Having used rainsport 3s for the past 2 years or 42.000km it was time for a change. I always change at 2 year interval October or November with 40-45k kilometres on average. I reside in northern Greece and the last time round I fancied the idea of an all season Tire but after the fitters recommendation ended up with the uniroyals. The rainsport 3s were a revelation in winter and commendable in the summer. I always fit premium tires and the rainsport 3s were left wanting a little bit for grip in scorching hot tarmac.
The rainsport 5s in question are on initial impressions (1200km so far) a bona fide premium Tire in the dry, gone are the days of the soft sidewalls. The Tire provides excellent turn in and high speed stabillity. In the wet is still king though I have never tried nokians. Don't be fooled reading tests that other premium are equally good in the wet. In deep water and poor road surfaces the uniroyals offer a sense of security above anything else.
They are also less noisy but for some reason maybe unrelated to the tires the fuel consumption is marginally higher.
Also the experience from the 3s taught me that in very light snow to they are drivable I am not suggesting they are as good as all seasons but they provide some traction and don't have the typical wooden feel of summer tires.
All things considered a great Tire.

I bought a 2020 BMW Z4 and it came with 4 of these fitted. On the drive home, I thought something was broken in the suspension. The car floated around like the wheels weren't connected. At 70mph, in the dry, these were SCARY and dangerous to drive with. The car wouldn't stay straight, and jumped around in my hands. Even at 50mph, they had so little grip, you could feel the car squirming. These lasted 300 miles before I had to take them off before I ended up in a ditch. Replaced with Pilot Sport 5's and they make the car handle as expected ... AMAZING! These things are the worst tires I've ever had on a car.

Had Uniroyal Rainsport 5 for 33000km so I’m considering wear to be really good. Other than that I would say that tires are good package. They are little bit slow to react compared to PilotSports or Asymmetric6. On the wet tires are really good especially for aquaplaning. Comfort is mainly noise level for me and in this matter Uniroyals are average.

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A quality tire that sits in the mid range bracket although not as cheap as other mid range competitors. Overall a very good tire in most areas but where it excels is in its resistance to aqua planning, it will not lose grip even when faced with large pools of water on a motorway. Would highly recommend as an alternative to some of the pricier brands!

Have driven over 120,000km on multiple sets of Rainsport 5s. All done on a 4drive 2.0tdi Seat Tarraco. Fantastic in the wet as would be expected. Dry performance I can't fault for everyday driving on all roads at all speeds.
Fuel consumption seems marginally higher than previous Continental EcoContact 6.
Only major downside has to be how quickly these wear out. Only averaging ~33,000km a set over 4 sets used in the last 18 months.
However, confidence in the abundant wet conditions will find me buying these again and again.

Having had Mondeos and Passat estate cars as company cars for over 20 years, I have always sworn by Goodyear Tires. I had them on my own Mondeo MK4.5 Titanium X Estate with sports suspension, they were 215/50 R17s. I had the chance to buy some mint MK3 ST 18" alloys with some almost new Uniroyal RainSport 5, 225/40 R18 tires. I bought them and to my surprise I find the Uniroyal's amazing on the Mondeo. Handling is just as good in the dry and better in the wet as the Goodyear Efficiency Grips in my opinion and they are quieter. I will definitely be buying these again because they are approx £30 per tire less than the Goodyear. Don't get me wrong the Goodyears are great tires.

Had these on my XF Sportbrake for 16,000 miles now with still plenty of tread depth left. Not quite as good as Pilot sports, contisports and F1s for dry road performance, but not by much. Where they excel is in the wet where they are just superb with very little aqua planning at speed, just amazing! They are a nice looking tire as well with an aggressive sidewall style. They won’t give you the longevity of a Michelin or Goodyear tire but they are a very good cheaper alternative to the higher cost premium brands.

Usually used all season tires but missed the performance of a summer tire in the summer so thought these being designed with a bias for wet weather might be a bit of a half way house between a all season tire and a summer tire in the winter. They do what they say on the tin and have very good aqua planning resistance but I wouldn’t say they are any better in the wet than any other premium summer tire. Comfort is good and they don’t seem to be very noisy either.

I had always Continental sport contact in my alfa romeo 147, when Continental stopped to produce sport size 215/45/17, I chose uniroyal rainsport 5 as a fast alternative, uniroyal are good tires, beautiful, but i lost my handling, braking, the grip, always comparing to contisports, for daily and normal driving, I really enjoy uniroyal, but my next tires will be michelin pilot sport 5 or good year assymetric 6.

Great for everyday use if you are a calm driver, those tires have nothing to do with "sport". Understeer and lack of information from the road are main problems, they move around in the corners so much that you feel like the rims are about to touch the asphalt. However they are pretty good on wet surface and with over 20k kilometers of dynamic driving i only noticed less than half of tread wear. I'd not buy again.

I have had these fitted to my VW Golf V5 for the last few years they respond really well in the wet as you'd hope with a name like rainsport! dry is really good too no negative issues they bounce over pot holes and dont get damaged or punctured which living in the UK is a massive relief. I have also used these on Icy roads around where i live during the winter where people struggle for traction and had absolutely zero issues overall very impressed and when they wear down ill be getting another set.

Good tire for the price with superb wet road performance, tackles standing water with ease. Expecting the fronts to last for around 20k before replacing with the rears probably good for another 10k. Not on the same level as a Pilot sport or Sportcontact in overall performance/longevity, but quite a bit cheaper.

Retired my Bridgstones after several sets as not worth the money for average performance. Switched to the Rainsports 3's all round on my BMW 330D Touring some 7 years ago, won't use any other tire. Gives me so much confidence in the wet & dry, great grip, good wear rate also when exercising the 'Horses' to a good lather. The Rainsport 5's appear just as good, won't consider anything else for the money.

Responsive handling, not much roll resistance which provides an efficient ride. Surprisingly good and reliable in all conditions

Good against aqua planning, safe in wet conditions and pretty impressive on dry road. Genuinely satisfied and highly recommend