Living here in Colorado, I see a lot of snow during the winter. I looked at a lot of "budget" tires. One of the things I look at is tread design. Sipes, tread block gaps, and open shoulder design. Currently, the tires seem to be ~$80, then jump to $135+.
In the sub $100 tires, Laufenn IMO, seem to have a lot of sipes and good tread block design.
I went and looked at them at DT. The sipes in the tread blocks go down to 7/32nds with an overall tread depth of ~13/32nds. So maybe 7/32 of good traction then giving way to ok traction?
Primewell HT not so much, but I have experience with them on the snow, and they are ok, not great, but predictable.
The Hankook tire that works good is the Dynapro ATM RF10. Work great in the snow, but start at $140 in my tire size.
So i'm trying to balance good tread/snow traction with low price.
I will look into the milestar's. Saw then on a electric service truck (fleet) stopped at the light. Looked good from that brief vantage point.
Thanks for all the input.