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Comparison: Barum Polaris 5 vs. Radar Dimax Alpine vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Radar Dimax Alpine /53%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /79%	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 /81%

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Segment

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Upper-middle

3. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

4. Radar Dimax Alpine Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 91

3. Barum Polaris 5 76

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 27

Number of tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 23x

2. Barum Polaris 5 13x

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 6x

Best position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 1.

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

3. Barum Polaris 5 9.

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 9.

Worst position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 13.

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

3. Barum Polaris 5 26.

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 40.

Average position in tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 6.65

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

3. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

4. Radar Dimax Alpine 25.33

Year of the last test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 2025

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

3. Radar Dimax Alpine 2024

4. Barum Polaris 5 2023

Best rating in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Very good

2. Barum Polaris 5 Good

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

4. Radar Dimax Alpine Conditionally recommended

Worst rating in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Good

2. Radar Dimax Alpine Conditionally recommended

3. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

70.3%

Barum
Polaris 5

61.8%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

58%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

52.5%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 B

2. Barum Polaris 5 C

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

4. Radar Dimax Alpine ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

93.2%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

81.8%

Barum
Polaris 5

76.1%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

68.1%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Radar
Dimax Alpine

80.5%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

71.8%

Barum
Polaris 5

70.5%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

65.3%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

79.3%

Barum
Polaris 5

73.3%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73.4%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

70.5%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 ?

2. Barum Polaris 5 ?

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

4. Radar Dimax Alpine ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

79.8%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

75%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

72.4%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

38%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

2. Barum Polaris 5 E

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 E

4. Radar Dimax Alpine ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

80.5%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

32%

Radar
Dimax Alpine

0%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 5 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

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
Radar Dimax Alpine	39.9	28.9
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36.5	29.5
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	37.5	29.4
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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
Radar Dimax Alpine	36,8	30,6
Uniroyal WinterExpert	35,0	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
Radar Dimax Alpine	38,1
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36,9	26,1
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,8	25,4
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