Bridgestone Blizzak LM001 RFT 

This is my 2nd set of these. I live in the mountains and regularly see 12” of new snow on top of compact snow and ice, as well as Cascade Concrete and deep slush. I honestly prefer my wife’s Blizzak VM-2s, And the WS 80s or 90s were exceptional. But my bmw doesn’t have a spare tire, so I decided to go with RFTs for the winter, and these were by far the best option available for my tire size.

I got 3 winters and summer (don’t judge me) out of my last set of LM 100s. They did not like cornering in the heat and it wore the outer tread down quickly. If they weren’t a directional tire, they would’ve lasted longer with the ability to rotate them more easily.

For winter traction, these are great tires! Not studded, so you’re not going to perform as well on ice, but for all sorts of snow conditions, including transitional ice & snow; 100% stellar performance. They work great in heavy rain as well, and handle hydroplaning.

Very happy with these and will most likely purchase again in a few years unless they come up with a better RFT.

Excellent winter traction in any condition. I use these in the winter and trade out wheels in the spring for highway all seasons. We use these to get to the ski mountains in the northeast regardless of the weather, and I have never second guessed the traction of these tires even on those black ice dotted roads in the early morning. Handling is great even with spirited driving in the dry/wet. No experience with these above 65 degree temps.

Generally pleased with ice/snow traction start and stop. Run flat does not seem noisy to me. Handling is not soft. I’d love to compare to Michelin or Hakepellita, but would likely buy these again too.

This is my second winter with these tires. Last year they braved heavy snow in upstate New York and this year it has snowed a lot in Ohio. I know the factory all seasons would not have been able to cope with the snow that these tires have seen. They simply dig in and go! Good traction on poorly plouhrd roads that gives me confidence to get up to the speed limit and cautiously stay there. On downhill sections the braking was secure and confidence inspiring . I haven’t hit ice ( yet) but I’m not sure any tire could maintain much control if all four wheels hit ice simultaneously.
In short these are great snow and winter tires that have consistently done what I’ve asked for two (bad) winter’s - highly recommended!

Definitely buy again. Best snow tire I’ve ever owned. I had the same tire on my Mazda and lasted 3 winters. No amount of snow can stop these tires. Total confidence when driving.

Fantastic tire. Replaced studded snow tires and these are so quiet and comfortable. Excellent snow traction for rural NH and driving in the winter. Haven't been able to test on glare ice, not expecting it to be as good as studs. Have gone through unexpectedly deep water and no hydroplaning. Excellent dry traction for an emergency brake and swerve.

Treadlife is a bit disappointing, I'm at 11k miles and averaging 5/32" tread left. Will probably only get 3 seasons or about 16k miles out of these. Was hoping for at least 4/20k. Will buy again though!

I’ve used 3 different Blizzaks on our Outback (WS80, and currently DM-V2) and BMW 328d xDrive (LM-001 RFT). I wanted the WS90 for the BMW, and would consider those for next time, but BMW doesn’t come with a Jack or spare tire, and we live above the snow line and drive snowy, busy interstate everyday in the winter. I didn’t want to be stuck on the side of the road without a spare during a snowstorm so I didn’t take the chance and went with the Run Flats. The LM-001 RFT did great in combination with the BMW’s xDrive! No lie, this was the best combination of AWD and snow tires I’ve used in 30 years living in snow (3 Subarus, 2 Explorers, 1 Durango, 1 Tahoe, 1 B2200 2wd, 1 BMW). For a myriad of reasons I didn’t change them out this summer. They aren’t great on warm, dry pavement, or for ‘spirited’ driving on dry roads; there are better tires for that, obviously. But, in deep snow and deep slush on unplowed roads, transitioning snow, slush, that plow sheen, on icy roads, wet roads, etc. I pushed these really hard to see where their limits were, and they performed really really well. Would highly recommend if you’re looking for an RFT Winter tire.

Nice tire. Very responsive for a winter tire. Very little road noise at all. They have done well in light snow and ice. We have not had a heavy snow to try out the traction capabilities, but if they are anything like my former Blizzak tires I expect that they will perform very well. The dry traction and handling is superior considering it is a winter tire.

The MME OEM tires were 225/55R19 Michelin Primacy A/S. Certainly this relatively narrow section width was selected to help the battery range on the MME, but I believe they contributed to the car being easily pushed around by cross winds and the car being not particularly great at cornering. Early on I got a set of 245/50R19 Pirelli's and wider rims from Tire Rack that greatly reduced these two problems (even if it might have cost me perhaps 5% battery range). As this car is my wife's daily driver and the car doesn't carry a spare I also went with a run-flat tire model. And, as the car is RWD and the Pirelli's were pretty much a summer tread (and I am a long time fan of Blizzaks) we got these run-flat Bridgestone Blizzak LM001's for winter driving. They've maintained the handling improvements over the OEM tires and even being wider they offer much better snow and ice traction than the narrower OEMs. So, overall they've given me a lot of piece of mind with my wife driving the MME in the winter. This car only gets about 8000 miles of use a year so tread wear is of lesser concern than the benefits of the run-flat design and winter traction (and so far I'm not really noticing much wear on the LM001's).

Great price and an amazing tire. And Quiet too. Great handling and always gripped well in dry, wet and Snow. Also the treat is holding up really well.

Pretty good overall. This is the first vehicle I’ve owned that needed run-flat tires, and the first time I’ve purposely bought smaller wheels for winter use. I live on a poorly maintained gravel road and snowboard regularly so these tires have handled both circumstances well. To be clear, I’ve had other all season tires fare much better on both snow and wet pavement (specifically the Falken Wildpeak A/T) but for an RFT model these offer good performance and longevity.