Tyre Brands - Price vs Quality?

[irelandbuyer]

HI All,

I'm getting new tyres (replacing Pirelli). The same are working out about 200 a corner. Looking at the brands, there's a chunky enough price difference between premium:

Bridgestone/Continential/Dunlop/Goodyear/Michelin/Pirelli

and Medium Class:

Falken/Fulda/Hankook/Uniroyal/Vredestein.

Given I do about 3k miles per year, and dont really want to cough up nearly 1k to change all, does anyone have any views on what way to go?

Realise a lot is down to personal preference, budget etc..but also safety and longevity of the tyre is important too...

Interested in any views.

Many thanks