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No CommentsReview by Sue Elzora:
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-25 Tire
I live in Alaska, and snow comes early up here. Last month while our families in Colorado were enjoying a warm fall day, we were already out shopping for snow tires!
It’s a good thing we did our shopping early, because this past weekend we got 14 inches of snow dumped on us!After living in Alaska for 25 years, I have been exposed to all kinds of winter driving conditions, and my husband has never put anything other than studded snow tires on our vehicles! Imagine my shock when we were told there were no studded snow tires that would fit our new 2001 Nissan Maxima! I couldn’t believe it! We went to four different tire dealers, and they all told us the same thing … the ONLY tires that would fit our car were the Bridgestone Blizzaks. The what? I asked! I learned a lot about winter tires, a lot more than I ever wanted to know. Here’s why Blizzak’s are great winter tires for driving in snow and ice!
Bridgestone Blizzak Quality
I learned that the Blizzak tires have what they call a Multi-Cell Rubber Compound that actually grips and sticks to the snow and ice, giving extraordinary performance!Yes, these are performance tires, and you often see them on expensive cars. The softer rubber actually remains pliable during the cold winter months to give you better traction. Unfortunately, this same feature (soft rubber) also means that when these babies are driven on dry pavement, they are going to wear down faster than other snow tires. (When the tread is worn down, they then become regular summer tires.) Read more of this review…
Next Review by Jill Adler:
Bridgestone Blizzak DM-Z3 Tire
Studded snow tires have long been a staple in my home state of Utah. In other places, where you go off to the mountains once a week at the most, you carry chains, torture yourself on the side of the road in whipping wind and finger-freezing snow while you try to wrap those clunky links around your tires.
Another option, all-season tires work fine in many conditions but they master none. When I tried to ride all-season tires out my first winter in Utah, they sucked, to put it bluntly, slipping and flailing wherever the snow stuck to the road.
If you anticipate driving in snow 20 days or more a year, I suggest you invest in good snow tires. Mountainfolk get studs in November and remove them in April. The tires are good for three seasons, salesmen say, but honestly the studs start to wear the minute you drive off the tire lot, and you definitely notice the traction decrease from month to month.
Blizzak DM-Z3 Snow Tires
When I heard about the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-Z3s — a non-studded snow tire alternative — I had to have them. The tread wears longer than most studs, and there’s no state law mandating I change out my tires like there is with studded ones (March 31 in Utah). I do change them out but only to preserve their tread, not because I’m afraid of a $145 ticket (o.k., I am but that’s not the point).I’ve heard the sales pitch a zillion times — all-wheel-drive and four-wheel-drive cars are only as good as their tires. Like an Olympic marathoner or a world-champion skier, the salesman said, it comes down to what touches the ground. I didn’t believe it (I thought it was just a pitch) until I installed the Blizzaks. With something called UNI-T technology, the rubber grips like a competitive trail runner. My first attempt up the 30-degree, snow-covered incline with my Hyundai Santa Fe all-wheel-drive had me at ‘Hello.’ Read more of this review…
Next review by Clever Shopper:
When we purchased our 2001 Nissan Maxima, we spent the extra money ($200 a tire) to put Bridgestone Blizzak tires on. After using these for a few years, we were sold on the Blizzak technology. We sold that car two years ago, and purchased our daughter’s 2004
Honda Civic, which came with four studded winter tires. Despite the excellent gas mileage the Honda gave us, my husband refused to drive it to work during the winter months. He said the car was "squirly" and was hard to control. A couple weeks ago, we shopped around for Bridgestone Blizzak tires, and ended up replacing the studded tires with the Blizzak’s, and boy have we been extremely happy with that decision.
The WS-60’s are the newest and the third generation of Blizzak tires. They are called "WinterBiter" tires, and that term describes them perfectly! When my husband and I were looking at the display in the tire shop, I couldn’t believe the difference between standard winter tires and the Blizzak’s. I asked the tire dealer for some information on the Blizzak’s to help me with my review, and this is what I can tell you about the Blizzak difference. The tires tread are very soft. You can actually pull the treads apart with your fingers! Bridegstone says these tires are enhanced with silica, with is a multicell compound, which is layered on top of the standard winter compound.
Tires contain something that are called "sipes", which bite into the snow and allows for super traction. Bridgestone says that when you look at these tires under a microscope, they actually resemble swiss cheese. The tires are made up of thousands of 3-D zigzag sipes that wicks away water and reduces the chance of hydroplaning. The thousands of microscopic cells improve the gripping action of the tires. The information I have says that the new WS-60 tires have twin steel belts that are reinforced with nylon to give durability at high speeds and a great ride. Read more of this review…Next Review by Roadiem:
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-22 Tire
I say this only mildly in jest. In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, (the place I call home), winter arrives early and stays late. With this in mind, most people are prepared earlier than "old man winter" for the difficult driving conditions. What this means is, that in late summer they make sure their snow tires will be up to the task, and if not they make a visit to their tire dealer and order some snow tires.
In an increasingly upward trend, what this means is when the snow tire order goes in, more and more Bridgestone Blizzak tires are on that order. By word of mouth, and now the internet, can you say epinions ? people are heralding the praises of the Blizzaks. And justifiably so. These are some of the best snow and ice tires your hard earned income share can purchase.
BLIZZAK DOESN’T SOUND LIKE BLIZZARD FOR NOTHING:
The Blizzak tire is such a great traction tire for a couple of reasons. The first reason is the Patented "MULTICELL" tread compound. If you ever get an opportunity to get to a Brigestone dealer check out their Multicell display. It looks almost like foam rubber when magnified. All the little pores in the rubber compound aid in biting the snow and acting like tiny little spikes. Read more of this review…
