I own a fat bike and love it but it makes a horrible commuter. My studded skinny tire mountain bike owns the fat bike in 2-3 inches or compacted snow. The fat bike excels in deeper snow that compacts well but its an insane amount of work and its too damn snow. Its loads of fun to tool around the off road trails when time is not a factor. It sucks when you just want to get from Point A to point B quickly.