Falken  Sincera SN250 A/S

These are on my work car making a 68 mile round trip daily. A few of those miles are gravel into the entrance of a coal mine shop. I have driven this car for 10 years to work and home, went thru several sets of tires. I haven't had a set of tires wear as well as these Falkens, nor ride as smooth on the highway. I mounted and balanced them myself, and none of the four took more than 1/2 ounce of weight to balance. Smooth riding, quiet and handle extremely well on wet roads.

As you can see, this is an initial impression review. I replaced some Kumho Solus tires with these and at first I wasn't sure they were as good, but once they had a few miles under their belts, (haha) I find them to be the Solus' equal. A Miata is not the best vehicle to judge some categories, like quietness, but they handle spirited driving extremely well. And, although I haven't driven in the rain with them, the road was still wet after a rain on one drive, and they showed no signs of traction loss on damp curves. All in all, a very good tire... especially for their very reasonable pricing.

My TDI has 460K miles on it, I drive 30K+ / year
I bought these for the treadwear rating alone.
Wet and dry cornering performance are both well above my expectation.
I was caught in a snow storm before I changed over to the snow tires.
4" on the ground and unplowed back roads to get around accidents.
at no time did I feel I would not get through. I am very pleased

These are admittedly new(ish) tires and I will be updating this review over the life of the tire. I am not an expert, but I do drive a lot.
So, as a "first impressions" review, here's what you can expect from your first few weeks with them:
- Decent roadfeel. This is mostly going to be up to your car's suspension, but I notice they do smooth out some bumps that previous sets (this is my 3rd) did not. Not so much you won't still experience imperfections, but they'll be smoother.
- Shockingly good traction. For an all-season tire, I've taken this out in some horrible snow/ice and this has, no exaggeration, performed better than *any* set of tires I owned in inclement weather. I am on very fresh tread, but to say I am impressed is an understatement.
- Reactive, in-control. The tires feel centered, planted and responsive. Whether I'm doing [speed redacted] on the highway or leisurely cruising around town, taking a corner quickly or swerving to avoid something feels confident and assured. Steering is all about transforming thought into action and these accomplish that seemlessly.

That's about it for my early thoughts! I look forward to updating this in the next 5,000 miles (or anything significant happening in the meantime).

This tire is a sleeper. My other vehicles all have Michelin CrossClimate 2's on them, but CrossClimate2's are not made in tire size for 2021 Hyundai Ioniq or a 2014 Toyota Prius, so I purchased and installed these Falken Sincera's on these two hybrid vehicles. Pleasantly surprised and have noticed no less wet/snow/ice performance int the Falken Sincera vs the Michelin CrossClimate 2's. Plus, the Falken Sincera's are substantially cheaper than the Michelins. Just watch the TireRack reviews and comparisons for the Falken Sincera's vs other more expensive name brand tires and either the Falken wins or is near the top in these comparisons. Perfect tire for four season driving, in an area than has both hills and mountains, at a bargain price. Would I buy again, yes, when the Michelin CrossClimate 2's wear out on my other vehicles, I plan on replacing with the Falkens, because I have seen no noticeable grip difference between these two tires.

These tires are for my daughter's car. I was pleasantly surprised with the roadholding, smoothness, and quietness of the ride with these tires. I had very modest expectations and these tires have exceeded them. My daughter reports feeling much more confident with these tires, and feels they've done very well in our snow so far. I'm normally not a big fan of Falken tires. The set that came on my wife's Subaru wore very quickly, and were a bit noisy. These Falken's seem like a much better tire and so far, I am happy with these.

Have only had them for ~500 miles. However I am verrry impressed with these tires. My car's steering feel, is now heavy-ish with these tires, (just the way I like it). Moreover, when I need to use more steering input, the tire has a superb, linear weight to it, as the car is steered harder. My previous tires, (Kumho Solus TA11), had a much lighter steering feel, and were very vague, compared to these Falken's. Now, my car has transformed into a much more confident, communicative, stable machine. Furthermore, the Falken Sincera SN250 is more quiet, more comfortable, much more grip, and much more athletic than my previous Kumho's. It simply feels like a more premium, expensive, athletic tire, (even though the cost was only about $100 more, overall). It is early to tell, but as of my writing, I have high hopes for these Falken's! Looking forward to pushing them in heavy rain, will see how that goes...have already driven them hard in the dry, they did not disappoint!

Overall, I think these are a good tire. I’m quite happy with the handling, road noise, and dry traction. I’ve not really experienced any wet weather driving because it’s summer here in TX.
I’m quite happy with these and am thankful for the recommendation.

Great tires for the price, even when they’re not on sale. Great comfort on long highway drives. Decently sporty on faster downtown streets. Would like more road feel.

These tires are confidence inspiring in the wet. They maintain their predictable responsiveness, and surpass expectations during braking.

Haven’t had enough snow or ice to put them to the test. Overall, I would put this set on my daily driver again.

Tire is excellent choice for comfort and noise. They replaced Sumitomo PO2s which were ok for price and Performance, but were terrible jn terms of ride quality. Upon driving these I noticed the steering was much lighter in addition to the improved comfort.

Did not test wet comfort, but got it with wet performance in mind. My climate does not experience snow so no comments there either.

The only negative to these tires is the single ply sidewall in the smaller sizes which contributes to the pricepoint and comfort, but i would have prefered a 2 plu sidewall

Definitely more quiet and comfortable than the Eagle Sport tires I used before, yet the handling is still very good.

Great budget tire. It has plenty of traction for my slow daily driver, and the treadwear has been excellent so far.

It's a better than average tire at a great price. I would recommend them to friends and family. I'm guessing I'll get 50k out of them. Much better than my last brand.

Wearing very well. Comfort and road noise have been very good. Traction is surprisingly good and the car handles great for a 90’s grocery getter.