Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3

Name: Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3
Brand: Nokian
Rating: 86 (2 reviews)

Premium Touring Winter

The Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3 is a Premium Touring Winter tire designed to be fitted to SUV and 4x4s.

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2owner reviews
22,000miles driven

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Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3 Owner Reviews

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Owner ratings averaged from 2 ratings

Owner score 86%
Wear 100%
Snow Grip 95%
Wet Grip 90%
Handling 85%
Ice Grip 85%
Road Feedback 80%
Comfort 75%
Dry Grip 70%

All 2 Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT3 reviews

Score spread across 2 written reviews

90%

Member October 23, 2026

Initial Impressions

Land Rover Defender
235/85 R16
12,000 miles

These replaced my previous LT2s which still look quite good for the age. Previous tires took me across Norwegian mountains in the worst winter weather, the new LT3s are even better. This truck has a plow as well and I use it to clear my road (I live on the top of a hill) for the other cars, so it just has to work. We have a lot of ice around here, so running these with studs is almost a requirement.

81%

Member December 5, 2025

Ford Ranger
235/85 R16
10,000 miles
A Combination of Roads
Average

Went with the Nokian LT3 as it's one of the few tires I could get in an 85 aspect ratio. As an unabashed sidewall (and pizza cutter) fan, I'll optimize for that over quite a few other things.

Starting grip (accelerating from a full stop) is ok in 2WD, but I think this is largely because these are load E LT tires. It's worse than the blizzaks I had prior, but those were much lower load tires. Never had an issue with 4X4 engaged.

Lateral grip is excellent. There's occasionally a little initial softness going into a corner with ice or compacted snow, but this is pretty rare, and the tires are very good at letting you know how much grip you have left. Even with a bed rack and rooftop tent, it usually takes some effort to make the backend swing out (again speaking to the good lateral grip.) Even if the backend does swing out, it's a very forgiving tire to recover.

Rock solid in slushy conditions, I change these out for 235/85R16 Falken AT4Ws in the spring so I can't speak as much to the purely wet or dry performance (but I've never had an issue either.)

Been incredibly happy with them, and the only annoyance is that starting grip from a full stop, but I have chains if it ever bothers me too much.