Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 Review

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Winter tires provide exceptional traction and high driving safety levels during their lifetimes. They are designed and manufactured to boost their performing capability in various winter weather conditions, while maintaining their superb handling and controllability.

The Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 is one of our best-selling models, here at Priority Tire. This Bridgestone tire guarantees high driving safety levels with its upgraded winter traction, controllability and maneuvering, while also promoting a longer lasting tread life. It comes with numerous improvements compared to it's predecessor - Blizzak WS80.

• Winter weather traction
• Directional tire pattern
• Enhanced controllability
• Three-peak mountain snowflake symbol

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Winter Weather Performance

Winter tires utilize their tread design and winter compound to increase the winter weather road grip and driving safety. Different tread designs and compounds can be used to achieve the same effect, but the tires’ performance in winter conditions will be determined by them.

The Blizzak WS90 features a detailed directional pattern which was molded from a durable Multi-Cell compound that increases the tire’s grip on the road surface. The special compound eliminates the thin water layer which develops between the tire and the ice-covered surface during the drive, to further increase the ice and snow gripping capability. The silica in the compound enables the tire to maintain the rubber flexibility in colder temperatures and to boost the ice- and snow-covered surface grip. The tread design’s detailed siping pattern enhances the number of biting edges gripping the road surface throughout the drive, which allows the tire to upgrade the winter weather performing safety.

The tread design’s wider circumferential and lateral grooves work together to enhance the hydroplaning resistance. Hydroplaning happens when water and slush remain on the road surface and cut off the tire’s surface contact. In such cases, the driver loses control over the skidding vehicle, which may lead to accidents. You can learn more by reading our complete guide on hydroplanning.

The optimal groove pattern channels water and slush away from the footprint, enabling the tire to increase its wet traction and hydroplaning prevention.

Controllability and Handling

A tire’s most important feature is its controllability, which is even more true for winter weather tires. In winter conditions, the slippery road surface can easily hinder the vehicle’s performing capability, which may lead to accidents. As a result, manufacturers strive to combine winter traction with excellent handling throughout the tire’s lifetime.

The Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 boosts its steering responsiveness and driving stability with the ideal tread design. The directional tread design features a high density siping pattern and a notched center rib that maintains the tire’s surface contact at all times. The better road contact actively upgrades the steering response time and accuracy to the driver’s instructions, while the structure is stabilized against the driving pressure affecting the model. This enables the model’s exceptional performing capability and it ensures the driver’s full control over the vehicle during the drive.

Maneuvering and Braking

The tire’s maneuvering and braking are also part of its controllability, but the tread design’s different aspects determine their effectiveness. The Blizzak WS90’s directional pattern boosts both its cornering and braking ability with the optimal design.

The directional tread design sports larger shoulder tread blocks with extra siping detail that enhances the cornering and maneuvering ability. These blocks enhance the cornering ability by increasing the number of biting edges gripping the road surface at all times, promoting a safer driving experience. The siping pattern also creates friction between the road surface and the tread area, upgrading the braking power and reducing the braking distance. This combination ensures the tire’s excellent performing ability in various winter conditions.

Longer-Lasting Tread Life

An extended tread life is a desirable feature of all tires, as it makes them more cost efficient. Different manufacturing techniques can be used to achieve this result, but the Bridgestone Blizzak WS90 utilized its tread pattern.

The tread design’s optimized pattern increases the tread block stiffness. This significantly lowers the possibility of tread flexing. As tread flexing is avoided while the tires are in motion, it prevents the formation of unnecessary friction between the tire and the road surface. This, along with the directional tread design’s even pressure distribution, actively avoids irregular tread wear formations, which significantly lengthens the tread life.

Furthermore, the Blizzak WS90’s EdgePerformance Technology Package provide full-depth tread elements and interlocking sipes that work together to boost the performing ability. In other words, the tread maintains its detailed pattern even as the tread wears out, which keeps its traction on various road surface conditions. As a result, the tire guarantees a safer driving experience throughout its lifetime.