Best compression tool

[sanjaykumar]

my favourite is PowerArchiver (windows XP certified), full 7Z support,.. to quote a few features

[trickytwista]

i never used 7zip but im very happy with winrar and winrar got my vote

[Aaron_]

My vote for Winrar.

[Zxian]

WinRAR is the easiest to use IMO. 7-zip gives better compression in most cases, but sometimes not! I made SFX installers using 7-zip and WinRAR for Photoshop, and the 7-zip installer came out 500kb larger...

Overall WinRAR.

[dman]

I love freeware and IZArc does everything I need. Handles RAR, 7z, ACE plus every other format you can think of. Makes nice self-extractors too.

[Jeremy]

7zip offers the best compression, though WinRAR does have several features, but not free and PA is ok too, especially with its archive converter, but I found it was kinda buggy. 7zip gets my vote for being free and simple.

[SiMoNsAyS]

my vote goes to winrar, for reasons you can check my review

[ripken204]

i love winrars features and i do se winrar, but 7z has better compression so thats what i picked

[techniquefreak]

WinRAR is my favourite - been that way for decades - and the "demo" continues to work which is fine so really - WinRAR it is!

Edited August 9, 2005 by techniquefreak

[Yzöwl]

Unable to cast my vote, I'm with dman, IZArc

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Edited August 9, 2005 by Yzöwl

[WildBill]

I've been using ZipGenius for a couple of years now.

[fireware]

Winrar. Been using since 3.20

[Wesmosis]

Winrar for sure

I always use the Corp edition 3.50

[sleepnmojo]

i find 7z gives me the best compression most of the time, especially if you know how to use the parameters, but I voted winrar. It is the most well rounded, and gives pretty good compression overall. I use winrar for my everyday activities, which I can't say I do with 7z.

[RJM]

I generaly use 7-zip, but for the best compression I use WinUHA

It's a little slow but it compresses about 30% better than winzip.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Compression-tools/WinUHA.shtml

Edited August 11, 2005 by RJM