: the grip is average, the noise is above average, the strength is excellent, the wear resistance is average (strange for a harsh tire), you need to hold the steering wheel more firmly in the rut,

Pros

The advantage is, of course, the price. Brand. Although little known in our area, it is generally quite common, including in motorsport, as well as products for bicycles.

Cons

NOISY in warm weather and the colder the noisier, in cold weather it becomes dull and there is almost no grip, it breaks into axle boxes on asphalt, but in quiet mode there are no critical moments. Sensitive to rut, sensitivity increases as it wears. Worn out quickly 25000km passed, the rest is a maximum of 5000 to the limit. Unstable quality (I will describe in the comments)