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Comparison: Nokian WR Snowproof vs. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Nokian WR Snowproof /41%	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 /38%	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /79%	Fulda Kristall Control HP2 /64%	BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 /81%

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Segment

1. Nokian WR Snowproof Upper-middle

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

3. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Upper-middle

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

5. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 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

5. Nokian WR Snowproof 60

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

Number of tests

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 25x

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 23x

3. Nokian WR Snowproof 14x

4. Barum Polaris 5 13x

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

Best position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 1.

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

4. Nokian WR Snowproof 5.

5. Barum Polaris 5 9.

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

Worst position in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 13.

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

3. Nokian WR Snowproof 20.

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

5. Barum Polaris 5 26.

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

Average position in tests

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 6.65

2. Nokian WR Snowproof 11.07

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 12.36

5. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

Year of the last test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 2025

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2025

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

4. Barum Polaris 5 2023

5. Nokian WR Snowproof 2023

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

2. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Very good

3. Barum Polaris 5 Good

4. Nokian WR Snowproof Satisfactory

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 Good

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

3. Nokian WR Snowproof Satisfactory

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

5. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

6. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Dry

(Overall rating)

Nokian
WR Snowproof

84%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

71%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

65.3%

Barum
Polaris 5

63%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

59%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

55%

Snow

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

85%

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

68.1%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

63%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

61%

Nokian
WR Snowproof

57%

Wet

(Overall rating)

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

74%

Barum
Polaris 5

61%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

61%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

58%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

58%

Nokian
WR Snowproof

54%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 B

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

3. Nokian WR Snowproof B

4. Barum Polaris 5 C

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

87%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

84%

Nokian
WR Snowproof

82%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

72.4%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

65%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

59%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

2. Nokian WR Snowproof C

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

4. Barum Polaris 5 E

5. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 E

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

84%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

80%

Nokian
WR Snowproof

75%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

75%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

73.4%

Barum
Polaris 5

65%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

2. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

3. Nokian WR Snowproof ?

4. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2 ?

5. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

6. Barum Polaris 5 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

BFGoodrich
G-FORCE WINTER 2

80.5%

Nokian
WR Snowproof

79.9%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

71.4%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

32%

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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
Nokian WR Snowproof Rating: Satisfactory	3	2	2-	1-	2+
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2-	3+	3
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
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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
Nokian WR Snowproof	36,5	29,2
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	35,6	29,4
Barum Polaris 5	36,1	28,8
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	28,6
BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2	35,6	27,9
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Comparison: Nokian WR Snowproof vs. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. BFGoodrich G-FORCE WINTER 2

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