Bought this for my small back deck in the Eastern Sierra. kzread.infoUgkxoHYZbq5g9fkcAtinlTqstNlje-UQkCHN We get A LOT of HEAVY snow so I was a bit skeptical but it was worth it! After the first storm of the year this has exceeded expectations! It throws snow very well, even 10-12” + that said the more it piles up the harder it is to maneuver the machine. It is exceptionally light weight and overall exactly what I was looking for. If you have a large amount of snow and a lot of area to clear, you may consider something with a drive engine to help maneuverability, but for decks, second stories, roofs etc, you can’t beat the light weight to great snow throwing ratio. Side note, the chute rotator is a bit flimsy and it initially didn’t seem to work, after a few uses it seems to have loosened up.

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Love the totally legit, profesionally made licence plates

Quality of production 10/10. Informative 10/10. Entertaining 10/10. Came here looking for copper and found gold!

I understand you gave the "expensive chains" an X on affordability because they are the most expensive of the products tested, but remember that getting stuck and calling a tow will already negate any savings from a cheaper, but much less effective product. Buy the right thing once instead of buying the cheap thing over and over!

@Wings_of_foam

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, like everything else.

@lisalee2885

3 жыл бұрын

Or AAA, Lol! Premier of course

@fedcoin1602

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisalee2885 if you are someplace with a cell signal or with 2 hours of AAA. I am guessing this video isn’t the normal roads they you find yourself on either.

@markusi5995

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah its really not worth risking your vehicle with a shitty product(and probably unlawful on many mountain passes)...its cheap when thinking about it as extra insurance.

@mardamek

2 жыл бұрын

This just goes to prove the old saying so true: "There is no cheaper than the expensive".

A word of warning about any product where the fitting strap goes through the wheel. Check that the straps do not foul the brake callipers. Some cars have very little clearance between the calliper and the wheel.

@Mournful3ch0

8 ай бұрын

Good point - I had to get larger wheels when I upgraded my brakes and the clearance is very tight. Also, the spacing of the spokes can make even spacing of these impossible, which will make durability even worse

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Love this guy. He's just happy to be in the middle of nowhere.

Thank you for your sacrifice of enduring the cold and snow to review these products so we don’t have to waste our time and money! The content was clear, unbiased, entertaining to watch and very helpful! Thanks so much!

I love your sense of humor! Your very practical tests were very informative. I hate metal tire chains, too, but it seems that’s what I’ll have to resort using on my ski trip.

Thanks for the great video. Real world tests like this are very useful. It was entertaining too!

Excellent video, thank you!! I really appreciate your scientific approach to testing; looking forward to more videos!

some time ago I was thinking about zip-ties, I am glad that I forgot about it :)) .Thanks for your video :)

@QnA22

3 жыл бұрын

@@krisg822 8 bought similar ones in a shell station as I forgot my chains. 10€. But they feel more like rubber /soft plastic opposed to the hard plastic used here. I only put on one of them and got out. Sometimes you just need a little traction to get you going. It's similar to using a stick in your rims if you need to get out of mud. Not that I would advise that this is a full replacement for traditional chains.

@ridgerunner106

2 жыл бұрын

Zip ties work on a packed road but will not tolerate the spinning. Nylon rope tied around rims will work too.

Having spent a lot of my life off road in the snow, quality chains are a must. Also, it’s more work, but chain up all 4 and be in 4 wheel drive!! The heavier the vehicle with more ground clearance and narrower tires is also important. Too light of a vehicle, will stay on top of the snow and the chains will not dig into the ground.

@yasirali-pr4vs

2 жыл бұрын

whats the best for front drive sedan ?

Foarte bine punctat. O singura data am folosit lanțuri de zăpadă și am rămas impresionat cât de bine a reușit sa urce mașina. Felicitari.

Well done, I've been looking for this test for a long time. Very good review

in Russia they say: I go where wolves are afraid to shit.)))))))))))) Thanks for video!!!

@gabiroka7454

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

This video was beyond helpful. Thank you so much for making this!

This was a great video, great quality picture, and great quality content(layout and whatnot). Very well done

abia a inceput videoclipul dar ma bucur enorm ca ai testat asa ceva. nu exista niciun material pe tema asta. felicitari!

Most useful review of this kind I could find. Thank you!

Great video. Actually, is so hard to find good independent reviews like this one!!! Thanks!!!

OMG, this guy is awesome! Very informative, thanks!

Thank you so much for doing this review! I’ve been doing research to find the best snow chains or alternatives to use and this was REALLY informative!!

Foarte educatv videoclip-ul. Mulțumesc pentru comparație. Chiar nu mă mai gândesc să probez altceva în loc de lanțuri. S-a dovedit eficiența lor, clar. Succes in continuare.

Excellent video! I like your sense of humor 👍 thank you for sharing

Your results were exactly what I was expecting you to find. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

The traditional snow chains that you did not install are a major PITA to install, especially in the dark in snow. But they are the best of all your options, because they give the best traction

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Thank you for your review, it was very helpful

Thanks! Great video! Informative and fun to watch!

Good video! Love the intro! Audio is a bit on the quiet side, though. Keep those videos coming!

Yeah, theres a reason a lot of these easier solutions aren't listed as approved/legal for mountain passes; even studded tires on my pass don't count as replacements for chains in really severe conditions (all vehicles in winter going over the pass are required to have them in the trunk.) so for that reason I prefer studless snow tires for just snow and cables/chains for ice.

@michaeldbhawker3556

2 жыл бұрын

Studs belong on roads with packed down snow and ice not just mountain passes.

A few years ago I bought a Chinese copy of these pewag chains, and they are wonderful: cheap, reliable and durable. They are both suitable for my Lacetti with 185/65/14 tires and the lada with 175/70/13 tires. If necessary, riding on chains on a fairly deep snow is fun. Because without chains Lacetti still behaves quite well in the snow, but the old lada is completely hopeless.

Thank you for your work on this video, it is such a great video.

James May approves of the car lol, definitely buying the zip ties to be used as zip ties lol

Honest and Informative Keep up the excellent reviews

Dude, Definitely appreciated the test. last example works best. Thanks. very helpful. i subscribed. yeah!!!!

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Very informative video sir. Still viewing but I appreciate the depth and extra cameras 🎥

I think this video was very informative THANKS MAN

This was great! Saved me money from buying the Chinese ones off of Amazon! The tried and true chains are the best! Thanks!👍

Well if this isn't the most straight forward and convincing test/comparison video on a product I've ever seen. I was real close to get those yellow ones on Amazon but I'm gonna get some full on snow chains.

Good video. I bought a pair of those yellow cinch strap snow chains for my wife and I. they do work but they are not designed for deep snow. they are more for a surprise snow to help you get home. I still need good tires and common sense. Once again, great video.

Great video! Keep up the good work

GREAT VIDEO!! For the harsh winters in canada I always buy great studed tires like nokian hakka, and drive an awd car. I never needed chans.. Some mornings I have to push 3-4 feet of snow just to get out of my driveway..

Excellent comparison in the same location. Thanks for the effort.

Thanks for the demonstrations. I need something for my Tacoma to get out on the logging roads to the natural hotsprings. Cheers from BC, Canada

Thank you for this test, i almost bought the zipties. U saved my money !

Loved that license plate 😝😂

Nice video! That TPU ones (one piece on each front wheel - FWD car) saved me this week on big ice hill ... but as you said it really isn't a long lasting product :-)

Subscribed. Bro, you are awesome. All the best from Denmark! Stay safe.

Those "cheap chains" in a bag are truck style chains and are easy and quick to fit and removeand won't be as tangled as intimated. So long as they are kept tight (which is the secret of using any chains) they will out live and out perform any of the more fancy alternatives. Look for cam tensioners, but decent spider tensioners work fine and make sure of good steel quality (reputable manufacturers). They are also easy to repair - all chains eventually break. They weren't given enough attention here. Pity. As a former truck driver and UK resident of Scottish Highlands and used to working in the Lake District and Snowdonia, I speak with some experience. For more level terrain, socks and, even better, studded tyres (if legal) work very well. For UK residents, unfortunately, silly governmental capers have made obtaining decent chains more expensive, as European continental residents will be aware. Good video, though.

This video stopped me from buying option 2 bracelets, which looked so great in the presentation. Thank you! Even though the fresh loose deep snow is not what you are going to face traveling through Alps in winter. I would like to see how they work on asphalt with 2-3 centimetres of snow just 20 minutes after the snowstorm started. Inclination like 10-20°.

Thank you!!!! Great information - kept me from wasting money.

THANK YOU!! Great video!!

Thanks for the video, we have a lot of snow here in Spain these days, so this comparison video is very useful. It was only missing in the video, the "blanket" or fabric style no chains. Thanks Sergiu! 😉👍👏👏

@HoneyBearLife

3 жыл бұрын

Is the Mexican food good in Spain? Is the salsa and tortillas there different than in Mexico?

@Scrambler85

3 жыл бұрын

Must be from all the global warming 😉

Very helpful. I just returned from a 7,500 foot / six-inch snow event in which I got stuck. Never again, LOL, and you have helped.

you had found a great place to test the stuffs! thnx

I once had to go somewhere in my 4 wheel drive Ford Ranger in deep snow. I put bar reinforced tire chains on all four wheels. It would go in snow that was all the way to the tops of the fenders. There just is no substitute unless you go to some sort of tracks. In that case, get a Bombi or a Weasel.

Thank you for testing these chain substitutes.

Your video was very helpful. Thank you.

Thanks for this video - it was informative & amusing. I especially liked watching you try to catch increasingly heavy sets of chains. ;) To be fair, some TPU chains may be better made & from better materials than the specific brand you happened to have - but they would probably also be somewhat more expensive. I live in the US, & here I think most people would consider 130 Euros (about 150 USD at this writing) is about mid range for a reasonably set of snow chains. The cheapest chains I'd personally want to rely on run about $115 or so (roughly 100 Euro), and it's hard for most people who don't regularly drive in snow to justify spending much more than $200 (around 175 Euro) on a pair of chains. But then, the US and Romania are different places.

Good test definitely and now I feel I made a bad decision when I bought the second test you did with the Chinese product. Maybe those wrap around would work fine with less snow on the ground or when not going on a steep road. Thank you.

The great fact to remember is that you will rarely be putting chains on in good conditions. It will probably be dark, snowing and far from home, help or streetlights. You have a new subscriber.

I'm surprised by the snow chains to be honest. I knew they were good, but i wasn't expecting such a big difference

@jbnrusnya_should_be_punished

3 жыл бұрын

You will be even more surprised when you try them in person. Here is my video about chains in fairly deep snow on an old rear-wheel drive car: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaWij9WFmKatl7Q.html Chains turn almost any car into a rather powerful all-terrain vehicle!

@Wings_of_foam

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbnrusnya_should_be_punished Chains always worked!

@wildbill23c

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbnrusnya_should_be_punished Yep, used to take my 84 2WD Ford Ranger up hunting on the same back country sometimes snow or mud covered roads...throw the V-Bar chains on and that truck would go anywhere the guys in their jacked up 4x4s were going. Many of today's cars, SUV's, and pickups don't have space for true chains so you are stuck with lesser quality cables but those do work they just don't last as long.

@iffykidmn8170

3 жыл бұрын

@@wildbill23c And two sets of chains on a diff locked jacked up 4X4 work even better

@prophetseven728

3 жыл бұрын

@@jbnrusnya_should_be_punished I wonder if Chains work in the Mud.

Very helpful information, thank you

Omg thank god I went with chains. We just got about 7” of snow

Great test, you helps us!!!💙

Nice, aștept cu nerăbdare testul cu curele-le de distribuție :)

Brilliant video, thanks for sharing.

You should do a test with propper winter tyres,not all season ones.

Great Video, thanks for doing the test, I bought a good set of Snowchains a year ago and so far I have not had to use them, finger crossed, I am pleased I paid the extra money and bought Weissenfels, Awesome set of Chains.

Great review! Thanks!

Good day .I like your clips. Could you try the snow chain sprays also while there is snow :)

Exactly what I wanna see, thanks for share

Great video, it definitely shows that you get what you pay for. But I have to ask where this video was filmed. I would love to maybe go there one winter with my truck (when all the covid sh*t is over) and drive around in those woods. Location for this test looks amazing.

Bine facut si util review-ul!

Très intéressant de voir l'essai sur le terrain ! Bravo !

Incredibil , esti baiat incredere si esti nota 10 , mam convins sa imi iau lanturi aia e aia e , sa mai faceti si comparatie cauciucuri de all season vs winter sunt tare curios care e cel mai tare pe zapada, multumesc!

Thank you so much for doing this test. Now I know which products to avoid.

Thanks for saving my money. I love your videos. You should have a tv show...

This is super useful for me to pick my next set of snow chains

Great job!Thank you very much.

Thanks for the info. God blessed. Keep up with the good videos. I started following you

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Excellent review. Now I understand what to buy.

thank u so much 4 this video.....i wish u did this video back in december because i bought the TPU "snow chains" and not only did it damage my car bad but it barely worked they broke and snapped off the wheel and wrapped around my axle...very bad......i bought some peerless auto trac snow chains for $90 still kicking myself for wasting money on the TPU

Ok, Sergiu, few obs: 1. Not only steel wheels can cut that plastic, but also "diamond cut" can have sharp edges, depending on each style. 2. I will NOT recommend under no circumstances to have anything tied up to the rims - especially if you have some after market ones. Minimum contact with the alloy is best. 3. You did not include in the video "tyres socks" or "huse" (in romanian). It would have been very nice to have a comparison since they're kind of different approach. 4. It is worth to mention that no insurance company will cover damage caused while using snow chains. So choose wisely when you buy it.

@MG-ks1qg

Жыл бұрын

Tire socks are garbage. They have no traction on ice.

@BPo75

6 ай бұрын

@@MG-ks1qg Depends on what sock you get, as multiple tests has shown.

Just looking at those 1st two product makes me laugh so hard. I wouldn't even waste money on junk. Just by watching your video. It has given me a ton of product to steer clear away from at all cost. Really helps me narrow down to quality product over junk products

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congrats! very nice review!

Just found this site, very good video thank you! :-)

Great review! It would be even better if you had winter tyres, but anyway, great video, and you just got a like & subscribe from Serbia ;)

Thanks, you just sought out my confusion.

Excellent review video Thank you

You can also improve traction a bit by letting pressure out of the tires. Just make sure you have a way to reinflate once you're back to clear roads. 10-25 PSI is sufficient.

@yeetandskeet

2 жыл бұрын

While this is true in snow, most of the time on the road you will be dealing with ice. Letting out air will actually worsen traction on ice, as you have a larger surface area and therefor less pressure on the ice. Basically the opposite of spiked tires.

@MagentaRV

2 жыл бұрын

@@yeetandskeet which was why I said you'd need to reinflate once you hit the roads again.

@leadnsteel1428

2 жыл бұрын

My truck is 2wd. I run goodyear durations and air them down if it snows. I also throw some weight in the bed I never have a problem in the snow

@Markomyt1

2 жыл бұрын

@@leadnsteel1428 Come to Wyoming for a true test!

Looks like a fair testing procedure with a bit of humor thrown in. Nice.

Was the 4WD on auto or on lock? When I went to mountains during the New Year (although I had Nokian WR Snowproof) the 4WD lock on Dacia did better job than 4WD auto :) (mainly because on auto it waits for wheel(s) slip)

I remember seeing tire chains on a car for the first time back in the 80's in Rocky IV when the Russian agents drove Balboa to the cabin out in no mans land. There is no substitute for metal chains when it comes to adding snow traction to tires.