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Comparison: Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 /38%	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	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. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

4. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 91

3. Barum Polaris 5 76

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 64

Number of tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 23x

2. Barum Polaris 5 13x

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

Best position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 1.

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

3. Barum Polaris 5 9.

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

Worst position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 13.

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

3. Barum Polaris 5 26.

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

Average position in tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 6.65

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

3. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

Year of the last test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 2025

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

3. Barum Polaris 5 2023

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Very good

2. Barum Polaris 5 Good

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Good

2. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

3. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Wet

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

73%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

60%

Barum
Polaris 5

60%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

58%

Wet handling

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 72%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 70%

3. Barum Polaris 5 60%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Aquaplaning - cross

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 70%

2. Barum Polaris 5 58%

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 43%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Wet braking

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 75%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 71%

3. Barum Polaris 5 62%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 B

2. Barum Polaris 5 C

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Snow

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

86%

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

68.1%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

61%

Snow handling

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 90%

2. Barum Polaris 5 73%

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 52%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Snow traction

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 81%

2. Barum Polaris 5 76%

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 62%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Snow braking

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 90%

2. Barum Polaris 5 85%

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 69%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Dry

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

69%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

65.3%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

62%

Barum
Polaris 5

54%

Dry braking

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 81%

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 71%

3. Barum Polaris 5 67%

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert 0%

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

84%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

75%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73.4%

Barum
Polaris 5

65%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 ?

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

4. Barum Polaris 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

87%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

72.4%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

65%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

59%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

2. Barum Polaris 5 E

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 E

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

78%

Barum
Polaris 5

67%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

32%

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These tyres were tested together in 4 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
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	37.7	32.4
Barum Polaris 5	37.7	30.0
Uniroyal WinterExpert	36.5	29.5
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	37.5	29.4
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ADAC Winter tyre test 2022 185/65 R15

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Ice	Rolling resistance	Noise	Wear
Best values in test	1,7	1,9	1,8	1,9	1,7	2,5	1,5
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Rating: Satisfactory	2,5	3,3	3,	2,1	2,2	2,5	2,5
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Sufficient	3,2	3,9	2,4	2,8	2,0	3,0	2,0
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2,7	2,6	2,0	2,5	2,4	2,7	2,0
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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
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2-	3+	3
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2+	1-	2+
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	1-	3+	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
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	35,6	29,4
Barum Polaris 5	36,1	28,8
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,6	27,9
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Comparison: Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

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