Bridgestone  Dueler H/L 422 Ecopia

I bought this tire for my 2012 Highlander back in December, 2014. Have had it for six months but I've gone thru a Wisconsin Winter and now the normal wet pavements of Spring. Tire appears to have great traction. Smooth, quiet ride. Not sure about how long it will last since I just bought it late last year. But that would be the only thing that I can see that might be a downside to this tire.

For those of us who own R-Class', I could not imagine a better tire for this vehicle. My last set was loud and the best mpg I could get was 18. When I pulled the vehicle out of the installer's garage, I felt like I had a new vehicle. It rides smooth as butter. Almost no tire sound, except for CA's infamous expansion joints. We put these tires to the test during our summer road trip from the SF Bay Area to STL and back via San Diego. Even with the car fully loaded(all six seats and our roof top cargo carrier maxed out) we obtained an average trip mpg of 19.5. This was over the course of 4987 miles of driving. Summer rain storms, high heat, high elevations, high speeds, and excessive weight. It handled it!!! The vehicle truly performed the way I envisioned it would when I purchased it. The tires made the difference. I feel like I am driving a Mercedes now!!!

Bought these from Tirerack last May when the Serenity Plus was out of stock. My experience is below the reviews posted at that time. These replaced OEM Michelin SV8. They are a bit more quiet and a bit more comfortable, but just a bit. Traction, wet and dry, is also slightly better than the worn Michelins (which I wasn't crazy about even when new). After 6,000 miles there was significant wear on the front outboard tread. A re-alignment showed that alignment was not the issue. I wish I had selected either the Serenity Plus or the Continentals. Also, I note no increase in mileage whatsoever.
The price of these 422s is good, but to me the tire is just mediocre. As I live in Los Angeles, my wet road driving is only a few days a year, and I have zero experience with these tires on snow or ice.

Smooth, quiet ride, responsive steering on dry rode, Tires were quiet during cornering, good traction in light snow, poor traction in heavy snow, not good on ice. Durability difficult to evaluate due to All Wheel Drive vehicle. 2 Wheel and shiftable 4 wheel drive vehicles may get longer wear time. Did get a second set during life of SUV.

Bought four of these for my Highlander in Dec, 2014. Have put approx 15k miles on since then. Road noise is low, handling seems great in all sorts of weather (including Wisconsin winters). I'm not a tire expert so I can't say that other tires might not be better, but I'm 100% happy with this purchase. Highly recommended.

Originally I was skeptical of fuel efficiency claims... however I am pleasantly surprised of the 1 MPG (or so) of improved gas mileage of combined Highway and City driving. Compared to the OEM Goodyear Fortera's, these Ecopia tires are outstanding. Very low road noise, significantly improved traction and handling (both dry and wet), and very good steering responsiveness. These tires have a very soft compound, I am interested to see how long they will last but the 65,000 mile warranty suggests they are designed to last. Overall outstanding tire so far, very pleased.

I put these on my 1/2 Ton Chevy pickup and they are great. Silent, smooth, responsive, good in wet and snow. I get over 22 MPG on the highway in the winter and over 23 MPG in the summer at 65MPH on flat land. The tires barely show any wear at this point so I hope they last. I don't think I have ever been this impressed with a set of tires. Good job Bridgestone!

Husband researched, Wife approved!!
The OEM tires on the wife's Volvo XC60 became unbearable with the road noise that progressively developed when the tires had about 50K mikes on them, so I started research on a replacement tire. The Volvo Forums had some XC60 owners post that they were happy with the Bridgestone Dueler H/L 422 Ecopia so I pulled the trigger and ordered from TireRack. Wife was out of town when I had them installed from a TireRack approved shop. I got to drive on these and immediately noticed the improved comfort and the SILENCE! Oh, yeah!! So the wife comes back and takes a 200+ mile trip to visit her parents - and I get a call from her thanking me for the tires (I was fishing!) - she is 100% satisfied but said she was doing easily 20+ MPH over the speed limit because she said it was like "driving on a cloud." I cannot vouch for any MPG savings or longevity as they are new but I will report back at 20K. Thanks Bridgestone & TireRack!

I LOVE these tires. Just put them on my '11 Kia Sorento AWD a few weeks ago. The stock Kumho tires only made it 34,000 miles and they were very loud and made for a rough ride. It was night and day switching to these. Quiet, smooth ride so far. We live in western Wisconsin so we get quite a bit of snow. Granted I have AWD, but I have to work to get the ABS to kick in. We just got a 7" snow fall last week with huge 4' drifts and we powered right through them no problem. Two things I cannot speak to yet are treadwear and MPG improvements. I will be watching treadwear closely as we put on about 20,000 miles per year on this vehicle. I'm kind of cynical that these "Ecopia" tires will improve my mileage, but that is not why I bought them. Hopefully we'll see an improvement, but I won't be too bummed if we don't. I bought them primarily for the snow traction and high mileage warranty.

After putting 20,000 miles I think I can say about these tires.
Definitely this is quite and comfort tire and I recommend for those who live at sunny states. Living at Northeast OH (experiencing last year winter, vortex, and winter storm last weekend), These tires perform terribly under wintry condition. I understand this is not winter tire but at least I expect it performs above average for tires on this price range. I am looking tires that can handle the unexpected situations (snow storm/sleet/down pouring rain) and yet sophisticate enough on dry and sunny condition

It would seem from reviews and reading I did before purchasing this tire that its performance varies greatly across size/load ratings. My purchase (235/65R17) are 108V XL rated with 50PSI max inflation - rated for 2205 lbs load rating. Other sizes are rated for as low as 1700lbs load rating at max 44psi. I drive these at 45PSI (as opposed to the 40psi the vehicle mfg recommends). My results have been stellar. 25,000 miles and only 1/32 wear thus far. Fuel economy is about 2mpg better than the Kumho Solus KL21 OEM tires (which are also considered a LRR tire) and about 5mpg better than my winter tires. I got 60,000 miles on the OEM Kumho tires - I don't see any reason I shouldn't get that or better from these tires based on the current wear. It took 10,000 miles for the tire injection mold nubbins to wear off. The tires are quiet on the highway, very respectable performance on rainy days, steering and cornering response are as good as the OEM tires if not better. People purchasing other size or rating versions of these tires, or running the tires at lower inflation pressures, may see different results.

I originally installed these tires on my Saturn Vue to replace the aged goodyears that were originally on there. 23,000 miles later these tires have barely shown any signs of wear. coupled with AWD they are phenomenal in the snow. all in all i would definately buy these tires again just based on the treadwear