Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO vs Continental AllSeasonContact
If you drive mostly in temperate, low-snow regions, the A005 EVO's class-leading dry and often wet stopping distances stand out. If winter grip, aquaplaning safety and efficiency matter more, the AllSeasonContact's balanced performance and frequent podiums in independent tests make a strong case.
Test Results
Independent comparison tyre tests are the best source of data to get tyre information from, and the good news is there have been thirteen tests which compare both tyres directly!
| Tyre | Test Wins | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO | four | |
| Continental AllSeasonContact | nine |
While it might look like the Continental AllSeasonContact is better than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO purely based on the higher number of test wins, tyres are very complicated objects which means where one tyre is better than the other can be more important in real world use.
Let's look at how the two tyres compare across multiple tyre test categories.
Key Strengths
- Best-in-test trend for dry braking (13/13 category wins) and very short warm-wet braking
- Agile, direct steering with strong dry handling feel
- Often competitive price with good comfort and rolling refinement
- Low rolling resistance in several tests and strong shallow-wet performance
- Outstanding winter performance (wins in snow braking and handling across tests)
- Strong aquaplaning resistance and safer behavior in heavy rain
- Balanced, predictable handling with low rolling resistance in many tests
- Frequent higher overall rankings across independent comparatives
Dry Braking - Cool
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during one dry braking - cool tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO stopped the vehicle in 4.28% less distance than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Dry Braking - Cool: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Dry Braking
Looking at data from thirteen tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during thirteen dry braking tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO stopped the vehicle in 4.69% less distance than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Dry Braking: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Dry Handling - Cool [s]
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during one dry handling - cool [s] tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 0.13% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Dry Handling - Cool [s]: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Dry Handling [s]
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during two dry handling [s] tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 0.22% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Dry Handling [s]: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Dry Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from seven tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during seven dry handling [km/h] tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was 1.06% faster around a lap than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Dry Handling [Km/H]: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Wet Braking
Looking at data from thirteen tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during nine wet braking tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO stopped the vehicle in 2.81% less distance than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Wet Braking: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Wet Braking - Cool
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during two wet braking - cool tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO stopped the vehicle in 8.24% less distance than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Wet Braking - Cool: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Wet Handling - Cool [s]
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during one wet handling - cool [s] tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was 1.09% faster around a wet lap than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Wet Handling - Cool [s]: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Wet Handling [s]
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during two wet handling [s] tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 0.52% faster around a wet lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wet Handling [s]: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Wet Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from seven tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during three wet handling [km/h] tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 0.35% faster around a wet lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wet Handling [Km/H]: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Wet Circle
Looking at data from four tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during two wet circle tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 1.98% faster around a wet circle than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wet Circle: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Straight Aqua
Looking at data from ten tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during seven straight aqua tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact floated at a 2.54% higher speed than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Straight Aqua: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Curved Aquaplaning
Looking at data from six tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during four curved aquaplaning tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact slipped out at a 5.73% higher speed than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Curved Aquaplaning: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Snow Braking
Looking at data from ten tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during ten snow braking tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact stopped the vehicle in 6.55% less distance than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Braking: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Snow Traction
Looking at data from two tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during two snow traction tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact accelerated 17.79% faster than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Traction: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Snow Traction
Looking at data from seven tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during six snow traction tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact had 4.35% better snow traction than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Traction: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Snow Handling [s]
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during three snow handling [s] tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 5.31% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Handling [s]: Continental AllSeasonContact
See how the Snow Handling winner was calculated >>
Snow Handling [Km/H]
Looking at data from seven tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during seven snow handling [km/h] tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 4.87% faster around a lap than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Handling [Km/H]: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Snow Circle
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during one snow circle tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 2.78% faster around a snow circle than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Circle: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Snow Slalom
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during three snow slalom tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact was 13% faster through a slalom than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Snow Slalom: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Subj. Comfort
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO and Continental AllSeasonContact performed equally well in subj. comfort tests.
Best In Subj. Comfort: Both tyres performed equally well
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Noise
Looking at data from nine tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during six noise tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO measured 0.45% quieter than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Noise: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Noise
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during one noise tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact measured 0.14% quieter than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Noise: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Tyre Weight
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during one tyre weight tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact weighed 0.6% less than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Tyre Weight: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Wear
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during two wear tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact is predicted to cover 10.62% miles before reaching 1.6mm than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Wear: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Value
Looking at data from three tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during two value tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO proved to have a 6.3% better value based on price/1000km than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Value: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Price
Looking at data from nine tyre tests, the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO was better during seven price tests. On average the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO cost 5.8% less than the Continental AllSeasonContact.
Best In Price: Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO
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Rolling Resistance
Looking at data from ten tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during six rolling resistance tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact had a 0.53% lower rolling resistance than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Rolling Resistance: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Fuel Consumption
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during one fuel consumption tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact used 3.1% less fuel than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Fuel Consumption: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Abrasion
Looking at data from one tyre tests, the Continental AllSeasonContact was better during one abrasion tests. On average the Continental AllSeasonContact emitted 2.73% less particle wear matter than the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO.
Best In Abrasion: Continental AllSeasonContact
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Real World Driver Reviews
Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO Driver Reviews
Overall, drivers report that the Bridgestone Weather Control A005 EVO delivers strong wet grip and aquaplaning resistance with a comfortable, confidence-inspiring ride, often feeling secure in cold-wet conditions and adequate in light snow. However, many note rapid wear and a marked drop-off in performance (especially wet grip) and rising noise as the tread wears. A subset also report tread block damage or delamination and a soft, somewhat vague steering feel. If you prioritize wet safety and comfort and accept shorter tread life, it can be a solid choice.
Based on 45 reviews with an average rating of 71%
Continental AllSeasonContact Driver Reviews
Continental AllSeasonContact is widely praised for excellent wet and snow grip, low cabin noise, and improved comfort, with many noting balanced, predictable handling and solid wear for an all-season. Dry grip is adequate for normal driving but can feel mushy or understeery in hot weather, and a minority report faster wear in heat and reduced wet traction as the tyre ages. Overall sentiment is strongly positive given the high number of high-scoring reviews.
Based on 40 reviews with an average rating of 81%
Conclusion
Value splits by use case. The Bridgestone is frequently cheaper on test, comfortable, and delivers short stops with good rolling comfort-ideal for urban/suburban drivers with rare snowfall. The Continental typically ranks higher overall thanks to its wet-snow balance, lower rolling resistance in many tests, and solid aquaplaning margins-suited to mixed or cold climates. The practical takeaway: pick Bridgestone for milder weather performance and crisp road feel; pick Continental for all-weather security when conditions turn wintry or waterlogged.
Key Differences
- Dry stopping: Bridgestone consistently shorter (e.g., −5-10% vs Continental in multiple sizes).
- Snow performance: Continental clearly stronger (double-digit gains common in braking/traction/handling).
- Aquaplaning: Continental usually leads in straight and curved tests (e.g., +5-22% advantage in several results).
- Overall results: Continental more top-three finishes; Bridgestone slips when snow weighting is high.
- Noise/comfort: Both good; Bridgestone often slightly quieter, with noted high cabin noise in one TR test.
- Efficiency/wear: Continental often lower rolling resistance and, in some tests, better wear; Bridgestone has isolated wear wins but also poor wear showings.
Overall Winner: Continental AllSeasonContact
Based on the tyre test data and user reviews we have in our database, the Continental AllSeasonContact has demonstrated better overall performance in this comparison. However, as you can see from the spider diagram above, each tyre has its own strengths which should be considered in your final tyre buying choice.Similar Comparisons
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Footnote
This page has been developed using tyre industry testing best practices. This means we are only comparing tests which have had both tyres in the same test.
Why is this important? Tyre testing is heavily affected by things like surface grip levels and surface temperature, which means you can only compare values from the same day. During a tyre test external condition changes are calculated into the overall results, but it is not possible to calculate this between tyre tests performed on different days or at different locations.
As a result you will see other tests on Tyre Reviews which feature both the %s and %s, but as they weren't conducted on the same day, the results are not comparable.
Lots of other websites do this sort of tyre comparison, Tyre Reviews doesn't.