Mike Melton compares two off-road tires, praising Nitto's aggressive tread and sidewall design while criticizing a cheaper competitor for weaker sidewalls and lower quality. He notes the cheaper tire copies Nitto's look but warns that durability depends on how and where you drive.
Everybody's been telling me to make this video Grappling Ear against the Mud Wrap. Now everybody know when it comes to Nitto, they know quality when they say that name. Now this one here's a pretty new brand. Now everybody says, man, Nitto pays you to make all these videos. Nitto does. This, man, Nitto don't pay me a damn cent. I tell you what, if you think so, call Nitto and tell them to send me my damn money. We recommend and talk about Nitto so much because they make such good products. Now when these things came out, we call them the grappaneers. Why? Because if you look, look at the tread blocks, how they're designed, look at the tread blocks. Hydro design here. So if brands come out and try to copy another brand, as far as looks wise, you know you're doing something right. Even though this is a 26 with a small sidewall, the 20s are the same way. They should have made the sidewalls more aggressive on these tires. Now like the Nitto, they got super aggressive looking sidewalls and there ain't a damn tire on the damn market looks as good as this tire. I don't care what nobody says, that's a pretty good looking tire, about half the cost, but you got half the quality too. So anybody tells you this tire is as good as that tire, go ahead and leave that shop because they full of shit. Now with a grappaneer, last longer than the mud grap. That all depends on how you drive it, what you drive on and how you drive on these tires.
