Owners of the Kumho Ecowing ES31 most consistently praise its strong dry grip, quiet running and comfortable ride, with many also noting good fuel economy and long tread life for the money. Wet performance is more mixed: while plenty report decent wet grip, around one in five owners complain of weak wet braking/traction (sometimes in heavy rain or as the tire wears). A smaller group (around one in ten) also mention soft sidewalls leading to less precise steering feel.
What owners mention most counted across 29 reviews
It's very reasonable for the price (€61/tire), the handling I have nothing to complain about, frankly it holds its own despite the large vehicle I have. On wet roads it holds up but you shouldn't overdo it either (like taking turns extremely quickly). Concerning the lifespan... it's ok, I've done 12,000km with it and I'm only halfway through the tires. Consumption and noise, it's very reasonable I feel the difference between these and the norautos that I had before.
PS: people who say that these tires don't hold up, just skill issues (yet I drive an ocean liner).
- a tire with low fuel consumption and rolling resistance.
- grip on wet ground and especially the brake are very bad
- on dry ground, it meets expectations, but I can't say good
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REALLY BAD in the wet, ok in the dry. I have had i30 cars for the past 12 years. In WET conditions, these are the worst Kumho tires I have experienced... in fact worst tire ever in 30 years of driving. After 2 losses of control today when driving, I am getting them changed this week even though they are still fairly new.
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I bought four of these tires for my 2003 Peugeot 206. The ADAC spoke positively about this tire and reviews on this site about this tire were positive too. Together with the low price of this tire I thought I couldn't go wrong.
And I wasn't wrong! These tires are good! Especially in the dry as the tests confirmed. Very responsive steering, and no under or over steer in sharp corners at all. Very impressed!
When it comes to the wet these tires are great too. Stable and more than enough grip when cornering sharp on wet roads.
Only downside is these tires slip easily when taking an extreme sharp corner from stand still on wet concrete parking lot floors. I hope you know what I mean.
Confort great too! But sometimes a little bit hard on ledges and ridges but nothing serious.
Noise a little bit too much in my opinion especially on rough tarmac but I need to be careful with this claim as it could also be my car lacking proper sound insulation ofc.
Wear? 2.000 km is too early to say something about it.
Will I buy these tires again? I think I will!! Even though these tires are Made in China, they perform very very well. Don't let that be a reason not to buy these guys. Cheers.
Great tires in the dry. Noticable noise reduction and more comfortable than budget tires. Some unsettled behavior in the wet during cornering but much improved over the sumitomo tires that were fitted when I bought the car.
Very goot tires overall, still in good shape after 51.000+ km, planning to keep them for about another 5000 or 6000 km. Good comfort and grip, hot and cold, dry and wet.
Great value tire. Handles as well as the Michelin tires that were on the car before, but a lot cheaper on price. An additional benefit is that they haven't started to perish, which the Michelin tires suffered from.
these tires are very good. The only problem so far is the shoulders are too weak. So beware of pavement borders, potholes. I destroyed two tires already, now I'm trying XL (extraload) ones, hoping the shoulders are tougher. Also, if you drive too fast on corners, tires tend to "eat" the border because of the shoulders I said. Before I used kumho ku31 ecsta sport: excellent tires, never had a problem but they were very noisy and tend to step. Also, they wore very slowly because they became very hard after some years. Conclusion: ecowing are excellent, but too weak on the shoulders.
Had all 4 put on volvo v40 replacing michellin must say not alot of difference apart from in the wet michellin scrape it but price wise kumho are #1 reduce road noise handling is on par would I buy these tires again? Too right I will
The three year old car came with half worn Michelin tires however the pressure warning sensor kept being triggered. So I decided to try replacing the tires. Four of these tires fitted for just over £200 seemed a good deal. In fact I've been really impressed by these tires, they seem better than the Michelin's. Cheaper, don't trigger the pressure sensors and only 1mm of wear in 7000 miles. These tires also slightly improved my mpg.
