Sammenligning: Vredestein Wintrac vs. Vredestein Wintrac Pro (2026)

On dry roads these two sit closer together than their profiles suggest. In the one head-to-head where dry braking was measured directly, both recorded identical stops of 15.4m. The Blizzak's objective dry handling scores are genuinely high, and testers have praised its precise, neutral character on dry tarmac. Its consistent weakness is dry braking from higher speeds — this is flagged repeatedly as its most notable deficit versus class leaders. The TS 860 posts a slightly higher overall dry score (84.2 vs 82.4) and is the more reliable of the two in this discipline, though neither tyre is designed to prioritise dry performance over winter capability.

Wet tarmac is the Blizzak LM-005's strongest ground. Averaged across 2 shared braking measurements, it stops in 22.8m versus the TS 860's 24.0m — a consistent 1.2m advantage. In the larger Autobild 2019 head-to-head across 53 tyres, the Blizzak won the entire field with a 29.2m stop; the TS 860 needed 31.5m in the same conditions. Bridgestone's own positioning highlights a maximum score in the 80-0 km/h wet braking test, and that record holds across multiple independent evaluations. The TS 860 is itself a strong wet performer — its wet handling averages 94.3 across tests and its wet circle cornering is class-competitive — but the Blizzak's wet braking edge is real and repeatable. The one reversal is aquaplaning resistance, where the TS 860 scores higher (87.6 vs 84.9).

Snow is where the TS 860 opens its biggest lead. Its snow score of 90.5 against the Blizzak's 77.6 reflects a consistent pattern: measured snow handling reaches 94, snow circle cornering averages 93.4, and snow braking 89.8 — all class-competitive figures. The Blizzak's snow braking is deceptively close in isolation (24.6m vs 24.5m in the Autobild 2019 test), but lateral grip on packed snow is a recurring problem: testers note understeer tendencies and poor lateral guidance in snow cornering. Snow traction is an exception where the Blizzak performs well, but for drivers who spend meaningful time on snow-covered roads, the TS 860's all-round winter capability is in a different league.

Rolling resistance favours the Blizzak (86.6 vs 81.7), giving it a small but real fuel economy advantage, and its noise scores are better too (82.9 vs 77.8) — though TS 860 owners occasionally mention road noise as well. The sharpest practical difference is tread life: the TS 860's mileage score of 77 versus the Blizzak's 63.5 is a significant gap. Real owners reinforce the concern on both sides — one TS 860 user reported 4mm of tread loss in 6,000km, which already raises questions about longevity, while the Blizzak scores even lower in predicted durability across tester evaluations. Neither is a mileage champion; the Continental is simply the lesser of two compromises here.