Sumitomo Encounter HT Review

Highway tires offer superb durability to withstand the additional weight of the SUV or light trucks they are mounted on. They promote exceptional all weather traction and great controllability. Furthermore, some models come in touring passenger vehicle sizes as well, which ensures high comfort levels during the drive.

Sumitomo’s Encounter HT is one such tire. Here at Priority Tire, we guarantee a wide range of sizes for this model. The model comes in highway terrain SUV and light trucks sizes, a touring passenger and crossover sizes. Sumitomo offers a 60,000 mile treadwear warranty with this model.

All Weather Performance

All season tires guarantee first-rate traction and performance in all weather conditions. Their tread design and compound maintain a firm grip on the road surface throughout the year and promote a safer driving experience. They are more desirable on the tire market, as they can be safely used throughout the year and do not need to be changed in accordance to the seasons.

The Encounter HT upgrades its all weather traction and road grip. It utilizes its tread design and all season tire compound to improve the dry, wet and winter weather traction. The tire’s tread design firmly grips the road surface throughout the year, while the compound maintains the tire’s flexible traction even in colder temperatures. This allows the tire to improve its performing capability and driving safety all year.

The model actively prevents dangerous hydroplaning. The tread design features wide circumferential grooves that manage to effectively channel water and slush from below the tire’s footprint. This allows the tire to securely perform in wet and winter weather.

Handling and Controllability

All tires must have excellent controllability. The tire’s better handling ensures a safer performance in all weather. A tire’s steering responsiveness and driving stability determines its performing capability and driving safety.

The Encounter HT promotes superb control over the vehicle in all conditions. The tread’s siped continuous center rib and the solid bead apex work together to increase the steering responsiveness and the driving stability. The bead apex stabilizes the tire’s sidewalls and prevents their deformation under the driving pressure affecting the model, which significantly increases the driving stability and secures the structure during the drive. The maintained road contact upgrades the steering response time and accuracy to the driver’s commands, which makes the tire easier to control throughout the year.

Driving Durability

Highway tires need to have excellent durability. Their internal structure must maintain the tire’s durability and optimal shape under the driving and load pressure affecting the tire. The constant road contact and balanced tire shape increase the model’s performing capability and power.

The Encounter HT’s construction features a reinforced steel belt internal structure which strengthens the tire against the driving pressure affecting the model. This allows the tire to improve its performing capability and power in all weather. The prevention of the deformation of the tire’s shape enables the tire to safely perform to its greatest ability.

Comfortable Driving Experience

Driving comfort and low road noise levels are the main features of a comfortable driving experience. They are achieved with the tread’s internal structure and tread design and improve the driving experience by lowering the road disturbances affecting the vehicle’s passengers.

The Encounter HT features a variable pitch sequence on its shoulder tread blocks. This variable pitch sequence generates a sound frequency that dampens and negates the road and tread pattern noise heard while the tires are in motion. This significantly lessens the road and tread pattern noise heard in the vehicle’s cabin, guaranteeing a quiet and enjoyable drive.

The internal structure of the Encounter HT features a polyester casing, which allows the tire to maintain its optimized shape. The constant tire shape closely follows the road surface, absorbing the shock of driving. In this manner, the road vibrations do not reach the vehicle’s cabin and its passengers during the drive, promoting a comfortable driving experience in all conditions.

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