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 Great product! December 21, 2007
Vincent Argiro (Iowa and British Columbia)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is an excellent product. Traction is ample, and once one gets the hang of it, the installation and removal are a breeze. The only down side is the instructions, which are a little hard to follow. I strongly recommend that you practice the installation in your driveway, in the daylight, before you have to put them on in deep snow in failing light, as we did!
On and off is what it's all about. December 24, 2008
J. Couture (Seattle, WA USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I got these to drive up into the mountains and snow shoe. A day after they arrived, Seattle got whacked with a brutal 7 day storm. These things are expensive, but they work as advertised. In particular, they are very easy to get on and, especially, off.
Since the highways here are clear and the side streets are ice, I've been having to put these on to leave the house, pop them off near the freeway, and then put them on again once I exit the freeway. I've never used normal chains before, so I can't say if these are faster to mount or un-mount, but they do go on in about a minute per tire and off in about 30 seconds. However, you will have to add time to back off them, since they always end up under the tire the way toast ends up falling butter down.
I have them on a base 2008 Honda Fit in case anyone cares. Front wheel drive and these mean I can go wherever I want. Excellent traction, but I'm more of a sucker for the ease.
Thule CS10s on my Prius January 18, 2009
Marc G. Leavitt (Irvine, CA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought these chains after reviewing a lot of internet chatter on the driveability of a Prius in winter conditions (our family was headed to Mammoth Lakes, CA for snowboarding/skiing). My summary of research was that the Prius should be find but to keep the agressive full-time traction control happy it seemed like a good idea to maximize traction. More research brought me to the Thule's and they performed beautifully all week (we got ~4 ft of new snow that week).
Easy, even in the snow December 15, 2009
R. Huffman (Bellingham, WA United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'd never been a fan of traditional tire chains. You only put them on in the snow, but doing so while wearing gloves is near impossible, and I ended up with cuts and bruises more than once. After my traditional chains broke last year 30 miles from home, I decided to make sure we had good chains before the snow fell this year. I hunted around for recommendations before settling on these Thule chains.
The installation is ridiculously easy in comparison. There is very little tugging and pulling on the chains to get them into position, like with regular chains. They come with a convenient, hand-held hook for the single step that requires tugging - slipping the tension cable through a locking mechanism - and everything else is done while the chains are loose and easy to work with. Once you've got the tension cable attached properly (the "eye" of the steel cable has to be completely through the locking mechanism), the whole thing tightens up and centers on its own.
My girlfriend and I put these on in the middle of the night, by the light of my headlights, in about 5 minutes - and that was our first time ever, while reading the instructions.
Great!! I can now make it to my house on a hill in the worst conditions! February 27, 2009
R. Watson (Brooklyn, NY United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Simple fast install. Great for when it's cold and dark and you just want to go home! I live on a steep gravel road in upstate New York and have had to walk up the hill many times before I owned the chains.
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