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Firestone Destination Winter SUV vs General Grabber APT — 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 + 1 road tests and 1 + 82 owner reviews. How we score

Grabber APT is ahead, 68–63

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Firestone Destination Winter SUV
Tire AFirestone

Destination Winter SUV

Winter

± 9Provisional

Tests 65 · 1 test Owners 60 · 1 review

Best test result: #3 of 10 in 2018 Auto Bild Winter SUV / 4x4 Tyre Test (noise)

General Grabber APT
Tire BGeneral

Grabber APT

All-Terrain tire

± 7

Tests – · 1 test Owners 67 · 82 reviews

Best test result: #5 of 18 in 2022 Consumer Reports All Terrain Truck Tires (tested tread life (miles))

Category by category

Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.

  1. 59

    Dry

    Grabber APT +8
    67
    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests57≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online6167

    Destination Winter SUV: 60% × 57.5 + 40% × 60.9 = 59

    Grabber APT: 60% × 67.4 (est.) + 40% × 66.6 = 67

    No road tests of dry for Grabber APT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 65

    Wet

    Grabber APT +9
    74
    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests65≈ 73 (est.)
    Reviews found online6475

    Destination Winter SUV: 60% × 65.2 + 40% × 63.7 = 65

    Grabber APT: 60% × 73.2 (est.) + 40% × 75.2 = 74

    No road tests of wet for Grabber APT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 65

    Snow

    Grabber APT +2
    67
    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests69≈ 68 (est.)
    Reviews found online5964

    Destination Winter SUV: 60% × 69.1 + 40% × 58.9 = 65

    Grabber APT: 60% × 68.4 (est.) + 40% × 63.9 = 67

    No road tests of snow for Grabber APT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.32).

  4. 60

    Comfort

    Grabber APT +3
    63
    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 66 (est.)≈ 67 (est.)
    Reviews found online5660

    Destination Winter SUV: 40% × 66.1 (est.) + 60% × 56.1 = 60

    Grabber APT: 40% × 66.9 (est.) + 60% × 60.1 = 63

    No road tests of comfort for Destination Winter SUV. 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 Grabber APT. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  5. 71

    Noise

    Destination Winter SUV +10
    61
    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests74≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online≈ 66 (est.)52

    Destination Winter SUV: 60% × 74.2 + 40% × 66.3 (est.) = 71

    Grabber APT: 60% × 66.3 (est.) + 40% × 52.4 = 61

    No owner ratings of noise for Destination Winter SUV. The owner half is the owners’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.

    No road tests of noise for Grabber APT. The test half is the tested tires’ average (66): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests.

  6. 62

    Treadwear

    Grabber APT +8
    70
    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 64 (est.)71
    Reviews found online5969

    Destination Winter SUV: 60% × 63.9 (est.) + 40% × 59.2 = 62

    Grabber APT: 60% × 71.1 + 40% × 68.6 = 70

    No road tests of treadwear for Destination Winter SUV. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  7. 59

    Handling (owners)

    Destination Winter SUV +1
    58
    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Reviews found online5958
  8. 68

    Efficiency

    No comparison
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    Why this score
    SourceDestination Winter SUVGrabber APT
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests68–
Scores at a glance
CategoryFirestone Destination Winter SUVGeneral Grabber APT
Relative Score 63 68
Dry 59 67
Wet 65 74
Snow 65 67
Comfort 60 63
Noise 71 61
Treadwear 62 70
Handling (owners) 59 58
Efficiency 68 –

Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.

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Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.

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Headline score
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Destination Winter SUV

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Grabber APT

Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.

The professional test results behind the scores

Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.

DisciplineCategoryDestination Winter SUVGrabber APTΔHead-to-head
Also published by the testers (not in the score)
Overall Ranking Overall #8/10 2018 Auto Bild Winter SUV / 4x4 Tyre Test #6/18 2022 Consumer Reports All Terrain Truck Tires – Different tests

Pros, cons & observations

Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.

Tire A Destination Winter SUV

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Tire B Grabber APT

Pros

  • Excellent traction in wet, snowy, and light off-road conditions
  • Quiet and comfortable ride quality for an all-terrain tire
  • Attractive, rugged aesthetic that enhances vehicle appearance

Cons

  • Difficulty in achieving proper wheel balance, leading to vibrations
  • Inconsistent tread life reports, with some users experiencing premature wear
  • Tendency to pick up and retain gravel in tread grooves
All owner themes in the Grabber APT review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Firestone Destination Winter SUV B · General Grabber APT
CategoryWinterAll-Terrain tire
Vehicle typeSUV and 4x4SUV and 4x4
Sizes available—25
Rim diameters—16″ – 22″
Tread depth—12 - 16/32″
UTQG—360 - 740 A - AA A - B
Treadwear warranty—60,000 mi
Sidewall—Black Side Wall - Raised Outline White Lettering
Max pressure—44 - 90 psi

Which one should you actually buy?

Firestone Destination Winter SUV

General Grabber APT

Winner: General Grabber APT — better wet, dry and treadwear. Pick the Firestone Destination Winter SUV if noise matters most to you. Firestone Destination Winter SUV rests on little evidence so far (1 test, 1 review), so read this result as provisional.

Pick tire A You want a quieter cabin

Firestone Destination Winter SUV scores 71 vs 61 on noise.

Pick tire B Your priority is wet-weather safety

General Grabber APT scores 74 vs 65 on wet.

Pick tire B You want the most grip on dry roads

General Grabber APT scores 67 vs 59 on dry.

Pick tire B You want the longest tread life

General Grabber APT scores 70 vs 62 on treadwear.

Tire A · Firestone Destination Winter SUV
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Tire B · General Grabber APT
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Destination Winter SUV or Grabber APT?

Which is better in the wet, Destination Winter SUV or Grabber APT?

General Grabber APT, 74 vs 65 on our wet score.

Which grips better on dry roads, Destination Winter SUV or Grabber APT?

General Grabber APT, 67 vs 59 on our dry score.

Which is better in snow, Destination Winter SUV or Grabber APT?

Neither, by our numbers: 65 vs 67 on the snow score, within 3 points.

Which is quieter, Destination Winter SUV or Grabber APT?

Firestone Destination Winter SUV, 71 vs 61 on our noise score.

Which is more comfortable, Destination Winter SUV or Grabber APT?

General Grabber APT, 63 vs 60 on our comfort score.

Which lasts longer, Destination Winter SUV or Grabber APT?

General Grabber APT, 70 vs 62 on our treadwear score.

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