Welcome, and let's hear a little about yourself and see pictures of your Outback!

Regarding tire selection, there is no one correct answer - it depends on your driving style, what activities you want to do with the Outback, budget, expected wear life, performance, etc. But there's a subforum to discuss all of this and more, here - go for it!

 

What state do you do your driving in. If California, warm southern or mountain areas.

 

I'm in Pennsylvania. Its a 2019 Outback. 62,000 miles on it.

 

Do not get summer tires unless you have dedicated snow tires you change over to. I know it's vague. Many decent tires. Pirelli do not seem to last. Goodyear are overpriced for what you get. Avoid others that would be difficult to replace, (special order), if you needed one in an emergency.

 

Very happy with the General Altimax RT 43'S. I believe still available thru Tire Rack. They have been replaced with the RT 45's, may be similar.

 

Wildpeaks have been my go to

 

For non-off-roady models (where the Wildpeaks seem to be the most popular tire), the best rated tire after reading tons of post on that subject, seems to be the Michelin Cross Climate 2, which happens to be snow-rated (3-peak snow flake), and it's excellent for all 4 seasons (excluding heavy snow). I thought it'd be too noisy, but apparently that's not the case. The top tire in my list is the Pirelli Scorpion A/S Plus 3, which reportedly is the quietest of the category. But the CC2 reportedly is not far behind, and might last longer, so will check prices, and other reviews, to make my final determination when the time comes. But you cannot go wrong with that choice. Hope this helps. Good luck.

 

@flatirongirl there are many great recommendations here. If you are not doing snow change overs in the winter, I would also recommend the Michelin Cross Climate 2. Currently there is a $110.00 instant savings on the Michelin brand. On the other hand, If you choose to have a set of snows to change over in the winter months, you could take advantage of our Tire Hotel where the store that you purchase from would hold on to your, out of season wheels/tires, and install them when you need them.

 

I'm sure the CC2s are great and all but I've never felt unsafe with good-quality, standard, symmetrical all-season tires on my Subarus. I had been running Michelins for a long time but switched to Continental LX25s a couple years ago and they've been great (plus better tread life than any Michelin I've ever had). As mentioned, the main advantage is that they can be cross-rotated so you can keep tire wear as uniform as possible to minimize stress on the AWD system. The other advantage is cost - a set of LX25s is about $160 cheaper.

Tirerack has a comparison of the LX25 and CC2 based on instrumented testing and they actually perform pretty similarly:

https://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-100...id=autolinker&url=https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests/testDisplay.jsp?ttid=279

 

stick with the original one, you got 62K out of them

 

Gen 5s came with some flavor of Duelers which were decent tires but, IME, not very good in the snow (also revealed in Tirerack's testing at the time). Every other tire I've had on my Outback since then has been significantly better so if you expect to drive in the snow (which is fairly common in PA) then I'd look elsewhere. This assumes the current lineup is similar - looks like there are a few Dueler models available (at least in the 18" size) but they're not cheap.

 

Bridgestone WeatherPeak

All season 3-peak you can cross-rotate.

 

I got new tires for my ‘17 Outback. I did my research and went with Michelin Defender 2, which replaced LTX last October. It’s an all

season, quiet tire. They’re great. 🛞

 

Consider an all weather tire like @DanielAcosta said. A good bet would be General Altimax 365 AW. They are not directional so scheduled tire rotations will be no issue. They don't cost too much. Generals are made by Continental.

 

I'll second the General Altimax RT43's as we replaced our OEM tires on our 2011 with them and they worked great for us-- tread held up great, were relatively quiet and they were not expensive. We liked them so much we went with the newer RT45's recently but didn't get much opportunity on them as we recently purchased a 2020 Outback.

We also just put the Michelin CC2's on our 2020 but haven't put too many miles on them as yet. They've gotten rave reviews but at the same time were a bit pricey. The verdict is still out on them.