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Comparison: Toyo Observe S944 vs. Barum Polaris 5 vs. Uniroyal WinterExpert vs. Semperit Speed-Grip 5

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Summary
Wet
Dry
Snow
Ice
Costs
Mutual tests
Buy %

#	Toyo Observe S944 /51%	Barum Polaris 5 /63%	Uniroyal WinterExpert /79%	Semperit Speed-Grip 5 /78%

Dimensions	R15 - R20	R13 - R19	R13 - R20	R14 - R21
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Segment

1. Toyo Observe S944 Upper-middle

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert Upper-middle

3. Barum Polaris 5 Lowcost

4. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Lowcost

Number of sizes available

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 93

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 91

3. Barum Polaris 5 76

4. Toyo Observe S944 53

Number of tests

1. Barum Polaris 5 13x

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 12x

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert 12x

4. Toyo Observe S944 11x

Best position in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 3.

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 5.

3. Toyo Observe S944 6.

4. Barum Polaris 5 9.

Worst position in test

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert 19.

2. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 19.

3. Barum Polaris 5 26.

4. Toyo Observe S944 36.

Average position in tests

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 9.33

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 11.25

3. Toyo Observe S944 14.82

4. Barum Polaris 5 15.15

Year of the last test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 2025

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert 2025

3. Barum Polaris 5 2023

4. Toyo Observe S944 2023

Best rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Exemplary

2. Barum Polaris 5 Good

3. Uniroyal WinterExpert Satisfactory

4. Toyo Observe S944 Satisfactory

Worst rating in test

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Good

2. Toyo Observe S944 Satisfactory

3. Barum Polaris 5 Sufficient

4. Uniroyal WinterExpert Sufficient

Dry

(Overall rating)

Toyo
Observe S944

76%

Barum
Polaris 5

75%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

68%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

57%

Snow

(Overall rating)

Barum
Polaris 5

72%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

69%

Toyo
Observe S944

64%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

63%

Wet

(Overall rating)

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

71%

Barum
Polaris 5

66%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

62%

Toyo
Observe S944

61%

Wet braking according to EU label

1. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

2. Barum Polaris 5 C

3. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

4. Toyo Observe S944 ?

Comfort

(Overall rating)

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

80%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

76%

Toyo
Observe S944

76%

Barum
Polaris 5

71%

Outside noise accoring to EU label

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 ?

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert ?

3. Toyo Observe S944 ?

4. Barum Polaris 5 ?

Costs

(Overall rating)

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

92%

Toyo
Observe S944

92%

Barum
Polaris 5

84%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

77%

Fuel consumption according to EU label

1. Semperit Speed-Grip 5 C

2. Uniroyal WinterExpert C

3. Barum Polaris 5 E

4. Toyo Observe S944 ?

Ice

(Overall rating)

Toyo
Observe S944

86.9%

Barum
Polaris 5

82%

Uniroyal
WinterExpert

32%

Semperit
Speed-Grip 5

27.5%

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Mutual Tests Available

These tyres were tested together in 4 test(s). Click to view detailed head-to-head results.

Mutual tests

Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Wet	Dry	Snow	Running costs
Best values in test	2+	2+	1	2+
Toyo Observe S944 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2	2-	1-
Barum Polaris 5 Rating: Satisfactory	2-	2	2+	1-
Uniroyal WinterExpert Rating: Satisfactory	2	3+	2	2+
Semperit Speed-Grip 5 Rating: Satisfactory	3+	2-	2-	1-
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Autobild Winter tyre test 2023 225/45 R18

Name	Stopping distance on wet	Stopping distance on snow
Best values in test	31,4	29,2
Toyo Observe S944	35,7	30,8
Barum Polaris 5	35,6	31,0
Uniroyal WinterExpert	35,0	30,7
Semperit Speed-Grip 5	35,9	31,3
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