Bridgestone Blizzak Ice vs Michelin X Ice Snow

Across the three tests, Michelin X Ice Snow outperforms overall, taking all overall comparisons and dominating wet braking/handling, aquaplaning, rolling resistance, and especially ice/snow braking and traction. Those are the high-consequence metrics for Nordic winters, and the margins on ice (around 7-9% shorter braking, ~9-10% quicker traction) and wet (≈4-7% shorter braking, better aquaplaning by ~6-9%) are meaningful on the road.

Bridgestone Blizzak Ice shines with the shortest dry braking in every test, slightly better noise, and occasional wins in snow/ice handling laps, reflecting its asymmetric pattern and very soft compound that bite well but can be less forgiving at the limit. However, its wet grip and aquaplaning resistance are weak relative to Michelin, and it tends to finish lower overall despite often costing slightly more in the sampled sizes.

Bottom line: choose Michelin for the safest, most rounded winter performance in mixed Nordic conditions and the best efficiency; choose Bridgestone if your priority is quiet running and top-tier dry stopping with a measured, stable feel on snow/ice at the limit.

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Footnote

This page has been developed using tyre industry testing best practices. This means we are only comparing tests which have had both tyres in the same test.

Why is this important? Tyre testing is heavily affected by things like surface grip levels and surface temperature, which means you can only compare values from the same day. During a tyre test external condition changes are calculated into the overall results, but it is not possible to calculate this between tyre tests performed on different days or at different locations.

As a result you will see other tests on Tyre Reviews which feature both the %s and %s, but as they weren't conducted on the same day, the results are not comparable.

Lots of other websites do this sort of tyre comparison, Tyre Reviews doesn't.