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Comparison: Sava Eskimo HP2 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. Debica Frigo HP2 vs. Matador MP93 Nordicca vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 vs. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Sava Eskimo HP2 /58%	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Fulda Kristall Control HP2 /64%	Debica Frigo HP2 /50%	Matador MP93 Nordicca /40%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /55%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /78%	Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 /38%

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Segment

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Upper-middle

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 Lowcost

3. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Lowcost

5. Debica Frigo HP2 Lowcost

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca Lowcost

7. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

8. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 192

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 93

3. Matador MP93 Nordicca 92

4. Barum Polaris 5 76

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 64

6. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

7. Debica Frigo HP2 26

8. Sava Eskimo HP2 25

Number of tests

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 25x

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 15x

3. Barum Polaris 5 13x

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 12x

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

6. Debica Frigo HP2 9x

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

8. Matador MP93 Nordicca 4x

Best position in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

4. Sava Eskimo HP2 6.

5. Debica Frigo HP2 7.

6. Barum Polaris 5 9.

7. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

8. Matador MP93 Nordicca 11.

Worst position in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 23.

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

5. Barum Polaris 5 26.

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

7. Debica Frigo HP2 27.

8. Matador MP93 Nordicca 38.

Average position in tests

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9.33

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 12.36

4. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

5. Sava Eskimo HP2 15.47

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

7. Debica Frigo HP2 17.33

8. Matador MP93 Nordicca 23.75

Year of the last test

1. Debica Frigo HP2 2025

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2025

3. Matador MP93 Nordicca 2025

4. Sava Eskimo HP2 2025

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2025

6. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

7. Barum Polaris 5 2023

8. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

3. Debica Frigo HP2 Good

4. Barum Polaris 5 Good

5. Sava Eskimo HP2 Satisfactory

6. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

7. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

8. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 Satisfactory

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

5. Matador MP93 Nordicca Satisfactory

6. Debica Frigo HP2 Conditionally recommended

7. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

8. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

Snow

(Overall rating)

Debica
Frigo HP2

84.5%

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.2%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

69%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

68.3%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

63%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

61%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

48.7%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Debica
Frigo HP2

72.6%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.6%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

71%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

64.3%

Barum
Polaris 5

63%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

63%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

56%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

55%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

70.4%

Debica
Frigo HP2

68%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

63.8%

Barum
Polaris 5

61%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

61%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

58%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

54%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

38.7%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

2. Debica Frigo HP2 B

3. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

5. Barum Polaris 5 C

6. Sava Eskimo HP2 C

7. Matador MP93 Nordicca C

8. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

87%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

84%

Debica
Frigo HP2

81.6%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

79%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

71.4%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

69.5%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

59%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

2. Debica Frigo HP2 C

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 C

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

6. Matador MP93 Nordicca D

7. Barum Polaris 5 E

8. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

84%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

80%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

75%

Debica
Frigo HP2

70.9%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

68%

Barum
Polaris 5

65%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

61.9%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

0%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

2. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 ?

4. Debica Frigo HP2 ?

5. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

6. Barum Polaris 5 ?

7. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

8. Matador MP93 Nordicca ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

85.2%

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

71.4%

Matador
MP93 Nordicca

30%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

27.5%

Debica
Frigo HP2

0%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

0%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 6 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
Sava Eskimo HP2	39.5	29.6
Barum Polaris 5	37.7	30.0
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	38.6	29.6
Kumho Wintercraft WP52	34.6	30.3
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	36.8	29.1
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	37.7	32.4
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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
Sava Eskimo HP2	37,6	26,1
Barum Polaris 5	37,5	26,9
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	26,3
Debica Frigo HP2	37,1	26,9
Matador MP93 Nordicca	37,8
Kumho WinterCraft WP52	35,9	27,3
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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
Sava Eskimo HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3	2-	2	2	2+
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2+	1-	2+
Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	3+	2-	2	1
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2-	3+	3
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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
Sava Eskimo HP2	36,5	28
Barum Polaris 5	36,1	28,8
Fulda Kristall Control HP2	36,8	28,6
Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21	35,6	29,4
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