Most drivers rate the Nokian WeatherProof highly, praising its excellent wet and snow/ice traction, solid dry stability for an all-season, low noise, comfort, and strong durability for many users. Several high-scoring reviews highlight confident winter performance and year-round versatility, with many willing to repurchase. A minority report faster wear on heavier vehicles and some reduced dry/summer sharpness versus dedicated summer tyres. Overall sentiment is strongly positive given the score distribution and frequency of praise.
What owners mention most counted across 28 reviews
Bought them out of economical reasons.
They feel good on the road, not as quiet as I was hoping for.
First snow and ice this year have showed no problem at all, I have yet too see the Electronic Stability Control light.
The summer has been good but the tires felt a little too soft with some corner handling small surprises. Very nice handling on the Austrian roads.
Simply put they are the best All Season Tyre I ever experienced.
I wish they were a little more quiet and no sogginess on the side wall.
They also look very good.
We are on our third Forester and have always been happy with the all season tyres that came with the car unbtil this latest one. We drive over the North Yorkshire moors which can get snowy at times. The first time we hit snow with Geolander tyres I was horrified with the poor grip. I then discovered they were a different design to the ones Subaru used to fit and were in fact a semi offf road tyre for dirt tracks. They were rubbish in snow. Researched and came up with the Nokian weatherproof. The Forester now behaves itself in snow with good grip and exceptionally so in really wet conditions. I have not noticed grip being poor in summer. They are wearing reasonably well although the front tyres wore more on one side but that is probably tracking. I will be buying replacement weatherproofs soon.
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I posted a review in January 2016 and they were great tyres with a good 6mm of tread left after 14k miles. I've had to replace them with a set of Michelin Crossclimate + as the Nokian's started to crack around the outside edges and tread. Shame really as they never let me down.
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Put four of these on in January, replacing Kumho products which were unimpressive apart from being long lasting. There is not a wide choice of all seasons tyres in this size, the much regarded Michelin Cross Climate are not available. I have to date been most impressed with the Nokians, they are very quiet and give good steering feedback, grip in dry and wet is excellent. I do stress that I am not a "press on" driver, if I was then I would not drive a big SUV, so I have not explored the handling limitations of the tyre. I have not measured the tread wear but such appears to be minimal. I cannot comment on the performance on snow and frost as I have not driven in such conditions.
In my view the tyre is well suited to my vehicle and I would certainly buy them again.
Good winter tyre.loads of confidence.
Sidewall bit soggy.so it looks like the tyre is out of air.
Looks great to*thread*.
And you can spare your summer tyres longer..
A real thumb's up!
I live in Ankara (Turkey). Both summer (35-40 celsius) and winter(subzero degrees and icy roads) driving conditions are extreme here. When i was buying my car, i directly replaced OEM Bridgestone B250s with these in order to avoid an additional set of winter tyres. Tyres are just perfect in winter, like a descent set of premium winter tyres. In summer, even in the direct sun (40 degrees), they do not create any itchy sound while hard braking or accelerating but they just offer average performance and lower limits comparison to premium summer tyres.
Overall, Nokians are winter-biased (not-suprisingly) four season tyres that can also survive in summers. They are just opposite of summer-biased Michelin CrossClimates. I think my next choice will be Goodyear Vector Gen 2s which, I believe, offer more balanced performance between summer and winter.
I bought these Nokian weatherproof tyres in Oct 2015 just in time for the uk winter after reading the excellent review given to them in the auto express magazine.
Wet grip is brilliant on these tyres the, best I've ever experienced!!! Unfortunately I can't comment on snow performance as we got very little.
It's now june 2016 and I've only done approx 3,000 careful miles on these tyres!
I noticed in early may that the tyres had started cracking badly in the bottom of the treads around the tyres shoulder area.
after several emails to nokian I was told to visit my nearest nokian dealer to have the tyres inspected.
The reply back was that it's nothing to worry about but keep an eye on it ?????
I won't be buying nokian tyres again if they crack like this after just 3000 miles! Avoid.
So far run 5000k miles and found them to be as good as Wintracs for winter conditions with excellent cold dry grip, cold wet grip and frosty conditions, and hard packed snow. More recently with warmer dry roads I've found their limit rather more easily than I'd expected, considering these are touted as 'all season' tyres. They are quiet compared to the summer tyres I changed from but that's no surprise considering those are Bridgestone Potenzas with a 40% profile. Straight line stability at high speed is not as good as I would expect from a good 'all season' tyre - not as good as the Vredestein Quatrac, for example.
Traction and lateral grip on the driven axle is scarily absent in frosty/damp conditions (UK spring mornings 0-5 deg C). Fine otherwise in wet and dry conditions - better grip in light snow and quieter than the worn out Dunlop Winter Sport 4Ds that they replaced, but for year round use, disappointingly not much better than the Dunlops in the dry compared to proper summer tyres. I've got a separate set of summer rims, but I'm going to keep these on and wear them out through summer - they're *that* bad in cold mornings. Not sure to go back to proper winter tyres, or try Goodyear Vector 4 Season Gen 2, since I'm sure a winter-biased all-season tyre should be more suited to UK winters.
Bought for our family MPV as the original Michelin Primacy HP tyres were getting worn out and a bit squirrelly. The first thing I noticed was comfort - these have a very plush ride and feel very planted and are considerably quieter. The winter hasn't been that cold this year but these tyres feel far more secure in wet and cold conditions, the grip in corners is much better. Too early to say about wear and we'll see how they fare in the summer. In short I feel far more confident moving the family around with these tyres on - and that's the best recommendation I can make.
