Snow socks or chains

[wanda]

Which do you think will make more sense this winter?

 

[pritchp]

Socks

 

[Matt]

Socks - they will be easier to put on/remove and will not damage your wheels. They may not last as long as chains would though...

 

[DrDrew]

I guess it depends on where you are. Would have thought socks would get you by in most conditions here and that chains would be a bit of overkill for the amount of snow we get, but if you're in a place that usually gets a huge quantity of snow it might be wise to look towards chains.

 

[Karl]

We can do sock via work if needed.

 

[DrDrew]

We can do sock via work if needed.

I'd be interested to know how much they'd be. Do they come in significantly alterable sizes to fit a twingo on the standard size 195 tyres and a megane? (I can get that's tyre size in the morning of needed)

 

[Karl]

Just under £60

 

[jra3d]

Is that £60 a pair, single or four?

 

[Karl]

a Pair you only put them on your drive axles

 

[Leanne]

Renault sent me a letter the other day advertising their snow socks. I've never heard of the before, are they really worth it? as my track record for driving in the snow and not hitting stuff is very very poor. (I actualy gave up and got my dad to drive me to work earlier this year!)

 

[ECG1000]

You can get them for about £30 in Ebay. I read on piston heads they're pretty good in the white stuff.

 

[DrDrew]

They seem to be pretty good. There's a few videos on youtube of guys trying to drive around in the snow in an MR2 roadster (struggling big time), putting on the snow socks and running off fine.

 

[Sam]

What I don't get is surely they're not that durable and when you have them on you're more likely to skid around as you won't have the grooves in your tyres for grip? I dunno. I'm not convinced! My boss was buying some for the company cars at work earlier lol. Will see how they work out.

I personally think these:

 

[singlespeed]

What I don't get is surely they're not that durable and when you have them on you're more likely to skid around as you won't have the grooves in your tyres for grip? I dunno. I'm not convinced! My boss was buying some for the company cars at work earlier lol. Will see how they work out.

I personally think these:

All season or summer tyres aren't working at their best below 7 degrees. The rubber is harder, therefore it doesn't deform into the road/ice surface, whch produces less grip. Also, the grooves are designed for displacing water, not digging into snow or slush, hence getting stuck.

Socks are much grippier than cold wet rubber, grooves or no grooves. However they are only designed to get you to a treated road and for short distances.


I'm just back from Greenland and they have a bit of the white stuff about. However, they were all running winter tyres, mostly without studs. This morning, the Dini was well planted and the roads which were obviously icy were no problem