Security Chain Company SC1018 Radial Chain Cable Traction Tire Chain - Set of 2

These chains were so easy to install, and my car handled perfect up snowy mountain roads with them. I remember an old set being way harder to install, with a pair of work gloves I had these on in a few minutes and no need to roll the car or anything. Highly recommended.

I bought these right before the January 2016 blizzard that hit the east coast. Okay, where I live it wasn't a blizzard per se, but it did leave 14 inches of snow on the ground. Here in Central Virginia we aren't used to that much snow, and my little Ford Focus wasn't exactly built for it, either.I made the mistake of not putting these on the car before the snow started. There were only a couple of inches on the ground when I did, but the instructions (and just about every other review, probably) say to test fit them first so you'll know what you're doing when you really need them. Anyone who knows me knows I did not do that, so they took me a little longer to get around the tires than they should have. It isn't a difficult process, but doing it the first time with snow already under those tires is a pain and makes it take longer than it should. So please, for your own sake, if you know snow is coming the next day, put them on before it starts falling. If the forecast was wrong you can always take them off again.Once these things were on, they worked like a champ. When it snows, I have to work. The snow started falling that Friday and I drove to work right at the beginning of it. I did not put the chains on the tires until after I arrived. Like I said above, there were already a couple of inches on the ground by then, which made the process more difficult. I probably spend about half an hour doing it. By the time I left work that night, there were probably 6 or 7 inches on the ground. While that may not be a lot for many of you reading this, it's a lot for us here in Richmond, VA. Since the snow was coming down pretty steadily, the snow plows hadn't been able to accomplish much at that point, and a lot of the roads I had to take had not been touched. But, with these chains on the tires the Focus had absolutely no problems whatsoever. The traction light did not come on one time--and it's pretty sensitive, usually lighting up whenever the car hits a decent-sized puddle. There was no speeding down the road (instructions say keep it to round 30 or 35, I believe) but no slipping or sliding. Braking wasn't a problem, nor was getting going from a stop. I only had a couple of small hills to traverse, but there were no problems there, either.Fast-forward to Sunday morning, and it was a different of a story. The car had been parked since Friday night when I got home (not sure how I managed to NOT have to work Saturday, but I wasn't complaining). By then, there were 14 inches of snow on the road (my road had not yet seen a plow of any kind) and it had drifted up over the headlights on the Focus. In that situation, the chains really couldn't do much at all. Even after I dug out the car, this snow didn't pack very well, so it was impossible to get "on top of it". The chains really couldn't do much when the snow was high enough for the front bumper to be acting like a plow. Fortunately a real plow came along just in time for me to leave for work. It only had time to make one pass, so there were still about 6 inches on the ground when I was able to leave, but that was no more of a problem than it had been Friday night.So overall I was pleased with how the chains worked. For a small car like the Focus, they make 6 or 7 inches of snow no problem to navigate. Having true winter tires might work just as well but chains are a lot cheaper--especially when you live in a place where you'll only have to use them once or twice a year.

I dont understand the bad reviews. I drove my ford mustang in 10” of snow with these. They were not difficult to put on and were easy to take off. They fit snug if you use a pair of pliers to link the hole and pull on the cables with your hands to pull the slack out and snug them up.The plastic box is easy to put them back into if you roll them up and they will last a long time if you dont drive over 30mph and dont drive bare asphalt roads. Bang for the buck value 👍🏼

Was coming down from Mammoth mountain to Bishop in my 2006 Nissan Sentra when white out blizzard hit. zero visibility. There were many cars sliding off the road, but even though we couldn't see the road, we didn't slide. I drove into the bank at a very low speed due to not being able to see anything, and I thought we were for sure stuck, but lo and behold, these chains got us out safe and sound. If we didn't have these chains, we would have had to been rescued.

I put on these chains on my Prius when I visited Yosemite National Park 2 weeks ago. It worked like they were supposed to. Easy to put them on and take them off even when the clearance was low as you can see in the photos.

My car has rear wheel drive and the tire bay is relatively small. I tried for a couple hours to try and thread the cord into the hole on the inner side of the tire (i.e. the side of the tire that is closer to the center of the car) and while I got it through, it was loose. It was too loose to drive and I had to call someone else for help (we ended up using different chains). These were completely worthless. There is a reason the instruction video shows installation on the front tire: because you can rotate that tire to face out so that you have access to the inside of the tire. You cant do that with the rear tire making this installation near impossible.

Very hard to get tight, and harder to get it around the back of the tire.

At first, it took awhile to figure out the best way to get them on but 2nd time and on only took a minute or two.

I put 1032 on 215 70r 14's and the fit is good.

Amazingly useful and easy to install and remove....

A bit more tricky to install on a RWD sports car due to less clearance. Practice getting them on at home in the driveway first. My sports car still had high performance all seasons on them so they were closer to a summer tire. I couldn't even move the car up my driveway on half an inch of hard snow. For RWD car, I found that laying the chains down with the yellow clips pointing towards the front of the car straight behind the rear tires and backing the car up a couple feet before draping them over the tires worked the best for me. It says make sure the links are equal or within 1 link of each other on both sides in the instructions but I suggest adjust it so it's TIGHTER ON THE OUTSIDE WHEEL than the inside by 1 or 2 links. This is so if the chain does stretch or gain some slack while driving and decides to slip off the wheel, it will slip off the outside away from the car. If you tighten the links more on the inside than the outside, then if the chain slips off the wheel it's going to get caught up in your brakes, struts, CV axles, control arms etc. and that is dangerous and will cause damage and headache when you have the cables all tangled up on the inner side of the wheel. After, go for a drive a few houses down then pull a U-turn back home, check and re-tighten where needed (again adjust to make sure outside links are done tighter than the inside). Once that is done mark the links you used so in the future you know. Then the next time you need to use them, tighten the inner link to your pre-marked one, the outer may not make it all the way to it's marked one yet, that's okay. Get it snug, drive down the road 50 yards or so, then go back out and there should now be enough slack to get your outer link to where you marked it previously. Keep a pair of good gloves and a vice grip or two in the case.

I purchased this just before a big snow storm.Installed the chains only after jacking up my car for an easier install. There was a noise which came from the wire that come loose from the plastic clips.After about 30 mins the noise came back and I had to use zip tide it together to stop the noise.After about 75km of driving 1 of the cross member broke while driving. Tried to repair on the side the road and wasn't able to.I just zipped tide the broken cross member to the inside wire hub.Today as I was driving to a cleints office one side of the chain completely broken and lost somewhere on the roads, I only noticed after I parked.After leaving the cleints office, I drove to another cleint and on the way the other side of the chains broke. Now I don't have any chains just before another dump of snow

It took me 4 years before I needed them. But I passed 7 small cars like mine stuck on a hillHard to put on and take off but worth it!