I wanted to know how those Winterforce tires are. I had Hankook Winter iPike's for my first set of winter tires and they were AMAZING. I replaced them with General Altimax Arctic...same tread design...figured I could get away with saving $20-25 a tire and get the same type of wear and traction...WRONG. They're winter so they're better than any all season, but they're shit. My Hankook's lasted 3 years and I still could have gotten another year out of them, but I sold them. These General's will last maybe 3 years...last year sucked so I think that might be why they wore so quickly, but still, the fronts are at about 1/2-2/3 tread left and the rears have almost no wear. When I rotate them this year we'll see how it goes.
I recommend the Hankook Winter iPike personally. But I want to try Blizzak's and Michelin X-ice sometime. They're rated pretty good as well. But in all honesty, the Hankooks...I was so sure of how the car would drive I could drive anywhere from 10 below the speed limit to the speed limit or just above after decent snowfalls when other people would be driving at maybe 35-40 on 610.