15 best budget winter tires

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The best budget winter studded tires

1	Nokian Tires Nordman 5	Better handling
2	Bridgestone Ice Cruiser 7000S	High wear resistance. Long "survival" of thorns
3	BFGoodrich g-Force Stud	Comfortable noise level
4	Cordiant Snow Cross	Resistance to hydroplaning. Good handling
5	Viatti Brina Nordico V-522	Domestic buyer's choice

The best budget winter tires for passenger cars

1	GOODYEAR Ultra Grip Ice+	Best grip characteristics throughout the entire service life
2	Tunga NordWay	The optimal choice for harsh winters. Low noise
3	Belshina Artmotion Snow	Low susceptibility to aquaplaning
4	Cordiant Polar SL	Best price
5	Landsail Winter Lander	Low noise level. The softest tire

The best budget winter tires for crossovers

1	Toyo Observe GSi-5	Optimal combinations of price and performance characteristics
2	BFGoodrich Winter T/A KSI	Best braking performance on winter roads
3	Hankook Tire i*pike RW11	Buyer's best choice. Obedience in management
4	Firestone Ice Cruiser 7	Wear resistance. Confident road grip
5	Nizhnekamskshina Kama-Flame	The most affordable price offer for crossovers

Reviews from owners of budget winter tires

Positive	Negative
Nokian Nordman 7	An exact copy of Hakkapelita 7. There is a difference in characteristics, of course, but it is noticeable only in extreme situations. During normal driving, there are clear steering responses and excellent cross-country ability.	Terrible tread, it collects all the stones and nails on the road. Wear quite quickly. In 2 years about 50%.
Nexen Win Guard Win Spike WH62	The tires are not bad, although they are budget. I went through T5 for 3 seasons without any problems. Enough for another year, I think.	The rubber is a bit harsh. When it’s cold, it actually gets stiff, which is why snow performance suffers.
Cordiant Snow Cross	The roads in our city are terrible, they are almost never cleared. However, he did not lose a single thorn during the season. I drive a Mazda automatic.	It holds the road well, but the noise is very loud.
Viatti Brina Nordico V-522	The best budget tires of domestic production. They hold the road perfectly, are quite comfortable and controllable. Why pay for an expensive brand, especially since all tires are now made in Asia?	It’s nice to drive in the cold, but during a thaw, when a mess of snow and water forms on the road, the car is thrown in all directions. You have to be extremely careful in this weather.
Kama Euro 519	Normal tires. In snow and icy conditions they paddle well on the VAZ Desyatka. For 2 years there were no cuts or “gulps”.	The tires are no good. Almost like a Soviet “all-season” car. I wasted my money in vain, I will sell it and install some of the new 2018-19 products from normal brands.
Matador MP30 Sibir Ice 2	They bite into the ice well, and fragments fly right out from under the wheels. Maneuverability is excellent, you literally listen to the steering wheel!	Very hard and noisy tires. At the same time it is very expensive. I inherited it with the car I bought, but I'm going to change it soon
Sava Eskimo Stud	Just what you need for extreme road conditions. I constantly have to go off-road for work, and it has never let me down. The studs are very strong and the maneuverability is excellent.	I have a bad experience buying these tires. During tire fitting, one wheel immediately swelled on the side. I contacted the Good Year company, since this is their brand, but the exchange was refused due to poor quality installation. I want to tell you that everything happened before my eyes, and there was no violation of the installation. Just like that, out of the blue, I lost about $50.

Kama Euro 519 in the snow
Reviews from car enthusiasts taken from the sites: autoshini.com, https://in-rating.ru/, www.drom.ru, https://autokatalog.by/, auto.tut.by.

Rating of the best budget winter tires

Nomination	place	Name of product	price
The best studded budget winter tires	1	Pirelli Ice Zero	2 749 ₽
2	Nokian Tires Nordman 7	2 470 ₽
3	Dunlop SP Winter Ice 03	2 447 ₽
4	Sava Eskimo STUD	2 300 ₽
5	Hankook Tire Winter i*Pike RS2	2 320 ₽
6	Toyo Observe Ice-Freezer	2 340 ₽
7	Bridgestone Ice Cruiser 7000S	2 489 ₽
The best budget velcro winter tires	1	GOODYEAR Ultra Grip Ice+	2 400 ₽
2	Yokohama Ice Guard IG60	2 780 ₽
3	Pirelli Ice Zero FR	2 749 ₽
4	Bridgestone Blizzak Revo GZ	2 387 ₽
5	Toyo Observe Gsi-5	2 200 ₽
6	Kumho I'Zen KW31	2 250 ₽
7	Dunlop Winter Maxx WM02	2 450 ₽
8	Triangle Group TR777	1 739 ₽

Budget studded tires

Not every driver agrees to spend a significant amount of money on the purchase of winter tires, so we also presented five budget studded tires.

5 budget models with spikes:

Tire model	Photo	Advantages
NEXEN Winguard Winspike WH62	Excellent braking on asphalt, low noise, wear-resistant.
Tigar ICE	Fast acceleration on snow, good handling on snow, reduced rolling resistance
Kumho WinterCraft Ice WI31	Quiet tires, good handling on asphalt
Cordiant Snow Cross 2	Good handling in deep snow and ice
Maxxis Premitra Ice Nord NP5	Soft, quiet, excellent handling in the snow

Which company tires to choose?

There are countless manufacturers and companies supplying winter tires on the market. But experts classify only 5 brands as the best, which annually develop innovative solutions and actively implement them into production. These include:

Continental. The brand's products regularly take first place in various ratings. The success of the company and the quality of rubber is due to extensive experience in the automotive industry, the development of its own production equipment, as well as careful testing of prototypes. Unique technologies ContiSeal, ContiSilent and the runflat system ensured minimal interior noise and effective sealing of punctures.
GOODYEAR . Tires for GOODYEAR cars showed the highest quality among analogues. A company with a hundred-year history is actively developing and implementing its own technologies: Sound Comfort has reduced noise by half, SealTech eliminates punctures up to 5 mm.
Nokian. Like other leading brands, the company regularly tests its products. Among the outstanding achievements, it is worth mentioning the “Fastest on Ice” awards in 2011 and 2013, setting a new world record in 2021 in Finland.
MICHELIN. The manufacturer makes the best tires for winter, summer and off-season. The French brand has been creating products since 1832, and over its history has become synonymous with European-level quality and reliability. The company's breakthrough events were the first summer tires with a winter certificate, presented in 2015, as well as the future Vision tires, the tread of which can be printed on a 3D printer.
Pirelli. The world leader is represented in 160 countries, with production facilities on four continents. Pirelli is the exclusive supplier of the most significant events - Formula 1 and Superbike World Championship, which regularly demonstrates the excellent quality and reliability of its products.