End of life review of this tire. It's been performing well for the first 3 years of use, with good traction overall. It is wearing very evenly and after around 30.000km it is down to 5,5mm and that's impresive. Granted it;s a small and light city vehicle that doesn't wear the tires fast, but they lasted better than the previous continental eco contact 5.

In it's 4th summer now and the first signs of dry rot appeared, followed by loss in grip. The tire spins easy, abs engages often and it doesn't seem safe anymore. It is expected here (Greece) that after 4-5 years you will have to change tires due to hot weather and the intense sunlight, but these tires seem like they fall of a cliff after the 3rd year. Will probably buy again depending on availability and price.

This tire is a good to use but not the best, noise still hearable.

i have this tires fitted on my car on 2019 and still have them for about 40000km in summer is to hot here and i do the most driving in highways and country roads with harsh surface tarmac and very hot temperatures on first 2 years i didn't know the right air pressure the tires need i had them low i think that damaged the front ones a little have some litle cracks comparing to back ones wich have very few cracks but I don't see wear at all. in havy pooring rain i drive fast to test the grip is amazing fuel economy is great this tires have low rolling resistance are in top 10

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Started getting a LOT of road noise and wear at only 15k miles. I do NOT recommend this tire!

they are some okay tires , it came factory from the car . it is a really noisy tire .but the rolling resistant is quite good , it's very fuel efficient. the cornering we're nimble but it's not really that grippy. the comfort were also quite bad , it's very hard feeling as if you can feel every bump getting amplified .

the tires are new and i have used them for about 3 weeks now. i have only used them on dry conditions on relatively well paved roads. The dry grip is good. I could say that there was relatively quiet driving conditions. The price is the most expensive of tires of the same specs, but I have faith in this Korean brand.

A decent tire, slightly above average in all areas but nothing stand-out. Ran the fronts down to 3mm (Rears still at 5-6mm), where they started to loose performance noticeably in the wet and cold, becoming more prone to triggering the traction and stability control systems than before. Replaced the fronts with the same tire as they were fantastically good value - £57 each! Now back at 10mm of tread, the tire's performance is much better and sure-footed again. The fronts lasted just over 20,000 miles.

Fitted these tires when I bought my car as the tires that were on it were 20 years old. Bought these tires as they were the only one with a H speed rating for this tire size instead of a T rating. I must say that I'm quite happy with them. I have driven them in varying conditions, from warm summer days to heavy downpour and frost (no snow or ice, at max a little patch of ice due to frost, but no whole layers). I have never noticed any sort of grip loss. The tire communicates quite well when you have reached their limits, even tho you reach that limit quite fast in corners, but that's perhaps also due to the tire size, in that they don't have a lot of width. Which is why I bought a new set of rims on which I am going to fit another set of Hankooks, but this time, as this size has more choice, an actual performance tire (ventus v12 evo2). I love driving on the limit and so I'm hoping to get more out of it with wider rims and actual performance tires, which these weren't. Tho I must say it hurts a little because even after 1.5 years and about 10000 kms they still look new. So overall I would recommend this tire for this tiresize, they have been splendid.

Bought a set of those to replace the Continental EcoContact 5 that were fitted from factory to the car and were not really satisfied with even when they were new. With the Hankook the car felt a lot better. Grip in dry was significantly improved and the car didn't slip when starting from a standstill. Wet grip is ok but not superb, although I'm sure it's the roads in my city that are in bad condition that cause the low grip. I don't drive the car aggressively but I had to make occasional evasive maneuvers and emergency braking to which the tires responded safely. The only small disadvantage is the comfort, they feel a little more firm than the Contis. Comfort was also reduced further at temperatures below 10 C. Wear after 1 year and 10.000 Km is non existent, the tires still look like new. I live in northern Greece were the roads are not very grippy and do not cause a lot of tire wear. I would definitely buy them again and would recommend to anyone driving a small city car like the 108, the C1, the aygo or anything similar.

Not confidence inspiring in wet weather because wet braking is weak

These were on my Kia Ceed when i bought it. They haven't lost a lot of thickness over the years so they'll probably last a long time. They perform well in dry conditions. Not good in wet conditions but the worst thing about them is that they are very noisy. I have Continental Winter Contact in the winter and it is very noticeable when I change to these in spring that they are much more noisy than my winter tires. Also they often loose grip when i accelerate from a stand still and I don't trust them on having grip in an emergency situation. So even though they have more years in them I'm scrapping them.

Switched to these from the 205/45R17 Bridgestone Ecopias that came with my Yaris Mk4, when I downgraded to 15" rims - Actually wanted Ventus Prime 3's but the dealer apparently has trouble reading beyond the manufacturer name. It's sad how little main dealers seem to care these days. Was expecting garbage from an Eco tire, but have been pleasantly surprised! It's early days yet, but had to pop in a quick review just because the difference in road noise between the 17" Ecopias and the 15" Hankooks is stark! I don't know how much of this is down to the rim size drop vs the tires, but the Ecopias were brain-drillingly horrible in terms of road noise, esp. on older tarmac and concrete-slab roads, while the Hankooks have been blissful on all surfaces so far! So far grip and handling don't seem too much different; If anything the car seems a bit nippier off the line and brakes a bit better, but doesn't seem to hold its momentum as much. Not tried it in the wet yet! Hopefully it continues like this as it wears, but so far it seems like another good tire from Hankook!

I'm not happy with these tires. In dry weather, dry road, low speed the abs was activated even though it's the H speed category and they are almost brand new (less than a year old). This never happened with michelin or continental tires to me. Since they are unreliable on dry, I wonder what I have to expect on wet... I don't know about other hankook models, but thisone is not premium at all.

Had them for over 2 years now with 15000+ km driven on them. The wear is definitely noticeable compared to tires from the past, but the grip and comfort you get for the price point, it's worth it to change them a season earlier than usual.

I've had these tires for almost two years and I can say for sure I've made a good choice. In around 8000 miles, done in different summer conditions (extreme hot weather and pouring rain), these tires didn't let me down.
Dry grip is good and I allows for fast cornering without worries. What really impressed me was wet grip and braking, which are a plus for these tires. Dry braking is also good. The tires stick to the road and they never squeal even on brutal braking in emergency situations, even though they are fitted on a car without ABS.
Overall conclusion: good tires for the price range. However, do not expect them to behave like high performance tires. If you own a powerful car and enjoy spirited driving, there are better (and more expensive) options to choose from.