Winter tires Amtel: customer reviews

The search for low-cost rubber for an inexpensive car sometimes turns into an almost unresolved quest, as a result of which the probability of buying is not what you need in a particular case. How to ease the task and find inexpensive, but at the same time functional enough tires?

Often this can help user feedback or reviews from real people. Let's look at an example of such an analysis. In this case, the hero of the review will be the winter tires "Amtel", reviews about which are often found on the web. Having analyzed them, and also factory characteristics, it is possible to draw a conclusion, whether this rubber will approach particularly in your case.

A little about the manufacturer

The company Amtel itself, which produces products under the Vredestein brand in the European market, is a Dutch-Russian industrial community. Both countries in winter face severe weather conditions, so designers, developing tires, first have the opportunity to rely on specific parameters necessary for comfortable operation.

According to statistics, the company is included in the list of the three most popular manufacturers on the Russian tire market, and its winter tires produced by Amtel Nordmaster for cars or specialized for trucks and even special equipment are quite well known.

General impression of the manufacturer

High level of production and enviable popularity pushes to the idea of good quality of products. After all, if it were not so, over time, demand would begin to fall, but it does not decrease. At the moment, the level of sales per year reaches 14 million units, and this is a very high figure.

The company cooperates with a large number of legal entities and entrepreneurs, choosing its products as the main for their vehicles. The key role in this choice is played by the cost, which is quite acceptable and thanks to which the winter tires "Amtel Nordmaster" occupies a budget niche of the market.

What are the winter models of rubber

This article is devoted specifically to models designed for the cold season. Winter tires "Amtel Nordmaster" is the main representative of this manufacturer on the market. This name was given to the whole model line, as well as the general distinctive features. The main advantages, according to the developers, should be good cross-country ability, regardless of road conditions and confident grip with the track, as well as low cost, so that this rubber can afford every car enthusiast. Whether this is so, we will find out a little later.

Addressing the lineup of tires

In general, the winter tires Amtel Nordmaster, reviewed about at the end of the article, are offered for use by motorists living in regions characterized by heavy winter snowfalls and icy roads on the roads alternating with periodic thaws. It should do well both with movement on a slippery surface, and with a snow porridge and even just water. As will be seen from the reviews, some drivers continue to operate it even in the spring, when night frosts are possible, as it behaves well during the rain during deep puddles, as well as when driving on a dirt track.

The main goals that designers tried to achieve

First of all, the task was to achieve maximum driving comfort, regardless of the winter cover option, whether it's dry asphalt, snow-covered road or even a mirror ice surface. Apparently, these tasks were worked out in full, as a result of which the quality winter tires "Amtel" turned out. Reviews show that it behaves well on almost any surface. To achieve this result, a unique design of the tread pattern was created, the arrangement of spikes was considered, experiments were conducted with the composition of the rubber filler itself.

As a result, it was possible to achieve the maximum level of safety in the given conditions while driving along problematic sections of the road. Rubber is durable and wear-resistant, which is proven throughout the years in which it is on sale. The protector also works on all 100 percent, providing high-quality grip with the road. Let's consider successively how it was possible to achieve this or that indicator.

Driving safety under adverse conditions

One of the key factors ensuring the reliability of adhesion is a unique tread pattern. The abundance of Z-shaped slats, placed quite often, allows you to keep the car on the track and does not allow it to go into a side skid. This point can be noticed by reading some reviews about the winter tires "Amtel Nordmaster". The edges of the tread on the sides of the lamellas play the role of stoppers when turning. And do not let slip the wheel. As a result, the machine remains obedient even on very slippery areas.

In addition, at the edges of the slats are provided drainage systems that can remove snow porridge and water from the work surface, which also increases the contact area. For the same reason, the winter tires "Amtel", a photo of which you can see in this article, is suitable for passing dirt tracks in the cold season, even if they are not frozen and are a clay mash. A high protector clings securely to the ledges of the ground on the road, and the grooves clear access to hard ground, reducing the likelihood of aquaplaning.

Competent spiky

Spikes were also not scattered on the surface of the tire according to the rule "as necessary." They form a clear pattern, in which 10 separate planes are traced. Thanks to this, even with the formation of slippage on the ice surface, the following spikes do not fall into the grooves made by their predecessors, and allow you to securely cling to the surface. They also reduce the distance of the braking distance on slippery surfaces. The main thing at the same time is not to brake the pedal to the floor, but to give smooth but sure impulses, otherwise there is a high probability that the car will become uncontrollable.

All spikes are securely fixed by means of fasteners adapted for long-term service. The tire is quite capable of departing several seasons and, as the reviews on the winter tires of Amtel say, lose a large number of thorns only by the time when the tread wear is close to critical, and this is not so easy to achieve even in an aggressive manner Driving.

Durability and the role of the composition of the rubber compound in it

When developing the composition for rubber filler, the manufacturer did not lower this moment to the last level. As a result, it was possible to derive an acceptable formula, which allowed to create inexpensive, but at the same time tires resistant to wear.

The winter tires "Amtel Nordmaster EVO" are produced, the reviews about which were also analyzed in the preparation of the article, both from natural and artificial rubber. This combination, on the one hand, gives the rubber elasticity, even in spite of low operating temperatures. On the other hand, artificial rubber has properties that reduce the degree of wear when using rubber under adverse conditions.

Protector increasing service life

In addition to this moment, the technology of double-layered drawing of the tread pattern is used in manufacturing. Thus, you can make a harder inner layer that will protect against punctures and other problems like hernias and cracking. The outer layer, directly in contact with the road, receives a greater elasticity, just necessary for a sure coupling with the surface.

All these factors in total allow to create tires that can boast of high strength and durability, but they do not lose the basic necessary characteristics for the movement. This is a kind of ideal balance, the achievement of which is achieved through the painstaking work of a team of professionals.

Chemical additives and improvement of coupling properties

However, one durability and elasticity is also not enough. To improve adhesion to various types of road surfaces, chemists decided to add to the rubber composition some high-dispersion technical carbon and silicic acid. As it turned out, this was a very correct decision.

The result was visible when testing tires. Significantly increased traction in conditions of movement in deep snow or slippery ice compared to the same tires, but without the above additives. Undoubtedly, this moment should please seasoned motorists, especially if we take into account the fact that at cost it practically does not affect in any way.

Every year, new models from this model range of rubber come to the market, which shows the active interest of the manufacturer in relation to end-users. Direct evidence of this is the updated winter tires "Amtel Nordmaster-2", reviews of which already occur on specialized sites. Tires are constantly being modernized, they have the necessary parameters for traffic. The main feature - it all happens without hitting the wallet of the car owners themselves.

Positive user feedback on rubber

Among the main advantages of drivers are several that stand out especially against the background of solutions from other manufacturers. These moments help to make a general idea of the rubber and even determine in what conditions it will best be exploited. Reviews generally give a lot of useful information. Not an exception and winter tires "Amtel", the reviews are underlined by the moments described below:

• The first and most important feature is low cost in comparison with foreign competitors available on the market. This aspect is especially important, given that the main audience are motorists who have a low level of income and, as a consequence, an inexpensive car. After all, you see, it looks silly when the cost of a set of rubber is almost equal to half the cost of the car itself. But in the case with most foreign manufacturers, so it is.
• High wear resistance by right deserved an honorable second place in the rating of drivers who have already tried this model line in recent years. On average, the winter tires "Amtel Nordmaster", the reviews we are considering, can survive the 4 seasons without much damage, many did not find a single fallen spike after the end of the first operating season, but there already depends a lot on the conditions of both driving and paving .
• The third place is excellent stability in deep snow and snow porridge. An interesting feature is that even on pure asphalt, the rubber feels worse than in snow with water. Thanks to this feature, this model is so popular with "nivodas" that use cars for hunting or fishing.
• Designers were inspired by the Russian conditions of winter roads, so this aspect can also be safely attributed to the positive moments, because the winter tires "Amtel", reviews about which are mostly believable, after all written by simple drivers, came out adapted to the severe snowy climate.

However, despite these features, there were some discontented statements. This is quite logical, after all, none of the manufacturers has succeeded in achieving perfection, and the concept of an ideal has its own.

Negative aspects of operation, according to drivers

Among the minuses reviews about the winter tires "Amtel" especially distinguish two main points. The first is high noise of rubber even on the snow-covered highway. The peak is at a speed in the range of 60 to 90 kilometers per hour. Given that noise insulation in inexpensive cars often suffers, for some it can become quite a serious minus.

The second negative feature is a decrease in softness of rubber at a temperature below -20 degrees, or rather, its zadubovanie. For the sake of justice it is worth noting that such a state affects only when moving on ice, where its characteristics noticeably fall. On the snow, it retains its properties, and the effect of freezing is almost invisible. This same statement is also true for pure asphalt.

Conclusion

In general, the rubber gets a positive response, and it can be recommended to those who are looking for an inexpensive but practical winter "shoes" for their car. It has a number of shortcomings, which, however, are more than offset by merits. Nevertheless, if the glaze prevails in your area in the winter, it is worth refraining from buying such a model and picking something more sustainable. But for the snow slopes this is the thing. It does not matter if the winter tires "Amtel" is installed on the "Duster" or the ordinary "six", it behaves equally well.