Best Compression Utility

[Aaron]

Well, if you're looking for the "Best compression utility" 7zip has one of the best compression methods around, far better than what WinRAR can do. But the most widely used compression tool around is probably WinRAR these days

[scankurban]

When after to use WinRAR.Nobody want to change it

[WildKat]

i still use pkzip...

nah, winrar and winace are the only good ones ive come across

[DeeHawk]

I used winACE for a long time but figured out that the good ol' winRAR still owns

winACE has better compression, but has problems reading RAR-files... and a couple of other general errors...

so everybody: KEEP THE BEST FILECOMPRESSER ALIVE! USE WINRAR!

[piaqt]

ease of use: winzip

Options: WinRAR

[XtremeMaC]

ease of use: WinRAR

options : WinRAR

have no problems with : WinRAR

has recovery option : WinRAR

sucks: Winzip it!

[aresgodofwar]

i was torn between winrar and winace until i discovered winrar could extract .EXEs.

[daze]

WinRAR because of the multimedia compression

[FthrJACK]

Gzip.

heh, nah its WinRAR

[prathapml]

winrar, because of its ability to create SFX files that can extract to defined paths (%programfiles%, %appdata%, etc.)

winzip is out of contention for me, but it's amazing the way winrar's gained reputation - when I started using winrar 2.50 in 2000, it had no attraction for me except that it could repair zips and rars, and winzip was pretty good at ver7.0.

[beeboy]

Lots of winrar lovers. Never used it myself. I've used Iceows, Bigspeedzipper, Izarc, and 7zip. Izarc is my fave.

[Papa Smurf]

Have used both and find Winrar ok but still stick to winzip?

[rkarthea]

this poll need not have been conducted

its a known thing that winRAR rulzzzz.

for someone qouted he/she could'nt find the poll conducted earlier,

it needn't have been conducted on msfn.may b it was somewhere else.

[Gism0]

WinRAR

greatest avatar ever.

up the irons

[Jono]

WinRAR is the only choice i was actually shocked to find out there are other compression utilities i thinks i am sticking with winRAR it does exactly what it says on the tin