Dry grip, wet grip and value lead the positive feedback on the Barum Bravuris 3HM, with 29, 22 and 22 favourable mentions respectively and little criticism. Tread life also earns much more praise than complaint, supported by mid-life and end-of-life accounts rather than new-tyre impressions alone. Several owners' later reviews remain positive about grip, comfort or wear as mileage rises, although one repeated post adds no new experience. Comfort is generally liked, while noise is less unanimous, with nine favourable comments against five complaints, roughly one in eleven owners reporting noise concerns. The few wet-grip complaints are exceptions to a largely favourable picture. Across 59 reviews the average is 79.7%, with 49 positive and four below 40%.
What owners mention most counted across 57 reviews
Ive just bought my second set of these tyres, they have lasted 13000 miles on front and the rears have 5mm left after 12000 miles. Ive done over 100,000 miles in the ownership on this car and have tried various tyres.These are great economical tyres for commuting, they provide more than enough grip in the wet and dry, they dont hydroplane doing 70-75 on a very wet motorway even while at 1.6mm on fronts and have great grip in the dry. Ive tried pirelli p7 which last about 8000 miles on front tyres and PS3 which last about 10000 miles on fronts if I recall. If you want a tyre to drive normally on a normal car then buy them you wont find any other tyre as good as these for the money. If you want a tyre for grip and performance for a high performance car (something with more than 400hp not your average 330d) then go buy a premium brand tyre for maximum grip. Ive also tried budget tyres on this car (landsail/accelera phi) and they are terrible in the wet, a 1.6mm pirelli p7 will out perform most 8mm new budget tyres in the wet! There is no point in buying them on a daily driver. These barums are not budget tyres they are mid range and honestly have more than enough dry and wet grip but it ofcourse wont be as grippy as most premium brand tyres. I hope my experience with trying many tyres helps someone unsure about trying these.
Great tyre for the price, got them for 300€.
Very quite,good handling, i like the rim protection, it works perfectly when hitting a pothole or when just parking close to the sidewalks.
Will definitely buy them again.
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I have fitted those surprisingly good tires replacing some ridiculous narrow 175/60 R15 Maxxis something, now my Micra K13 (called March in Brazil) has as much grip as its power requires. I have been searching alot to choose those and I coudnt be happier with them! Its very silent and comfortable, the dry grip is what you would expect from a good non sport tyre but the wet grip is where u can see its quality!
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I've used tires from well-known Pirelli, Firestone and Goodyear brands, and I'm pretty sure Barum is the best tire I've had since Michelin. A great tire for a great price!
They are not very beautiful but they are great.
This is the initial review of them after driven 60 miles (30 on dry and extreme hot weather of Greece on a mountain road and 30 on a very wet motorway with lots of trapped water - perfect for testing aquaplanning).
I substituted 4 Michelin PS3 that had been on the car for 2 1/2 years and 47500 km (30000 miles). They were awful after 10-15k, although the thread depth was within the legal limit. Actually the rear had plenty left. They were really performing bad on the hot dry tarmac during the Greek summer. Were awful last year, still awful this year :p
Barum are as expected, not a sport tire, extremely good initial grip, good aquaplaning resistance and very comfortable ride as they are quite soft. You can easily drive fast with these, just the handling is not as great as with a stiffer sidewall tire.
Had my car 4 years now in which time it has munched its way through rear sets of Nokian Z lines, and Nexen N'Fera SU1's and Nexen N8000's in under 12 months and I'm a pretty easy going type of driver. I've now put 6k miles under these Barum's without any noticeable reduction in tread depth and no noticeable loss of grip from the Nokians and Nexens. I'm very, very impressed with these Barum tyres and they seem nigh on perfect for a big, powerful and heavy rear drive car like mine and if they continue to grip and wear as well as they have so far, I'll be back with an update in another 6k with even better scores than I've given here.
