Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought two sets of these chains for a Volvo S60 with tire measurements of 235mm wide, 45 aspect ratio, and 17" diameter - exactly as the manufacture says to buy on their size chart. The directions for these chains specify NOT to use tighteners, and so I did not. I have been putting chains on cars for 5 years now and I know what I'm doing. None the less, these were BRAND NEW chains, and so I followed the directions, put them on exactly as specified ( which was annoying because they wanted the "wiggle-wheel" method and I prefer the "drive-to-middle" method ) and in less than 20 miles, going no faster than 25mph with about 2 inches of hard packed snow on the road, 3 out of 4 chains broke. One after the other, they all just snapped somewhere along the circumferential wire. I have never used worse chains.