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Comparison: Barum Polaris 5 vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 vs. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 vs. Falken EuroWinter HS01 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Fulda Kristall Control HP2 /64%	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 /81%	Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 /0%	Falken EuroWinter HS01 /0%	Uniroyal MS plus 77 /0%

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Segment

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Upper-middle

2. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 Upper-middle

3. Falken EuroWinter HS01 Upper-middle

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Upper-middle

5. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 533

2. Falken EuroWinter HS01 359

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 91

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 76

5. Barum Polaris 5 76

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

Number of tests

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 25x

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 23x

3. Falken EuroWinter HS01 23x

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 19x

5. Barum Polaris 5 13x

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 4x

Best position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 1.

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 3.

4. Falken EuroWinter HS01 5.

5. Barum Polaris 5 9.

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 11.

Worst position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 13.

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 17.

3. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 21.

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

5. Barum Polaris 5 26.

6. Falken EuroWinter HS01 30.

Average position in tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 6.65

2. Falken EuroWinter HS01 11.04

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 11.21

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 12.36

5. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 16.75

Year of the last test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 2025

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2025

3. Barum Polaris 5 2023

4. Falken EuroWinter HS01 2022

5. Uniroyal MS plus 77 2020

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 2020

Best rating in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Very good

3. Barum Polaris 5 Good

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

5. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 Satisfactory

6. Falken EuroWinter HS01 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Good

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

4. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 Satisfactory

5. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

6. Falken EuroWinter HS01 Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

Yokohama
BluEarth winter V905

79.6%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

74%

Falken
EuroWinter HS01

73%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

69%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

62%

Barum
Polaris 5

62%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 90%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 80%

3. Falken EuroWinter HS01 76%

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 76%

5. Barum Polaris 5 65%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Wet braking

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 62%

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 59%

3. Barum Polaris 5 57%

4. Falken EuroWinter HS01 55%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 46%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Wet handling

1. Falken EuroWinter HS01 81%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 74%

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 72%

4. Barum Polaris 5 66%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Aquaplaning - longitudal

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 81%

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 73%

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 73%

4. Falken EuroWinter HS01 71%

5. Barum Polaris 5 57%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Wet circle cornering

1. Falken EuroWinter HS01 81%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 71%

3. Barum Polaris 5 65%

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 65%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 52%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Falken EuroWinter HS01 B

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 B

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

4. Barum Polaris 5 C

5. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 C

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

84%

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

74%

Yokohama
BluEarth winter V905

70.5%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

69%

Falken
EuroWinter HS01

52%

Snow braking

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 89%

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 83%

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 79%

4. Barum Polaris 5 76%

5. Falken EuroWinter HS01 71%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Snow traction

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 80%

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 77%

3. Barum Polaris 5 74%

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 69%

5. Falken EuroWinter HS01 46%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Snow handling

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 83%

2. Barum Polaris 5 78%

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 71%

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 63%

5. Falken EuroWinter HS01 50%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Snow cornering

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 86%

2. Barum Polaris 5 71%

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 67%

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 66%

5. Falken EuroWinter HS01 42%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Yokohama
BluEarth winter V905

83.9%

Falken
EuroWinter HS01

79%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

70%

Barum
Polaris 5

69%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

65%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

60%

Dry braking

1. Falken EuroWinter HS01 79%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 68%

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 68%

4. Barum Polaris 5 63%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 57%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Dry handling

1. Falken EuroWinter HS01 79%

2. Barum Polaris 5 76%

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 72%

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 62%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 62%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

74%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

73%

Yokohama
BluEarth winter V905

72.2%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

71%

Falken
EuroWinter HS01

70%

Barum
Polaris 5

67%

Exterior noise

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 81%

2. Barum Polaris 5 72%

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 71%

4. Falken EuroWinter HS01 69%

5. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 62%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Comfort

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 90%

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 76%

3. Falken EuroWinter HS01 71%

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 71%

5. Barum Polaris 5 61%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

2. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 72 dB

3. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

4. Falken EuroWinter HS01 ?

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 ?

6. Barum Polaris 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

78%

Yokohama
BluEarth winter V905

78.6%

Barum
Polaris 5

77%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

71%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

71%

Falken
EuroWinter HS01

67%

Mileage

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 74%

3. Falken EuroWinter HS01 71%

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 64%

5. Barum Polaris 5 65%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Rolling resistance

1. Barum Polaris 5 82%

2. Uniroyal MS plus 77 79%

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 74%

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 71%

5. Falken EuroWinter HS01 56%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Price/value

1. Barum Polaris 5 86%

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 80%

3. Falken EuroWinter HS01 75%

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 69%

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 66%

6. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 0%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

2. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 C

3. Falken EuroWinter HS01 D

4. Barum Polaris 5 E

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 E

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

80.5%

Yokohama
BluEarth winter V905

80.7%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

75.2%

Falken
EuroWinter HS01

75.8%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

71.4%

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These tyres were tested together in 10 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3	3+	3	2
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3	3	3
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Good	2	2-	2	2
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AUTOBILD Winter tyre test 2024 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34.6	28.9
Barum Polaris 5	37.7	30.0
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	38.6	29.6
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	37.5	29.4
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2023 205/60 R16

Name	Enviromental impact	Driving safety
Best values in test	2	2.1
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2.3	3.4
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	2	2.9
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2.4	2.7
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	31,4	29,2
Barum Polaris 5	35,6	31,0
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	37,4	30,7
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,2	29,3
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2022 215/55 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,8	25,4
Barum Polaris 5	37,5	26,9
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	26,3
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,8	25,4
Falken EuroWinter HS01	36,3	25,9
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Wear
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+	1
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2+	1-	2+
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2-	2	1
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	1-	3+	2
Falken EuroWinter HS01 Rating: Satisfactory	2-	2	3+	3+	2
Uniroyal MS plus 77 Rating: Satisfactory	2-	2-	3+	2	2+
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2021 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,1	27,3
Barum Polaris 5	36,1	28,8
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	28,6
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,6	27,9
Falken EuroWinter HS01	36,2	29,5
Uniroyal MS plus 77	36,1	28,6
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2020 245/45 R18

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	1-	2+	1-
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Good	2-	2	2	2-
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Good	2-	2-	2+	2+
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Exemplary	2	2	2+	2+
Uniroyal MS plus 77 Rating: Good	2-	2	2+	3+
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2020 245/45 R18

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	30,3	24,3
Barum Polaris 5	35,2	24,9
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,3	24,5
Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	35,4	26,1
Falken EuroWinter HS01	37	27
Uniroyal MS plus 77	34,2	25
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2019 225/45 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	29,2	24
Barum Polaris 5	33,9	25
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	33,5	24,3
Yokohama BluEarth winter V905	32,5	26
Falken EuroWinter HS01	33,9	26,1
Uniroyal MS plus 77	32,8	24,6
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Comparison: Barum Polaris 5 vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 vs. Yokohama BluEarth winter V905 vs. Falken EuroWinter HS01 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77

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