Some products from China are great, no doubt about it. However, tires? I'm not quite sure yet. Good rubber products require years of research and accumulation of know-hows, unlike those electronic products that good set of human skills can put together. I'd wait many more years before I try Chinese brand tires.angry-trucker wrote: ↑More specifically the P307 model.
Lots of these tires seem to be imported by the big tire warehouses in the GTA area, but can't find much info on them as far as reviews are concerned.
The sales staff usually sounds very enthusiastic about these, but of course they will say anything to make a sale.
I know what most of you guys are thinking, but I have learned that not everyting from China is a crappy product and sometimes you can get good quality items from there, if you do your research..
I'm trying to keep an open mind here.
Part of my reasoning to even consider these tires is the fact, that the market is currently pretty much cornered by all the major name brands....so even if this tire's quality was comparable or better then the big guys, in order to break into the market, they would pretty much have no choice but to heavily discount them, because nobody would buy them at the price point comparable to the big brand names.
So in theory, these tires could be just as good (or maybe even better) giving you a great bang for the buck.
Basically I would like an opinion from someone who has purchased them...thank you in advance.
Any experience with Aoteli brand tires?
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- conix67
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- koshercommander
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By 1976 Toyota has been making cars for many decades. You can't really compare that to a Chinese tire manufacturer that appeared overnight.
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Seconded. If you're looking to save money, go with a "2nd" tier brand (General, Hankook, Kuhmo, Barum, Semperit, etc.). At least they have reviews and you usually end up with a good tire with slightly poorer tread wear.conix67 wrote: ↑Some products from China are great, no doubt about it. However, tires? I'm not quite sure yet. Good rubber products require years of research and accumulation of know-hows, unlike those electronic products that good set of human skills can put together. I'd wait many more years before I try Chinese brand tires.
Note: I use 2nd tier loosely as I would argue Hankook and Kuhmo make tires that are quite competitive with Michelin, Dunlop, Continental, Pirelli and Bridgestone and in some cases come with the same price premium.
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Overnight? Maybe you haven't heard of them but that doesn't mean they came up over night. A quick search shows Aoteli tires back in 2011. Just because they aren't big in the NA market, doesn't mean they aren't a popular tire somewhere else. And chances are they are just a sub brand of a larger brand. Most of these chinese tires are just rebranded bigger name tires.koshercommander wrote: ↑By 1976 Toyota has been making cars for many decades. You can't really compare that to a Chinese tire manufacturer that appeared overnight.
Way to many people on here make assumptions about certain things. Tons of people in Canada use "cheap chinese tires" and do we hear about them directly causing deaths?
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Lots of his quality stuff from China...much better than stuff made in north america.. All depends on your price range and what you as actually get
Manufacturing in China is eons ahead of what we have in north America for quality
- koshercommander
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Yes, Aoteli is likely just a brand, and it's made by a larger company. Yes, they are way too many assumptions, we can't assume they are good tires either.cferguson23 wrote: ↑Overnight? Maybe you haven't heard of them but that doesn't mean they came up over night. A quick search shows Aoteli tires back in 2011. Just because they aren't big in the NA market, doesn't mean they aren't a popular tire somewhere else. And chances are they are just a sub brand of a larger brand. Most of these chinese tires are just rebranded bigger name tires.
Way to many people on here make assumptions about certain things. Tons of people in Canada use "cheap chinese tires" and do we hear about them directly causing deaths?
Also when buying Chinese tires, make sure you get the genuine Chinese tires:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news ... /index.htm
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So after a minute or so of googling it looks like the manufacturer is shengtaigroup.com.cn.
Checking on Alibaba, these go for as low as $15 each wholesale, so there's plenty of profit to be made on bringing a container of these over and selling them with plenty of margin.
While I can't comment on the quality, I'd imagine you'd have little recourse if you had a warranty concern or encountered a defective tire. Something to consider.
Checking on Alibaba, these go for as low as $15 each wholesale, so there's plenty of profit to be made on bringing a container of these over and selling them with plenty of margin.
While I can't comment on the quality, I'd imagine you'd have little recourse if you had a warranty concern or encountered a defective tire. Something to consider.
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Do you happened to have test data from the "Genuine" Chinese manufacturer's tires?koshercommander wrote: ↑Yes, Aoteli is likely just a brand, and it's made by a larger company. Yes, they are way too many assumptions, we can't assume they are good tires either.
Also when buying Chinese tires, make sure you get the genuine Chinese tires:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news ... /index.htm
So these fakes come from countries other than China?
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I would like to know about these high "quality stuff" which were solely designed and manufactured in China.
- shoppingkart
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Interesting....so we have crap from China and now we have to be concerned about fake crap from China.koshercommander wrote: ↑Yes, Aoteli is likely just a brand, and it's made by a larger company. Yes, they are way too many assumptions, we can't assume they are good tires either.
Also when buying Chinese tires, make sure you get the genuine Chinese tires:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news ... /index.htm
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You have reading comprehension issues? No one said anything about them being DESIGNED in China. Tons of things are designed in other countries and manufactured in China because of the low cost.shoppingkart wrote: ↑I would like to know about these high "quality stuff" which were solely designed and manufactured in China.
- shoppingkart
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No I don't have reading comprehension issues, but it seems like you do. These tires are clearly designed in China and made in China by a Chinese tire manufacturer. My question was to the poster who defended Chinese manufacturing and quality in a thread which is about Chinese tires.cferguson23 wrote: ↑You have reading comprehension issues? No one said anything about them being DESIGNED in China. Tons of things are designed in other countries and manufactured in China because of the low cost.
- uber_shnitz
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Like others have said, every company does start somewhere (way back when. Canon & Nikon were considered "cheap knockoffs" of German camera brands and look at them now...) but with something as closely tied to safety as tires, I'm not sure it's worth the gamble to save money. Like the OP said, he doesn't want to be the guinea pig so let someone else be and get a set of tires from a brand you know; hell if it's too expensive you can try and find a used set that has enough thread depth left in them.
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Hey, Angry-trucker I was wondering the same thing. It is interesting that there is a lack of reviews on these tires, lets face it, if one has problems they shout it from the roof tops, or at least in blogs. Sometimes no news is good news. Now I did find a few reviews on this site:
http://www.mavistire.com/tire-reviews/A ... l=Ecosaver. 3 out of 5 star over all. How much can you expect for a budget tire? My concern is that the ad I read said 30,000km warranty. I hope that is a typo. If they wear that fast then it is no bargain. I haven't spoken to anyone just saw the ad on Kijiji. Hope this helps.
http://www.mavistire.com/tire-reviews/A ... l=Ecosaver. 3 out of 5 star over all. How much can you expect for a budget tire? My concern is that the ad I read said 30,000km warranty. I hope that is a typo. If they wear that fast then it is no bargain. I haven't spoken to anyone just saw the ad on Kijiji. Hope this helps.
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