Tyre reviews Ikon Autograph Ice 9. Page 3 147

Advantages: Excellent traction on snow and ice
Disadvantages: Not detected
In 10,000 km, not a single stud has fallen out. The tires are perfect for active drivers or those who value safety

I bought this tire as a replacement for Nokian RS2 (slippery from the previous owner, on ice it tried to kill me by throwing me out of the lane onto oncoming traffic with a 90-degree turn).
I have experience with other tires on my cars:
Nokian Hakka 5 2008
Nokian Nordman 8 2023
Nokian RS2 2021
Michlin X-Ice 4 2021
Continental Ice Contact 1 2013
Continental Ice Contact 2 2019
Pros:
Drives/handles perfectly on all types of surfaces: ice, snow, slush, water, asphalt.
On icy ruts, it holds the car well, doesn't sharply fall into the rut, but rather rolls into it. Also, it calmly exits deep icy ruts with turned wheels at low throttle, where others, even all-wheel drive, simply skid on turned wheels and go straight along the rut, can't catch and get out.
No problems with wear.
All studs are in place. I drove 2000 km on asphalt at a temperature of +5C to -5C.
The tire is soft, comfortably absorbs bumps.
Cons:
Very noisy.
For the first 200 km on asphalt, it howled like a jet engine.
By 2000 km on asphalt, the howling subsided below 80 km/h, and driving in the city became more or less bearable. But at speeds of 100 km/h and above, it's a disaster, you can't hear yourself think.
On this background, I installed a noise reduction system in the car, it won't hurt.
It became a little more comfortable for me, the hum moved further away from my ears, but the tire didn't stop howling.
Then the snow fell.
On snow/ice, all problems with noise are suddenly gone. Magic.
By spring, the snow had melted, and the mileage on the tire was 8000 km.
And when I returned to spring asphalt, the noticeable howling of the studs was gone, only a light tapping remained.
However, the tread still rumbles muffled, even at low speeds of 30-40 km/h.
I know there are noisier tires, but this is just cheap. Among more or less decent tires, Ikon Ice 9 is, of course, the noisiest.
And among all the ones I listed, it's an outsider in terms of comfort.

For Chinese tires, they are not bad at all, well balanced, grip well on ice, but mud and ice are not their element. Comparing to Michelin X Ice North 4. I recommend to buy. They arrived fresh.

Good tires, took them in place of Hakki 9, since I ripped the sidewall at the end of the season, let's see how they perform.

Date of manufacture: 52 week, 25 year. It turns out 13 month, unclear.

Manufacturing date 52/25. Turns out to be 13 months.

The tire is good, but noisy on asphalt.

- Put it back, due to the lack of Hakapelita 10P.
- The studs are half worn out, sadly, as winter is not over yet.

I'm driving on these this season. They handle well. It's also not a problem to get out of a rut.

Plus: wheels are round, but truthfully only up to -30. That's all!
Minuses:
1. Road grip on hard surfaces is 1 out of 5. After 100 km/h, it floats.
2. Driving on a rut. For the first time in 9 winters, Largus started to throw out of the rut at just 30 km/h. Previously, I drove up to 90 km/h on the first Cordiant Polar.
3. Skids and spins are guaranteed on any surface at speeds from 20-30 km/h.
4. Braking is super mediocre, smoothly and helping the gearbox to brake, emergency braking always triggers ABS.
5. Acceleration. When overtaking in 4th gear, it accelerates from 90 to 120-130 km/h in 3 seconds, but doesn't actually speed up. Message to point 1!!!!
6. Noise. Considering the first 5 minuses, you can close your eyes.
7. Wheels don't hold pressure in frost -32...-35 and below. In the morning, you pump 2, 5, by evening it's from 0.8 to 1.5. Re-rimming and re-treading didn't help. Above -30, they hold pressure.
8. Studs. There's no benefit from them at all.
9. Aquaplaning. It's definitely present, already from 80 km/h. Triangle 101 summer tires aquaplane at 90 km/h! They don't have any water drainage! The Icon has a Christmas tree pattern... and it doesn't cope.
10. Price. It should definitely be at the bottom of the market, plus 500 rubles on top for the number of studs.
P.S. The tires are suitable for controlled drifts. Otherwise, they're good for grandfathers with a maximum speed of 60 km/h outside the city.