I've used Nankang NS-20 for and Mayrun 500 tires which are both cheaper brands and they work well. I think those two tires are much better than the stock Firestones the OEM wheels come with. I'm not sure how the Nankang and Mayrun tires perform in snow but for dry and wet roads they seem to do the job. They were a bit quieter than the Firestone tires, then again I was using much more lower profile tires.