[CurtEgerer]

I've found the Tire Rack customer reviews to be pretty much useless, at least for snows. There is so much variability in snow/ice covered surfaces that I would challenge anyone to be able to accurately describe differences in brands of winter tires. One would need to do back-to-back tests on the same car on the same road in the same conditions.

I've driven cars on at least 6 different brands of snows (Bridgestone, General, Nokian, Cooper, Pirelli, Goodyear). The bottom line: they all kick a$$ in the snow. What is noticeable is varying performance on dry pavement, something they're not really designed for. They tend to be 'squirmy', some more than others. The Hakka 'all-year snows' that jyl talks about are probably the state of the art right now for a daily driver.