RUD Snow Chains RUDcomfort CENTRAX, size N894, 1 pair [item no. 4716735]

2018/01 - Bought a set of N894s for use with a Volvo XC60 with 235/65R17 tyres as an alternative to the Volvo branded chains. Removed 2 of the 6 links according to the instructions and the chains work nicely but are a very tight fit. This might be because the tyres are brand new and hence at their largest. The chains go on but I had to stop after a few metres and push the chain on a bit further before they finally slipped into place. I would imagine if the tyre was a tiny amount smaller the chain would just slide on automatically.Taking the chain off was a bit more difficult because it was such a tight fit. One of them required a fair amount of pulling by hand to persuade it off.I'm guessing that removing one more link would be enough to make the chains fit very nicely indeed. I haven't tried that yet though.Other than that the chains are great. Well packaged, comes with everything you might need and the instructions are clear. The pillars that attach to the wheel bolts felt a lot more solid that I imagined they would be.The bag that the chains come in is the long slim bag of my photo rather than the square shaped bag of the product photo which I think is a picture of an older modelSecondly the video instructions for the chain say that the pillar needs to space the fixing 2.5cm off the wheel but again they are for older models and there are now pillars with two fixing points which give a couple of options.

We drove to the French Alps for a Ski holiday, previously we have flown and hired a car which would have winter tyres and chains. This time we were taking our own Volvo V60, couldn't justify buying winter tyres, then researching regular chains I realised how tricky they are to fit, especially since the volvo v60 has a sporty design so getting your hands under the wheel arch looked quite tricky.Anyway, found these Centrax chain sytem on the web and worked a treat, I did practices putting on a chain before we left England - definetly worth trying it before trying in it in the dark and snowy condiitons.Only negative, would be, you may have to shorten the chain depending on your tyre size ( ours was 235, 40 r18) and the instructions advised shortening in 2 places... having shortened it, it did not fit the wheel... in the end I shortened it by 1 piece ( easy to do). Luckily i did this before leaving for France.BTW am pleased I had chains , the look of fear on some drivers as they tried climbing the mountains in regular summer tyres made the £200+ worth every penny.