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I've got two sets of wheels too and I've bought nexen winguard's to put on the steel rims for winter, 3 peaks rated winter tyres. I'll keep the stock dueler's on the alloys for summer. If I only had the one set of wheels I'd probably go for the Geolanders, or Nokian weatherproof but I don't think they make the stock size in those.
Hello to you all. Conditions are still similar, so nothing to report on that. Re the questions:
I will also use them for all-year, including that I will visit ski-stations. I did a lot of research to arrive at these, wanting to keep the standard size.
They are 3pmsf rated, but you should know that this standard is overhyped, of quite a low benchmark and actually quite of no comfort, though the manufacturers would have you believe otherwise. That said, here we talk of a proper 4x4 which is lightweight, so I am not concerned. For a heavy van, it gets top end full winter tyres. Anecdotally, the similar US model tread pattern (no idea for compound) performed well in all-seasons testing on snow.
Load/speed rating is 96T, so fine for Jimny.
To the point about tread pattern, what you really need for snow is siping (the little tiny grooves you see in the photo) and lots. Then you want longitudinal channels for managing slush and water. Lack of the latter is why many AT tyres have poor aqua handling.
Small update, finally got the chance to drive on some snowy small roads, where the snow was a mixture of fresh, mostly packed and ice. The tyres were very confidence inspiring and held the car well, both traction and steering. Obviously using 4WD mode.
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