I had heard about Michelin a lot from my friends, and based on their advice, I bought a new set last month. I feel they are fine for snow but not for icy conditions in Edmonton or Alberta, especially when your car is not an SUV or all-wheel drive. So, I will not recommend this set of tires for small cars.

After having owned several generations of the Pilot Sport Alpin, my tire dealer only had the X-Ice Snows available this time. They’re great in the snow and wet, but REALLY annoying in dry handling, in that they make a lot of noise above maybe 0.3g. The Alpins NEVER exhibited this characteristic….

I drove the whole of last winter on a new set of X-Ice Snow. They were excellent and I couldn't fault them in any way. The grip on ice and snow was impressive. But for me their best feature was their silence. They were very quiet on all types of road surfaces. That's in total contrast to my Michelin Primax all-seasons that came on my car (2021 Acura TLX). I wish I knew what summer or all-season Michelins were as quiet. I'd buy a set.

Handles snow and slush with incredible ease. I traveled on some nasty roads here in Michigan recently and never worried for my safety or had issues with traction. It was actually kind of fun… Tires are pretty quiet too even on dry roads, which is a nice bonus. However, ice is still ice and there is only so much a tire can do. They certainly have more traction on ice than all-seasons, but the difference isn’t as noticeable.

I bought my 2 pairs of Michelin - X-ICE® Snow last winter and felt the difference immediately. Their grip on roads with snow and ice is much better than my Michelin Primacy MXM4 that came with the car. I drove around 4-5K KMs last winter and never had a moment to complain about the Michelin - X-ICE® Snow tires.

We use this tyre for racing sno-drift rally during icy years. We use a tyre shredder to open up the tread a bit and they are unbeatable on ice (exept compared to studded tyres) Deep snow the choice was Yokohama’s A034 but they no longer make them so we would cut out some of the tread block to help clear snow. Such a useful and adaptable tyre. Best road legal snow tyre for Michigan, I run them on my 2wd 911 daily driver and they have never let me down.

I got my tires put on 4 days ago and they are amazing. I just had a toddler run out from between 2 parked cars right in front of me . I was able to stop within inches of the kid . I am so thankful for how quick I was able to stop . I am going to recommend these tires to everyone.

I bought the 4 new winter last year in the fall it was my first time buying Michelin X- ice tires . I was very pleased with my purchase the traction was great on snow and rain .Was very happy while driving on the highway on how quite the tires where . Since winter tires are usually louder then summer tires . But with the Michelin tires the highway ride was quite . I would recommend these tires , if I need to change my tires next time I would opt for Michelin tires .

Well, we should have had snow out here, but none. Not even rain. So only commenting on dry road performance. Ride is good with no objectionable tire noise. We have had one panic brake episode due to deer. Forester slowed down quickly with no control issues. ABS was not cycling, but must have been close. Looking forward to see how this tire performs in nasty weather.

As someone who has used the X-Ice line in the past, but felt that on-center feel was lacking, the new version is a revelation. Snow tires are certainly not intended to allow drivers to centrifuge their passengers like a dedicated summer tire will, but these do surprisingly well. Extremely impressed with these on my rear drive BMW wagon.