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Sep 17th, 2015 6:31 am
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baillieul[OP]
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Sep 17th, 2015 6:31 am

Walmart WeatherMaxx Winter tires

Noticed that walmart now carries an Arctic WeatherMaxx tire line whuchare on sale this week. Anyone with any experience with these? They seem to be different than last years weathermate tires. Any idea who manufactures these?

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Sep 17th, 2015 7:03 am
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stephroll
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Sep 17th, 2015 7:03 am

Walmart usually have their store brand tires made in China by the Shandong Hengyu Technology Group

We can go into the debate of buying name brands vs chinese made unknown ones for days lol . I guess if you don't do much driving and live in an area where there's not much snow they'd be just fine .

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Sep 17th, 2015 7:24 am
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cartfan123
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Sep 17th, 2015 7:24 am

I was gonna guess Hong Ting Manufacturing Concern but ^ looks to have the real name. Never heard of the real one either though.

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Sep 17th, 2015 8:06 am
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Sep 17th, 2015 8:06 am

Bottom line is

If Walmart carries them, they should meet safety standards.

Being winter tires, they should perform better than most all season tires in cold weather.

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Sep 17th, 2015 9:42 am
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Sep 17th, 2015 9:42 am

fayfayfay wrote: Bottom line is

If Walmart carries them, they should meet safety standards.

Being winter tires, they should perform better than most all season tires in cold weather.

Yup.

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Sep 17th, 2015 10:12 am
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Sep 17th, 2015 10:12 am

i think on the walmart flyer this week they have $30 winter tires... lol.

these tires are probably rated for a top speed of 90km/h. if you want to cheap out go for it.. just drive safe on the highway.

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Sep 17th, 2015 10:31 am
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Sep 17th, 2015 10:31 am

daivey wrote: i think on the walmart flyer this week they have $30 winter tires... lol.

these tires are probably rated for a top speed of 90km/h. if you want to cheap out go for it.. just drive safe on the highway.

The "probably" do, or you are just pulling a number out of the air?

They are "T" rated by the way, which is 118mph (190kmh)

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Sep 17th, 2015 11:40 am
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Sep 17th, 2015 11:40 am

baillieul wrote: Noticed that walmart now carries an Arctic WeatherMaxx tire line whuchare on sale this week. Anyone with any experience with these? They seem to be different than last years weathermate tires. Any idea who manufactures these?

No experience with them but just remember the worst snow tire is better than the best all-season when the temperature hits 7 degrees Celsius or below. Odds are they wont last 4 winters like the name brands.

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Sep 23rd, 2015 1:39 pm
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cyberguerilla
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Sep 23rd, 2015 1:39 pm

daivey wrote: i think on the walmart flyer this week they have $30 winter tires... lol.

Size does matter a lot when it comes to prices of winter tires. The ones selling for $30 are probably those with a ridiculously small wheel size that (e.g. R13) that not many vehicles other than the smallest ones use anyway. Take a more common size e.g. 205/55R16 for my Civic EX, and you've got a price of 86.96 for one rated at 91T.

Then I see a new one from a tire store selling Barum Polaris 3 with the same size for only $100 each. It's a no brainer which one to pick.

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Sep 23rd, 2015 2:28 pm
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Sep 23rd, 2015 2:28 pm

Better than all-seasons, but the treads are often not as "thick" as brand-name tires, so they won't last as long.

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Oct 3rd, 2015 8:27 pm
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Oct 3rd, 2015 8:27 pm

Weathermaxx are Nexen tires, made in Korea.

They've been around for about 70 years.

Are they top end? No. Are they bottom end? No.

I have some and I've been happy with them.

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Oct 3rd, 2015 9:49 pm
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Oct 3rd, 2015 9:49 pm

baillieul wrote: ...Anyone with any experience with these? ..

No one has survived long enough to write a review.

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Oct 4th, 2015 8:11 am
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Oct 4th, 2015 8:11 am

daivey wrote: i think on the walmart flyer this week they have $30 winter tires... lol.

these tires are probably rated for a top speed of 90km/h. if you want to cheap out go for it.. just drive safe on the highway.

your head is probably up your butt with a statement like that....

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Oct 4th, 2015 11:14 pm
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Oct 4th, 2015 11:14 pm

I've been using Weathermaxx tires for 2 winters straight and going into a 3rd with no issues.

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Oct 5th, 2015 11:54 am
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Oct 5th, 2015 11:54 am

antigua1999 wrote: No experience with them but just remember the worst snow tire is better than the best all-season when the temperature hits 7 degrees Celsius or below. Odds are they wont last 4 winters like the name brands.

I have often wondered about that decree, especially when we are told that once a tire has been rolling even in winter they heat up enough to increase the tire pressure by as much as 5 pounds.

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Oct 5th, 2015 12:12 pm
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Oct 5th, 2015 12:12 pm

I agree you get what you pay for and I agree any winter tires are better than all-seasons.

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Oct 5th, 2015 12:48 pm
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Oct 5th, 2015 12:48 pm

I use the *****tiest made in china tires you can get. I got them for like $400/set brand new. They last about 3 seasons and perform okay in snow. HArd to say b/c I used them on a RWD... so everything felt like it was slipping.

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Oct 5th, 2015 2:38 pm
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Oct 5th, 2015 2:38 pm

betamaxman wrote: I have often wondered about that decree, especially when we are told that once a tire has been rolling even in winter they heat up enough to increase the tire pressure by as much as 5 pounds.

The compound of the tire works its best at 7 degrees Celsius and below. Don`t forget all that is taken into consideration when the engineers design the tire.

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Oct 5th, 2015 3:16 pm
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Oct 5th, 2015 3:16 pm

NEXEN weather max bought Kia Rio at 120k and sold at 197k same tired winter summer any day Any time took them off and shove it in my Corolla at 197k and now at 224k still running this is the last run for that. changing it in a week or so with another NEXEN again *****\5

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Oct 5th, 2015 11:08 pm
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Oct 5th, 2015 11:08 pm

Gutty96 wrote: The "probably" do, or you are just pulling a number out of the air?

They are "T" rated by the way, which is 118mph (190kmh)

tell you what.... you take a pair of $30 tires, to 120 km/h and let us know how safe you feel.

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