Bought these tires almost a year ago and after putting some miles on them I thought I'd share my two cents. I wanted a good set of all season tires on the car after being fed up with cheap brands like Triangle. It wasn't easy to find a premium brand for my size wheels and the Maxxis were pretty much the best I could find after doing my research. They may not be a premium brand but they're still worlds away from the Triangles I had on before. For anyone reading this who already has a cheap banded tire on their car and is thinking of going to these, I should warn you that they feel very different at first and take some getting used to. In the dry they don't feel as sticky straight away but once you wear them in, they start to give you a lot more confidence. In the wet they offer lots of grip, even compared to the Dunlops I had on my last car (and that was a 4x4). I also had a brief opportunity to test them on the snow one day during winter and they were simply amazing. On a road where I past 3 stranded cars including a jeep, my two wheel drive honda never even spun the wheels and I put that purely down to the tires. Overall the tires have great grip in all weather conditions. After roughly 6000 miles of hard driving they seem to be holding up very well also. If I had any complaint, it's that they don't offer the best feedback on the road, but this is a small price to pay for a great all round tire. I will definitely be buying Maxxis again, especially since they're great value for money.

I go to the Alps in the winter twice each year. This January I arrived during the first big snowfall for a few weeks and drove on the motorway behind snow ploughs and then when I got to my junction, drove 20km up and over the pass to the place I was staying. The tires exceeded expectation and easily as good as previous full winter tires I have had before. A week later in a blizzard, I drove to Geneva airport and back, an hour each way, and when driving over the same pass in heavy snow, the locals were stopping and some were putting on chains. I had to go stop start up the hill on freshly snow covered roads and the tires provided every confidence as they did going down the other side of the pass

I have now driven back and done over 2000 miles. They have been great in snow and also in the very wet condition in the past few weeks in the UK. They are not noticeably noisy, perhaps 5% less efficient than my last summer tires, and appear very stable. I expect them on the evidence of a few warmer days before going to the Alps that they may be slightly less precise in warmer weather, but the trade off is worthwhile, given the stability they have showed in difficult driving condition

Regardless as to how good the tires are, any tire will have a limit on snow, so even though I recommend these tires, you still need to drive with caution, but they provide the edge required when encountering snow and wet in winter conditions

mounted on a citroen picasso, good in the wet, and provide security in cold days with hail not give scares. Not expensive

bought these are they are on the only option for all season tires in my size. as they came 4th in the latest all season tire test I thought they would be really quite good. not had any snow to test, but cold weather they seem very capable (at times been throwing it around pretty good) and down to -2 degrees (no snow/rain) they've stuck like glue.

unfortunately wet performance isn't great. better than my bridgestones for aquaplaning resistance but not as good as I would expect.

had to drive at 50mph today on the motorway to avoid running off the road in light slush.

fine if you dont want to drive at the speed limit in moderate weather, but if you want performance all season avoid.

would buy again because I don't really need performance tires and they are only ones in my size.

we bought these for our Abarth , as we were sick of changing from summer to winter tires, and decided to compromise. we chose these as we have had good experience of maxxis Z1s in the summer... these also came 4th in a recent autoexpress test for all season tires, I think they beat the pirelli and the bridgestone! ... anyway, experiences: we live in cumbria, so the last 2 months have just been RAIN. we have driven in some really awful flooded conditions, and these are the BEST tires I have ever run in the wet. The resistance to aquaplaning is astonishing! the grip and confidence they give in the wet is first class. And we have a "proper" speed rating of V compaired to some winter tires..... if you want a wet weather tire, I cannot recomend these enough! I will write more reviews as the year goes on, one for snow/winter conditions, and one for summer/hot conditions. very happy so far.