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Comparison: Continental WinterContact TS 860 vs. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Michelin Alpin 5 vs. Barum Polaris 3 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Continental WinterContact TS 860 /0%	Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 /0%	Dunlop Winter Sport 5 /86%	Michelin Alpin 5 /0%	Barum Polaris 3 /0%	Uniroyal MS plus 77 /0%	Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 /0%

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Segment

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Premium

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Premium

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Premium

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Premium

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Premium

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Upper-middle

7. Barum Polaris 3 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 189

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 132

3. Michelin Alpin 5 91

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 88

5. Continental WinterContact TS 860 76

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 76

7. Barum Polaris 3 66

Number of tests

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 48x

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 23x

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 21x

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 19x

5. Michelin Alpin 5 17x

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 15x

7. Barum Polaris 3 10x

Best position in test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 1.

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 1.

3. Michelin Alpin 5 2.

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2.

5. Barum Polaris 3 3.

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 3.

7. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 4.

Worst position in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 7.

2. Barum Polaris 3 16.

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 16.

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 17.

5. Michelin Alpin 5 17.

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 18.

7. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 20.

Average position in tests

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2.35

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 4.9

3. Michelin Alpin 5 5.88

4. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 7.1

5. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 7.87

6. Barum Polaris 3 10.6

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 11.21

Year of the last test

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 2025

2. Continental WinterContact TS 860 2021

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 2020

4. Uniroyal MS plus 77 2020

5. Barum Polaris 3 2018

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 2018

7. Michelin Alpin 5 2018

Best rating in test

1. Barum Polaris 3 Exemplary

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Exemplary

3. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Highly recommended

4. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Very good

5. Michelin Alpin 5 Very good

6. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Good

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 Good

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Good

3. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Recommended

4. Michelin Alpin 5 Recommended

5. Barum Polaris 3 Satisfactory

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 Satisfactory

7. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Satisfactory

Dry

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

84%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

84%

Michelin
Alpin 5

84.3%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

83.7%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77.4%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

74.4%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

91%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

85.2%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.2%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

78%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

77.2%

Barum
Polaris 3

73.6%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Continental WinterContact TS 860 B

2. Michelin Alpin 5 B

3. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 B

4. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 B

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 C

6. Barum Polaris 3 C

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

90.1%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

89%

Barum
Polaris 3

87.3%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

87.5%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

81.3%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

78%

Michelin
Alpin 5

72.1%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

80%

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

77.1%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

73.1%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

72.3%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

70%

Michelin
Alpin 5

65.6%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 71 dB

2. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 72 dB

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 ?

4. Barum Polaris 3 ?

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 ?

6. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

7. Michelin Alpin 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 3

79%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.4%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

77.1%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

76.7%

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

74%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

72%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

68.9%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 C

2. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 C

3. Continental WinterContact TS 860 C

4. Michelin Alpin 5 E

5. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 E

6. Barum Polaris 3 F

7. Uniroyal MS plus 77 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Bridgestone
Blizzak LM-001

80%

Hankook
Winter i*cept RS2 W452

79%

Michelin
Alpin 5

79.3%

Continental
WinterContact TS 860

79.5%

Dunlop
Winter Sport 5

76.5%

Uniroyal
MS plus 77

75.2%

Barum
Polaris 3

0%

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These tyres were tested together in 9 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

ACE Winter tyre test 2018 185/65 R15

Name	Points total	Winter	Wet	Dry	Rolling resistance	Noise	Running costs
Best values in test	206	67	68	43	19	8	10
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Test winner	206	66	68	43	16	7	6
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: Recommended	182	58	53	43	15	6	7
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2+	2+	2-
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: Good	1-	2-	2	2+
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2	2	2-
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Exemplary	2+	2	2	2+
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	1-	2+
Uniroyal MS plus 77 Rating: Satisfactory	2-	2-	2	2+
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2017 225/50 R17

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	32,2	25,9
Continental WinterContact TS 860	33,5	27,5
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	32,5	28,7
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	33,6	27,6
Michelin Alpin 5	33,3	28,7
Barum Polaris 3	35,8	27,6
Uniroyal MS plus 77	36	28,1
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	35,9	28,6
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Autoexpress Winter tyre test 2017 225/45 R17

Name	Points total
Best values in test	100
Continental WinterContact TS 860	100
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	96,9
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	99,3
Michelin Alpin 5	97,5
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	99,8
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Autoexpress Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Noise
Best values in test	100	96,9	99,8	99	100	100
Continental WinterContact TS 860	100	94,6	99,8	96,2	100	100
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	98,4	95,6	96	94,9	85,6	99,8
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	97,7	93	99,8	93,4	97,6	97,9
Michelin Alpin 5	98,5	88,2	97	98,8	88,7	98,4
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	97,6	92,1	99,6	95,9	86,1	99,1
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Autoklub ČR Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow
Best values in test	101	100	103,3	100,3
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Very good	101	99,5	103,3	100,3
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: Good	98,6	98,3	98,9	98,6
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Very good	99,8	98,1	101,6	99,8
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Very good	100	100	100	100
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Satisfactory*	96,2	90,3	99,4	98,9
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	1-	2	2+	1
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: -	1-	2	2+	1
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: -	2	3+	2+	1-
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: -	2+	2-	1-	2
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: -	2+	2	1-	2
Barum Polaris 3 Rating: -	2	3+	2+	2+
Uniroyal MS plus 77 Rating: -	2-	3	1-	2+
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452 Rating: -	2-	2	2	2
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	34,2	25
Continental WinterContact TS 860	34,2	25,6
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001	38,5	25,9
Dunlop Winter Sport 5	36,1	25,5
Michelin Alpin 5	35,6	25,8
Barum Polaris 3	37,2	26,1
Uniroyal MS plus 77	39,1	25,7
Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452	39,1	26,2
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GTÜ Winter tyre test 2016 205/55 R16

Name	Points total	Wet	Dry	Snow	Rolling resistance	Noise
Best values in test	412	142	127	143	25	10
Continental WinterContact TS 860 Rating: Highly recommended	412	142	127	143	25	9
Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 Rating: Recommended	341	100	114	127	19	8
Dunlop Winter Sport 5 Rating: Highly recommended	367	112	119	136	22	8
Michelin Alpin 5 Rating: Highly recommended	376	128	108	140	18	8
Hankook Winter icept RS2 W452 Rating: Highly recommended*	363	104	118	141	16	10
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Comparison: Continental WinterContact TS 860 vs. Bridgestone Blizzak LM-001 vs. Dunlop Winter Sport 5 vs. Michelin Alpin 5 vs. Barum Polaris 3 vs. Uniroyal MS plus 77 vs. Hankook Winter i*cept RS2 W452

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