AutoSocks

Has anyone used these?

They seem like a good idea but experience is always the true test.

Jan

Jan I Stenmark wrote:Has anyone used these?

They seem like a good idea but experience is always the true test.

Jan

You might try the search facility as this came up before. They're a joke basically and get panned in every test. A lot of people also report police not allowing them onto roads requiring equipped vehicles.

What seems to confuse people is that sometimes, especially when they're got summer tyres, they need a tiny bit more traction and autosocks give just that from which they assume they're OK, I suppose that's true if you can guarantee never needing much extra traction.

from www.snowchains.co.uk website regarding the "Weissenfels new WeissSock tyre socks"

It is important to be aware that, so far, this type of product is not necessarily regarded as legally acceptable in European ski resorts. Therefore, in our opinion, the ideal solution is to take WeissSocks but also carry a pair of snow chains should the conditions or local legislation demand them to be used.

Why buy chains and socks, to me this would not make sense :?:

bandit wrote:from www.snowchains.co.uk website regarding the "Weissenfels new WeissSock tyre socks"

It is important to be aware that, so far, this type of product is not necessarily regarded as legally acceptable in European ski resorts. Therefore, in our opinion, the ideal solution is to take WeissSocks but also carry a pair of snow chains should the conditions or local legislation demand them to be used.

Why buy chains and socks, to me this would not make sense :?:

blimey, that's a bit of a shot in the foot :D i was just reading the stuff on the autosocks site, it's a fantastic exercise in evasion and spurious comparisons.

Thanks for that useful detour into answering the unasked question but ... Has anyone actually used them?

Surprisingly, I can read the website, interpret the bumf and draw my own conclusions, I hope, as well as then next person – what I find harder is gaining practical knowledge from a user …

Actually that gives me a good idea – Ski equipment reviews based on armchair critiques of other peoples experience distilled from après ski bar chat after a few beers … It’d certainly avoid all that nasty need for familiarity or worse, contact with a product.

So as I said,

Has anyone used these?

Jan

Perhaps you should buy a pair and test them in the next big dump.

You can post your review as a true test of the kit :D

Jan

I have not used them but surely it would be far more humorous to tell you why you shouldn't use them and point out that it has been reported that police are not allowing them onto roads requiring equipped vehicles :!:

An interesting point is that 140,000 pairs have been sold in that well snowed upon country of Norway. A quick search of google popped up this website www.autosock-spain.com/pdf/tuv_report_english.pdf although you've probably read this already. I seem to remember someone talking about this on snowheads last season, you could always brave it Jan :?:

Jan I Stenmark wrote:Thanks for that useful detour into answering the unasked question but ... Has anyone actually used them?

Surprisingly, I can read the website, interpret the bumf and draw my own conclusions, I hope, as well as then next person – what I find harder is gaining practical knowledge from a user …

Actually that gives me a good idea – Ski equipment reviews based on armchair critiques of other peoples experience distilled from après ski bar chat after a few beers … It’d certainly avoid all that nasty need for familiarity or worse, contact with a product.

So as I said,

Has anyone used these?

Jan

You might think feedback from someone who's lived in the Alps for some years and isn't surprised when it snows in September might be quite useful though, there's a reason why we don't use them after all. If you read the tests from your recent country of residence run by their motoring association you'll see why people don't use them.