It’s an excellent tire, more enduro I would venture to say….not really a trail tire IMHO. The soft compound is very grippy and really too grippy on hard pack, which really slows it down. But it’s amazing on the roots and rocks. And I love the ability to lean and any angle without loss of grip (I dislike tires that have dead zones: think DHF).
However despite the weight and compound it does roll quicker than the DHF 2.5 MaxTerra I had on previously.
Hence my interest in the MM, due to it being 100 grams lighter, are slightly harder compound (in comparison to WTBs), and slightly narrower.
The Purgatory T9 is pretty dang good but I again prefer block type moto style and deeper lugged tire like the Vig/MM/Hellkat/ect. Those style tires are not the best for hard pack but for whatever reason they work best for me.
I would gladly run the Vig if it were slightly narrower and lighter.