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Hankook Icebear W300 looks discontinued: no new owner reviews or road tests in five years and no current EU tyre label.

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Hankook Icebear W300 vs Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 — 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 0 + 11 road tests and 10 + 2,131 owner reviews. How we score

Different seasons: Icebear W300 and Ventus S1 evo2 are each scored against tires of their own season.

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Hankook Icebear W300
Tire AHankook

Icebear W300

Winter

± 8Provisional

Tests – · none yet Owners 58 · 10 reviews

Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
Tire BHankook

Ventus S1 evo2

Summer

± 5

Tests 78 · 11 tests Owners 66 · 2,131 reviews

Best test result: #1 of 16 in 2018 Test World Summer Tyre Test (dry braking)

Category by category

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

  1. 61

    Dry

    Ventus S1 evo2 +13
    74
    Why this score
    SourceIcebear W300Ventus S1 evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 11 tests≈ 64 (est.)77
    Reviews found online5870

    Icebear W300: 60% × 63.7 (est.) + 40% × 57.6 = 61

    Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 76.7 + 40% × 69.5 = 74

    No road tests of dry for Icebear W300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.41).

  2. 62

    Wet

    Ventus S1 evo2 +17
    79
    Why this score
    SourceIcebear W300Ventus S1 evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 11 tests≈ 64 (est.)83
    Reviews found online5973

    Icebear W300: 60% × 64.3 (est.) + 40% × 59 = 62

    Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 82.9 + 40% × 73.2 = 79

    No road tests of wet for Icebear W300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.55).

  3. 60

    Comfort

    Ventus S1 evo2 +6
    66
    Why this score
    SourceIcebear W300Ventus S1 evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 1 tests≈ 66 (est.)72
    Reviews found online5662

    Icebear W300: 40% × 66.2 (est.) + 60% × 56.4 = 60

    Ventus S1 evo2: 40% × 71.5 + 60% × 62.1 = 66

    No road tests of comfort for Icebear W300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.20).

  4. –

    Noise

    No comparison
    72
    Why this score
    SourceIcebear W300Ventus S1 evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 6 tests–76
    Reviews found online–≈ 66 (est.)

    Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 75.5 + 40% × 66.4 (est.) = 72

    No owner ratings of noise for Ventus S1 evo2. 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.

  5. 61

    Treadwear

    Level
    61
    Why this score
    SourceIcebear W300Ventus S1 evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score)≈ 63 (est.)≈ 63 (est.)
    Reviews found online5857

    Icebear W300: 60% × 63.3 (est.) + 40% × 57.6 = 61

    Ventus S1 evo2: 60% × 63.2 (est.) + 40% × 57.2 = 61

    No road tests of treadwear for Icebear W300. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

    No road tests of treadwear for Ventus S1 evo2. The test half is estimated from the owner ratings, as far as owners and testers agree (correlation 0.36).

  6. 61

    Handling (owners)

    Ventus S1 evo2 +6
    67
    Why this score
    SourceIcebear W300Ventus S1 evo2
    Reviews found online6167
  7. –

    Efficiency

    No comparison
    72
    Why this score
    SourceIcebear W300Ventus S1 evo2
    Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 5 tests–72
Scores at a glance
CategoryHankook Icebear W300Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
Relative Score 61 72
Dry 61 74
Wet 62 79
Comfort 60 66
Noise – 72
Treadwear 61 61
Handling (owners) 61 67
Efficiency – 72

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

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Recomputed
Headline score
± 8

Icebear W300

± 5

Ventus S1 evo2

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 Icebear W300

Pros

  • Outstanding traction and mobility in deep and compacted snow
  • Predictable and progressive handling characteristics
  • High value-to-performance ratio in winter conditions

Cons

  • Weak performance in wet and slushy conditions
  • Rapid tread wear, particularly in warmer temperatures
  • Limited dry-weather feedback and handling precision
All owner themes in the Icebear W300 review

Tire B Ventus S1 evo2

Pros

  • Excellent dry and wet grip performance
  • Strong value compared to premium alternatives like Michelin or Continental
  • Crisp steering response and confident cornering handling

Cons

  • Faster-than-expected tread wear, particularly on heavier or high-performance vehicles
  • Increased road noise and harsher ride quality as the tire ages and tread depth lowers
  • Occasional reports of structural weaknesses such as sidewall bulges or cracking
All owner themes in the Ventus S1 evo2 review

Specs side by side

Attribute A · Hankook Icebear W300 B · Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
CategoryWinterSummer
Vehicle typePassenger Car / CrossoverPassenger Car / Crossover
Sizes available—61
Rim diameters—16″ – 20″
UTQG—220 - 440 AA - B A

Which one should you actually buy?

Hankook Icebear W300

Hankook Ventus S1 evo2

Built for different seasons: Hankook Icebear W300 is a winter tire, Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 a summer tire. Each score is measured against tires of its own season, so the two are not ranked against each other — pick by the season you drive in.

Tire A · Hankook Icebear W300
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Tire B · Hankook Ventus S1 evo2
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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