Kelly Edge A/S Review: Best Budget All Touring Tire

Choosing a tire can be quite a chore for anyone. It is not really a straightforward action because there are several things you need to look for a great tire. Moreover, you need to do some market research in terms of price and features of the specific tire you want. In here, we want you to save time from doing huge market research as we are going to do the majority of it for you.

Today, we have the Kelly Edge A/S tire unit to review. This tire is not really one of those really nice and expensive ones in the market. However, if you are looking for an average tire that is really economical, then this one is the best option for you. As an overview, this unit is an all touring all season passenger type radial tire. It is compatible with several vehicle types such as minivans, smaller SUVs, and sedans. For you to decide if it meets your requirements, we are going to have an evaluation of its features and performance. Likewise, a comparison of its pros and cons is also included in the last section of our review.

About Kelly Tires

Kelly Tires has been in the industry of producing quality tires for 155 years. Before they were bought out by Goodyear in 1935, they started in Springfield, Ohio. After being purchased, their manufacturing plant was moved to Akron, Ohio. Through these years, they have successfully maintained great customer satisfaction and comfortable driving experience through their tires. The company has around 5 types of tires: passenger, performance, snow tires, all season, and light truck types.

Features

In this section, we are going to discuss the various features of this tire unit. You need to know these things in order to tell if it can do the performance claimed by the company. The tire features we are going to evaluate include tire compound, tread design, and warranty service.

Tire Compound

The tire’s compound has been enhanced for better performance for all season except for medium to heavy snow conditions. The durability and rigidity of the sidewalls and center blocks of this tire are made suitable for highway driving and not much for off-road surfaces. Consequently, this newer compound also made a decent improvement on its tread wear which is comparable to the average tread wear of expensive tires.

Tread Design

Tread design along with the tire’s compound contributes to the overall traction, cornering, steering, and noise reduction performance. The tread patterns of this unit are made suitable for a comfortable, quiet, and safe on-road driving experience. Its tread design is composed of four main circumferential grooves, diagonal grooves, sipes, and evenly distributed pitch tread blocks. Consequently, these patterns give this tire an excellent dry and wet traction performance.

Warranty

The after-sale service of any tire matters to customers particularly if there is premature tread wear. Further, this type of service gives us the impression that the company is confident about the quality of their tires. For this tire unit, it offers warranty coverage of 55,000 miles.

Performance

We are done scrutinizing its features, now let us go over its performance. The factors we have included for tire performance include dry, wet, and snow traction, noise level, comfort, and tread life. This section will give you good judgment if the tire is of good quality or not.

Dry Traction

The edge of this tire unit is its enhanced dry traction for highway driving. This is attributed to the even distribution of its grooves and sipes. Its tread blocks are of enough size to maintain stability and good steering performance. The enhanced compound and dual steel belts of this tire provide enough rigidity which is suitable for a good dry performance.

Wet Traction

Aside from good dry performance, this unit also has decent traction on wet surfaces. This is attributed to its sipes, circumferential and diagonal grooves. It has four main circumferential grooves with enough depth to keep excellent traction on wet surfaces. It also has diagonal sipes and varying pitches of tread blocks to further enhance wet traction so it there will be effective handling and braking on wet surfaces.

Snow Traction

Unfortunately, this tire is not suitable for winter conditions considering there is not enough number of sipes on its tread pattern. Likewise, the enhanced durability and rigidity of its compound and sidewalls are not good for low-temperature conditions. However, for very light snow conditions, this tire can work.

Noise Level and Comfort

This tire has several pitches between tread blocks which is great for reducing noise production in every turn. In terms of comfort, this unit will not disappoint you. There is decent handling, braking, and cornering with this tire unit because of the well-balanced body and strong tire compound. Moreover, the overall tread pattern of this tire contributes to the smooth and effective traction on both dry and wet surfaces.

Tread Life

For an economical tire, this one gives a slightly above average tread life considering its UTQG rating is 500. On average conditions, this tire can let you go around 55,000 to 65,000 miles. Further, the tire’s enhanced compound and dual steel belts can attest to the decent tread life performance of this unit.

Pros And Cons

Now, we are down to the pros and cons section of this tire model. We have included this comparison chart in order to avoid biases and to show you the good and bad side of this unit.