Drivers generally describe the Hankook Winter i*cept evo2 as a comfortable, quiet winter tire with secure, predictable handling and strong overall grip in typical cold-weather conditions. Many high-scoring reviews praise its wet performance and snow/ice traction, especially considering the value for money. A recurring concern is that performance can drop noticeably as the tire ages (after a few seasons), and some drivers report it feels softer/less confident in warmer temperatures or when driven aggressively at the limit.
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Owner ratings averaged from 28 ratings
Owner score79%
Dry Grip84%
Wear83%
Comfort82%
Road Feedback81%
Handling81%
Wet Grip78%
Snow Grip73%
Ice Grip68%
Hankook Winter i cept evo2 Reviews - Page 2
Score spread across 24 written reviews
miles
Review stage
Member
Lexus
225/45 R17
3,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
This is a review based on every day suburban driving in and around a UK town.
Ok my summer tires are premium and I say this to illustrate that I will buy the right tire base on my views not on budget, status or the label.
I swap my tires every winter and summer. In the winter the roads are wet more than they are dry and between December and Feb early 6am starts means temps from -5 to 5 degrees. In cold temps they great on both wet and dry. I drive normally. I don't throw the car around or accelerate hard off the start. I do drive A roads and motorways and have no issues. The worst thing I notice is that at 12 degrees, driving at 70 MPH the car does bounce around a lot.
I have driven over and around an empty car park covered with frozen snow and this was not a problem. Driving cautiously over a 10 meter layer of sheet ice was no problem either.
Yes I am confident that if you drive sensibly, realise that stopping distances double in rain and are 10 x further in snow and you respect the road then you should be fine. I will also say that after 2 seasons the wear is down to 6mm which is not bad for a car that weighs 2 tonnes.
I'be bought these tires not so long ago. Seems to be pretty good ratio price/quality. As poor quality tires from China cost almost the same, this looks like a deal. Tires are good on dry roads. Noise is average. It did not experience much snow yet, however, I expect it to be OK. To sum up - for this kind of money (in my country it was about 40 eur), I cannot expect better tire. Budget buster.
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Bought 4 tires used as a emergency solution with approximately 7mm left, after 15 000 km in snow and ice in Norway and now they have to be changed for next season.
I will buy them again.
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I often drive to the north end of Vancouver Island where the road conditions change from -4C to +8C in a matter of 250 km turning HEAVY rain (30 mm in a 12 hour period) to black ice and the nastiest ice near 0C and cold grippy snow at higher elevations (rarely). For this season I bought a set of Winter Icept Evo. Aside from driving an all-wheel drive Volvo the Hankook blew me away. Twice I drove at nearly 100 km through half or wholey flooded roads and the car didn't flinch. The rest of the time when the roads are bare and dry the Hankooks are quiet and smooth - every bit as good as my Michelin all-seasons. Would I buy Hankook again? Absolutely. As far as tread wear goes I haven't had them long enough to judge.
Great tire, specialy on full snow roads. Very quiet, comfortable, good handling. Very big fuel consumption, more than 1 liter per 100km than with summer tires.
I drove with them trough the whole 2015/16 winter season, in Eastern Europe, under generally mild winter conditions. They are very comfortable all-rounders at a reasonable price. Secure grip and traction under icy and snowy conditions. Very good on wet and dry, and also very durable. I think i could easily make more than 30 000 miles in the winters.
76%
Member
Audi
235/45 R17
3,500 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average
I drove more than 5 000 km with these tires in mixed late autumn - winter continental climate. A little bit goofy (soft) on a dry road when the temperature is above 15 C. On wet - I feel stable in corners. I experienced a slight aquaplaning with my right tires driving straight through a heavy rain, but the speed was quite high (above 100 km/h) for the water level at the road edge. Good grip on snow and ice, even on slopes. Solid on snowy curvy roads. Very comfortable winter tire.
My experience by now is with Semperit Speed-Grip 2. I changed the brand, because I wanted to buy tires who wear less and are with a similar price tag.
Although, it is hard to be precise, I am satisfied with the wear so far.
At the end, I think that Hankook Icept Evo2 are more overall winter tires. More compatible with the climate changes in the last years - wet, dry, wet snow. Semperit is a little bit more winter tire - slightly better on ice and snow. Also good in wet and dry, but the wears above my point of acceptation.
Great on dry road, good on wet, excellent on snow and ice. Tried them on mountain roads and they performed very well. Short breaking, great traction and good handling. With asr (traction control)you can climb the mountain in winter conditions without putting snow chains on your wheels. Premium performance for less money. Recommended.
In the summer time i use a pair of Hankook s1 Evo2, tires that i'm very pleased with ! So for the winter time i took a look on the hankook website and found this model.
After 4500 km here are my thoughts:
-in snow they grip very well and you can easily control the car
-they help the car stop and you can feel the way the tire handles snow and ice
-on plain water, they grip, but i can't say that there the same as the ones that i use in the summer time (A class for the summer ones vs C class for the winter ones), but they give you security when you drive them
-silent tires and comfortable
-with the asymmetric profile that they have the hand melted snow very well
comfortable, great on dry, first snow in Croatia these days and tires are great as in deep snow as well in town slush. Great passenger car tire and great value for money.
Well, I see that this is the second review on here :-)
I'm running since Nov 15 a set of these tires, on my 16" winter set of alloys, on my E90 320d. I chose this brand again, because I already use a set of 225/45/R17 Hankook Ventus S1 Evo2 with my summer set of alloys, and quite satisfied from those ones.
The tires struggle to handle the power of my car, making the DSC lights to come on and on every time I push the pedal, even on high speeds too!! That means no grip at all, even on dry roads.
On the corners, I drive like newbie, can say I trust these tires a lot.
As for comfort, yes they are quite comfort, no extra noise in compare with my summer set of 17" ones.
I haven't tried them in snow yet, if they will disappoint me on that section too (imagine I can't drive up to the local ski center, when it will snow here), I will sell them after the winter period ends (next March).
As for wear index, I do not know how they will end up, but I think they will not last more than 30.000 Km's.
To sum up, I can't say I'm happy so far....maybe it's because the tire size I choose (16" instead of 17" on my summer alloys set) can't handle the power of my car (217HP + 450NM)!
