The Laufenn S fit EQ is a budget Ultra High Performance summer tire that offers decent comfort, low noise when new and fair value for everyday driving. User feedback is mixed but often positive for normal dry and wet use, while professional tests are much more critical. Its biggest concerns are weak wet braking, underwhelming dry stopping performance and vague steering feel when pushed.
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Owners say66%from 14 owner reviews50% would buy againRead the reviews
Strengths & weaknessesValue, WetComfortRelative to its rivals across every test we hold
Built from every independent test result and vetted owner review we hold for this tire - the evidence is all further down the page. Data updated October 2025.
Across the 3 wet-braking tests it has featured in, the Laufenn S fit EQ stops 23.1% longer than premium rivals, 14.3% longer than mid-range rivals and 9.9% longer than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews wet score of 22/100, and owners rate it 6.3/10 in the wet from 14 reviews.
How good is the Laufenn S fit EQ in the dry?
Across the 3 dry-braking tests it has featured in, the Laufenn S fit EQ stops 9.3% longer than premium rivals, 3.8% longer than mid-range rivals and 3.4% shorter than budget rivals. It has a Tire Reviews dry score of 5/100, and owners rate it 7.8/10 in the dry from 14 reviews.
How fuel efficient is the Laufenn S fit EQ?
Across the 1 test measuring rolling resistance, the Laufenn S fit EQ's rolling resistance is 1.3% higher than premium rivals and 7.9% lower than mid-range rivals.
How many miles does the Laufenn S fit EQ last?
Based on test and owner data, the Laufenn S fit EQ is expected to last around 22,991 miles (37,000 km).
What do owners say about the Laufenn S fit EQ?
Across 14 owner ratings the Laufenn S fit EQ averages 66%. Owners rate Dry Grip highest at 7.8 out of 10 and Handling lowest at 5.7. 3 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles. 55% of owners score it 70% or better.
More questions about the Laufenn S fit EQ(7)
What is the Laufenn S fit EQ's EU tire label rating?
Across its range, the Laufenn S fit EQ most commonly carries EU label ratings of C for fuel efficiency, C for wet grip and 71 dB for noise.
How comfortable and quiet are the Laufenn S fit EQ?
Owners rate the Laufenn S fit EQ 7.3 out of 10 for comfort and noise across 13 reviews.
How well do the Laufenn S fit EQ wear, according to owners?
Owners rate the Laufenn S fit EQ 7.3 out of 10 for wear across 13 reviews. 3 of those reviews come from owners past 10,000 miles, and the typical review covers 3,000 miles.
Would owners buy the Laufenn S fit EQ again?
50% of owners say they would buy the Laufenn S fit EQ again, based on the 12 owner reviews that answered the question. 25% of them gave it the highest possible answer.
What do owners say about the Laufenn S fit EQ's road noise?
Of the 13 owner reviews analyzed for the Laufenn S fit EQ, 8 mention road noise: 6 praise it (quiet) and 2 criticise it (noisy). One owner wrote: "the car was transformed into a quite cruiser". Read those reviews
Drivers report mixed experiences with the Laufenn S fit EQ: many praise its quiet ride, strong value, and balanced dry/wet grip for normal driving, while others criticize wet grip at the limit, steering feedback, and durability/puncture susceptibility. High-scoring reviews highlight good handling, low noise, and decent wear for budget money; several low/mid reviews cite vague feel, poor wet traction when pushed, and faster front wear/noise growth. Overall sentiment is middling with positives weighted by several high scores but notable negatives from multiple low scores.
What owners mention most counted across 13 reviews
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Owner ratings averaged from 14 ratings
Owner score66%
Dry Grip78%
Wear73%
Comfort73%
Wet Grip63%
Road Feedback62%
Handling57%
Featured reviews
Most helpful 37%
“Worst tires I have ever had on a car. These came new fitted to the car (7.5 mm all round). As the miles piled on the MPG got worse. Started out managing 55 MPG on the motorway, now I can barely manage 40 mpg. Dry grip...”
“Had a brand new set of 4 of this tire come with the car when I bought it. Not a tire I’ve enjoyed at all. Really loud road noise which progressively gets worse and worse as they wear. Grip was very sketchy at times with...”
“About to change the front pair after 35000 kms on them, I have absolutely nothing against them. I've made 60% of the driving on highway, 30% on roads, and 10% left on the city. I've tried them on snowed, rained, and dry...”
3 tires in 3 months due to bubble in side wall not happy at all no one willing to take responsibility just getting blamed on pot holes don't buy stay well awsy
Excellent budget tires, they grip really good in corners if pushed hard, very quiet on the road however be careful of potholes because they are soft and can be punctured very easily
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About to change the front pair after 35000 kms on them, I have absolutely nothing against them. I've made 60% of the driving on highway, 30% on roads, and 10% left on the city. I've tried them on snowed, rained, and dry roads and they are excelent. Good handling, no noise, and excelent wear. I allways check tire pressure according to the vehicle recomendation.
But if I have to say something bad about them it's probably that I basically feel no feedback, like when I enter on a curve too fast, sometimes I feel like it's going to drift away, but definetly never happens.
I would recomend those wheels for sure
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Worst tires I have ever had on a car. These came new fitted to the car (7.5 mm all round).
As the miles piled on the MPG got worse. Started out managing 55 MPG on the motorway, now I can barely manage 40 mpg.
Dry grip is there but there's little feedback.
Wet grip, I have absolutely no confidence in the them, tires easily spin up and easily under steer. When accelerating you have to be gentle on the throttle will 30 MPH before accelerating, if you force them expect traction to work overtime until the tires grip. Even with suspension in sports mode it makes little difference.
Braking distances in either conditions is long.
Durability is not that great, every week or 2 I have had to reset the pressure monitoring system. They lose quite a lot of pressure hence I have had to add pressure quite a lot. In the 2 years owned I have had about 4 punctures. One tire is on it's 2nd puncture and can't be repaired. Front tires were already (first service after purchase) at the 3 mm after 8k miles the rears were still good at 6mm and even now the rears are at 5.8mm.
The only redeeming quality is the comfort.
Bought these as a recommended replacement to some excellent Vetus Primes on my Renault Sport Clio 172.
I wish I hadn't!
Grip is sort of there, but the tire walls are so flimsy that any aggressive corner results in: weave wobble boing boing "oh my god I'm gonna crash!!!!"
I genuinely thought something important on the suspension had broken, they're that bad.
They've been on around a month, and to be honest, I'm just about ready to take a financial hit and replace them with something (anything!) else with some actual handling characteristics.
In short: if you drive like Miss Daisy then they're not bad, but if you have a car with more than 60hp and you enjoy going round bends without worrying then I'd avoid these.
Fitment - 2014 A4 B8.5 S-Line wagon, 2.0T
Normal city driving, all year around
Dry weather performance - no issues, grip fine, low noise, good wear
Wet weather performance - poor. Front tires lose traction under moderate corner acceleration resulting in low speed understeer. No problem with straight line and sweeping bends grip but would not recommend pushing these tires in the wet.
Recommendation - summer-only tires - ok. Winter or all-round use - avoid.
I bought s used car with a mixture of Blacklion and Hifly tires. I taught I needed a wheel bearing until my mechanic said it was the road noise. He offered the Laufenn and the car was transformed into a quite cruiser. I don’t do big mileage or drive hard so I don’t need a premium performance tire. Just something quiet, stops me in the rain and doesn’t feel detached from the steering wheel, Laufenn does all that at a good price and my fuel consumption is a little lighter. No issues with 12,000 kms todate.
I own the tires on VOLVO S40 1.6 116 horse power
The tires have their advantages: Excellent grip on dry, Very well grip on wet with almost no sliding on heavy water. Low noise levels and very good feedback on the steering wheel.
Disadvantages: The tires wear is average (that is expected considering the good grip levels)
They perform not well at speeds higher than 170 kmh. The rubber is soft and higher internal temperatures makes the tire lose the ground. Not recommended for heavy vehicles or high speeds.
Had a brand new set of 4 of this tire come with the car when I bought it. Not a tire I’ve enjoyed at all. Really loud road noise which progressively gets worse and worse as they wear. Grip was very sketchy at times with the car skipping out on me a few times in the dry and worse so in the wet. After 9,000 miles of moderate to hard driving (with launches) the front has around 3 to 3.5mm left and the rear is around 5 to 5.5mm left.
I’m replacing them early due to the noise and the lack of suitability for this car, they may perform a lot better on something with less performance.
I purchased 4 of these tires to replace the Michelin Primacy LC's which were due for replacement. As my car is getting a lot older I decided that it may not be worth paying the extra for Michelin which I have been using on this car for 8 years. I have only done approx. 2000kms on them and it was very noticeable that the turn in response was poor and that the tires could be heard scrubbing on the same bends that the Michelins just gripped and felt like you were driving on rails. The Laufenns are a quiet tire when new but even after 2000km they have become a little noisier and have a feeling of vagueness in the straightahead position and the smoothness of the Michelins is absent.
Laufenns are good value for money as the Michelins are nearly twice the price and they would suit an average driver.
Decided to give these a try based on price point instead of going with the bridgestones I normally and wow was I impressed. Looks like laufenn/hankook really stepped up the game with this tire in terms of value for money. Really balanced wet and dry performance and I've yet to actually find the limits to these tires.
Had these tires fitted when we got our Golf R32. Tread pattern is very similar to the Hankook H452 that I run on another car in the exact same size.
Compound is also very similar at a fraction of the cost. They look almost as if they came out of the same factory (with the same font and size stamping).
In terms of driving feel, I can't fault these tires. Excellent dry and wet performance with good low road noise. Car also had brand new rotors, pads and fluids so this helped benchmark the test.
They feel very similar to the Hankook S1Noble2, no surprise since they both made in Indonesia by Hankook and very likely to be from the same factory.
