Tests – · 1 test Owners 74 · 43 reviews
Falken FK451 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.
Head-to-head
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Firestone All Season vs Falken FK451 — Compared
Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews (comfort 40/60). Based on 1 + 0 road tests and 43 + 10 owner reviews. How we score
All Season leads, 73–69 Narrow edge
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Category by category
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
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74
Dry
All Season +767Why this score
Source All Season FK451 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 72 (est.) ≈ 67 (est.) Reviews found online 77 66 All Season: 60% × 71.6 (est.) + 40% × 76.9 = 74
FK451: 60% × 67.1 (est.) + 40% × 65.9 = 67
No road tests of dry for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).
No road tests of dry for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).
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76
Wet
All Season +571Why this score
Source All Season FK451 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 75 (est.) ≈ 71 (est.) Reviews found online 78 71 All Season: 60% × 74.9 (est.) + 40% × 78.4 = 76
FK451: 60% × 71 (est.) + 40% × 71.2 = 71
No road tests of wet for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
No road tests of wet for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).
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69
Snow
No comparison–Why this score
Source All Season FK451 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 70 (est.) – Reviews found online 68 – All Season: 60% × 69.7 (est.) + 40% × 67.9 = 69
No road tests of snow for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).
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70
Comfort
All Season +367Why this score
Source All Season FK451 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 69 (est.) ≈ 68 (est.) Reviews found online 71 67 All Season: 40% × 69.2 (est.) + 60% × 71.3 = 70
FK451: 40% × 68.3 (est.) + 60% × 66.6 = 67
No road tests of comfort for All Season. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
No road tests of comfort for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).
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68
Noise
No comparison–Why this score
Source All Season FK451 Professional tests (TWG score) ≈ 66 (est.) – Reviews found online 71 – All Season: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 70.5 = 68
No road tests of noise for All Season. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.
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69
Treadwear
All Season +168Why this score
Source All Season FK451 Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests 67 ≈ 67 (est.) Reviews found online 72 69 All Season: 60% × 67.1 + 40% × 72.1 = 69
FK451: 60% × 67.4 (est.) + 40% × 68.9 = 68
No road tests of treadwear for FK451. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).
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Handling (owners)
No comparison66Why this score
Source All Season FK451 Reviews found online – 66
Scores at a glance
| Category | Firestone All Season | Falken FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 73 | 69 |
| Dry | 74 | 67 |
| Wet | 76 | 71 |
| Snow | 69 | – |
| Comfort | 70 | 67 |
| Noise | 68 | – |
| Treadwear | 69 | 68 |
| Handling (owners) | – | 66 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
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Recomputed
Headline score
73
/ 100
All Season
69
/ 100
FK451
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Pros, cons & observations
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
Tire A All Season
Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.
Tire B FK451
Pros
- Exceptional price-to-performance ratio
- Strong wet and dry traction
- Excellent tread life and durability
Cons
- Potential for rubber cracking between treads over long-term storage or extended age
- Some users report a slightly less 'alive' or communicative steering feel compared to premium performance tires
- Availability concerns as it is an older model often superseded by newer iterations
Specs side by side
| Attribute | A · Firestone All Season | B · Falken FK451 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | All Season Touring tires | Summer |
| Vehicle type | Passenger Car / Crossover | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 62 | — |
| Rim diameters | 14″ – 20″ | — |
| Tread depth | 10/32″ | — |
| UTQG | 560 A B | 280 AA A |
| Treadwear warranty | 65,000 mi | — |
| Sidewall | Blackwall | — |
| Max pressure | 44 psi | — |
Which one should you actually buy?
73
/ 100
Firestone All Season
69
/ 100
Falken FK451
Narrow edge: Firestone All Season — better dry, wet and comfort. It leads or ties in every category we score. Falken FK451 rests on little evidence so far (0 tests, 10 reviews), so read this result as provisional.
Pick tire A
You want the most grip on dry roads
Firestone All Season scores 74 vs 67 on dry.
Pick tire A
Your priority is wet-weather safety
Firestone All Season scores 76 vs 71 on wet.
Pick tire A
You want the most comfortable ride
Firestone All Season scores 70 vs 67 on comfort.
Tire A · Firestone All Season
Tire B · Falken FK451
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All Season or FK451?
Which is better in the wet, All Season or FK451?
Firestone All Season, 76 vs 71 on our wet score.
Which grips better on dry roads, All Season or FK451?
Firestone All Season, 74 vs 67 on our dry score.
Which is more comfortable, All Season or FK451?
Firestone All Season, 70 vs 67 on our comfort score.
Which lasts longer, All Season or FK451?
Neither, by our numbers: 69 vs 68 on the treadwear score, within 3 points.
How do we compare tires?
Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.
Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.
Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology