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Comparison: Sava Eskimo HP2 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 vs. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 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%	Kumho WinterCraft WP52 /55%	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. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 192

2. Barum Polaris 5 76

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 64

4. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 50

5. Sava Eskimo HP2 25

Number of tests

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 25x

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 15x

3. Barum Polaris 5 13x

4. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 10x

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 5x

Best position in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2.

2. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2.

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 6.

4. Barum Polaris 5 9.

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 10.

Worst position in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 23.

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 23.

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 25.

4. Barum Polaris 5 26.

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 26.

Average position in tests

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 12.2

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 12.36

3. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

4. Sava Eskimo HP2 15.47

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 16.4

Year of the last test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 2025

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 2025

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 2024

4. Barum Polaris 5 2023

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 2022

Best rating in test

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Exemplary

2. Barum Polaris 5 Good

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 Satisfactory

4. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Sava Eskimo HP2 Satisfactory

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 Satisfactory

3. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 Satisfactory

4. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 Sufficient

Snow

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.2%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

69%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

63%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

61%

Dry

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

72.6%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

71%

Barum
Polaris 5

63%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

63%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

55%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

70.4%

Barum
Polaris 5

61%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

61%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

58%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

54%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 B

2. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 B

3. Barum Polaris 5 C

4. Sava Eskimo HP2 C

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

87%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

84%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

79%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

69.5%

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

59%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 C

2. Sava Eskimo HP2 C

3. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 C

4. Barum Polaris 5 E

5. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

84%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

80%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

75%

Barum
Polaris 5

65%

Kumho
WinterCraft WP52

61.9%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Fulda Kristall Control HP2 72 dB

2. Nexen Winguard Snow G3 WH21 ?

3. Sava Eskimo HP2 ?

4. Barum Polaris 5 ?

5. Kumho WinterCraft WP52 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Nexen
Winguard Snow G3 WH21

89%

Sava
Eskimo HP2

85.2%

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

Fulda
Kristall Control HP2

71.4%

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
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
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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