Bottom Line, there are far too many reviews out. Just the Sheer numbers of positive reviews, no better tire than Michelin LTX Defender, any size, in my opinion.
You guys can form your own Opinions, thru research or Ownership.
True, there are endless reviews out there with the vast majority seemingly not very helpful (mostly people who just purchased the tire and are reviewing with only a few miles on them). I went with my falken wildpeaks last time (need a/t's) because I was having a hard time finding any bad reviews on them, and it didn't hurt that I got them for $75 cheaper per tire vs the usual bfg a/ts I used to go with. So far, only have about 7-8,000 miles on them but they generally remind me very much of the bfg's, and if they last anywhere near as long I would have to rate them very positively, especially given the price.
The issue I see is that the tire can be changed at any moment in time and reviews don't ever really reflect what version they were using. Someone just mentioned they heard Michelin is changing and/or discontinuing the defender. So now when I go to buy them in a year or so, do I get the same thing everyone likes *right now* or do I end up with a different version that's not nearly as good?
There won't be enough reviews on the new version by then to outweigh the great reviews in the current version, so I'll be "that guy" saying that the tire sucks while everyone else will be saying I'm "that guy"...
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I agree there's usually a lack of information in terms of size and vehicle it goes onto, and the vehicle/drivers type of driving or climate they drive in. As I mentioned above there are so many reviews out there that state something like "Just got these tires yesterday, so far I'm loving them!! Will update in a year or two..." and of course never any followup. I would hope tires would still be treating you well a day or two, or week or two later. I don't really find those reviews to be very helpful, unless a tire is truly that awful where it does get bad reviews that quickly.
So even when those reviews on the new version for Michelin do start rolling in, how much good are they really? I feel like you don't know the real story until people start putting some real miles on them.