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

Grabber APT is ahead, 68–63

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General Grabber APT
Tire AGeneral

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))

Firestone Destination Winter SUV
Tire BFirestone

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)

Category by category

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

  1. 67

    Dry

    Grabber APT +8
    59
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 67 (est.)57
    Reviews found online6761

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

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

    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. 74

    Wet

    Grabber APT +9
    65
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 73 (est.)65
    Reviews found online7564

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

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

    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. 67

    Snow

    Grabber APT +2
    65
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 68 (est.)69
    Reviews found online6459

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

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

    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. 63

    Comfort

    Grabber APT +3
    60
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 67 (est.)≈ 66 (est.)
    Reviews found online6056

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

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

    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).

    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).

  5. 61

    Noise

    Destination Winter SUV +10
    71
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 66 (est.)74
    Reviews found online52≈ 66 (est.)

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

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

    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.

    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.

  6. 70

    Treadwear

    Grabber APT +8
    62
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests71≈ 64 (est.)
    Reviews found online6959

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

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

    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. 58

    Handling (owners)

    Destination Winter SUV +1
    59
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Reviews found online5859
  8. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    68
    Why this score
    SourceGrabber APTDestination Winter SUV
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests–68
Scores at a glance
CategoryGeneral Grabber APTFirestone Destination Winter SUV
Relative Score 68 63
Dry 67 59
Wet 74 65
Snow 67 65
Comfort 63 60
Noise 61 71
Treadwear 70 62
Handling (owners) 58 59
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.

Recomputed
Headline score
± 7

Grabber APT

± 9

Destination Winter SUV

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.

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

Pros, cons & observations

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

Tire A 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

Tire B Destination Winter SUV

Not enough owner reviews yet to extract themes.

Specs side by side

Attribute A · General Grabber APT B · Firestone Destination Winter SUV
CategoryAll-Terrain tireWinter
Vehicle typeSUV and 4x4SUV and 4x4
Sizes available25—
Rim diameters16″ – 22″—
Tread depth12 - 16/32″—
UTQG360 - 740 A - AA A - B—
Treadwear warranty60,000 mi—
SidewallBlack Side Wall - Raised Outline White Lettering—
Max pressure44 - 90 psi—

Which one should you actually buy?

General Grabber APT

Firestone Destination Winter SUV

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 B You want a quieter cabin

Firestone Destination Winter SUV scores 71 vs 61 on noise.

Pick tire A Your priority is wet-weather safety

General Grabber APT scores 74 vs 65 on wet.

Pick tire A You want the most grip on dry roads

General Grabber APT scores 67 vs 59 on dry.

Pick tire A You want the longest tread life

General Grabber APT scores 70 vs 62 on treadwear.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which is quieter, Grabber APT or Destination Winter SUV?

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

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

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

Which lasts longer, Grabber APT or Destination Winter SUV?

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