Smittybuilt vs Warn winch

[HardRock]

Same here but with my warn bumper the powder coat failed. They said it was becasue I live by the beach with 2.5 miles but none of the other powder coats failed on th e tail gate etc. Just warn.
I used to buy warn pretty exclusively but their prices got out of hand. Now they look like a "pretty boy winch". There was a comparison in one of the magazines 4x4 or 4whleel dirve or Jeep and warn got spanked. I think either super winch or engo won. In my view Warn is resting on past successes. They think because they had a good naME people will pay for it. Some probably do. (See comment above) In my humble opinion in todays time frame with internet marketing and wide spread communication if you don't continuously produce the best product, th enews will get out and the slide form the top down is a very fast one. So Warn how about some relaibilty , customer service and price wars?

Totally agree about news will get out... have seen A LOT of bad reviews about Warn and they are much more pricey. Looking at Smitty or alternatives. Like the wireless remote too!

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[HardRock]

Until 8pm PT tonight eBay has 20% off with code PSPRING20 , here is the 10-s from a reputable seller, cap is $100 off so $1056, not bad.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Warn-ZEON-...161780&hash=item25cba91e97:g:NMYAAOxyeZNTTfTP

Smitty is half that price. Wow.

 

[HardRock]

My Warns were 9.5 TIs. They got used about once every few months for fairly short pulls. Neither worked after a year. The second one failed just after acting as a safety line with no actual pull involved. It over heated just reeling the rope back in. My Smittybilt once spent most of a night pulling a friends Raptor 100 yards through a muddy bog just a few feet at a time. My battery was destroyed and refused to hold a charge a few days later. The winch was hot to the touch much of the time. It still works fine six years later and at least 30 or so pulls.

So you are saying both brands blow? I would not want a dead battery offline somewhere....

 

[robaw]

So you are saying both brands blow? I would not want a dead battery offline somewhere....

Sounds to me like he was talking about an extreme situation, and it didn't die.

+1 for Smitty

 

[HardRock]

Sounds to me like he was talking about an extreme situation, and it didn't die.

+1 for Smitty

LOL - OK... I’m leaning Smitty.

 

[Bubba33]

My smittybilt will be here Monday. It's going on my barricade bumper.

 

[Jimac]

LOL - OK... I’m leaning Smitty.

Smittybuilt X20 w/remote syn rope have warm steel on trail Jeep owned 5 warns first Smittybuilt like so far used 4 times so far no problems cost 1/3 of warm Zeon

 

[Jimac]

Smittybuilt X20 w/remote syn rope have warm steel on trail Jeep owned 5 warns first Smittybuilt like so far used 4 times so far no problems cost 1/3 of warm Zeon dang spellcheck

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[CalsJLUR]

Smittybilt, here. Seems to be a solid product, used it a couple of times already, just messing around, wanted to see what it was capable of. Pleased thus far!

 

[Bearman95]

I Personally would not go with either one of those, the Smitty built and the VR Warn Are probably made in the same Chinese factory But I do not know that to be a fact. I have never owned anything but Warn And have never had any problems with them! But they were all USA made not the VR series! But that’s a decision you have to make! The Warn Xeon 10S Platinum is a good choice for me.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I’ve had several warns and now on my second smittybilt. I have a 16,500 on my truck and x20 10k has been ordered for the Jeep. I’ll take the smittybilt over the warn. For the price you can buy almost 3 smittybilt for the price of one warn. They aren’t that superior over any other brand but with their name recognition people buy them for bragging rights or whatever reason. I use my stuff and generally buy the best to limit avoidable down time but haven’t found any negatives going to the smittybilt

Brett

 

[islandtees]

The VR and Smitty are in the same class, Chinese made.
Both good, but the Zeon is in another class that neither of those can match.

 

[JL_John]

I haven’t seen any other brand compare with Warn’s high line speed and low amp draw at the Zeon level. Quadratec has a good comparison tool in their catalog and website.

Was on the trail yesterday and one of the guys bent a pin in his winch controller so couldn’t make a pull. One of the benefits of Warn is that so many people have their products you can ‘borrow’ parts if you have an issue. We just grabbed a controller out of the closest Jeep and made the pull.

 

[IronScott]

Smittybuilt X20 w/remote syn rope have warm steel on trail Jeep owned 5 warns first Smittybuilt like so far used 4 times so far no problems cost 1/3 of warm Zeon

This is the look I want. Very clean. I have a Sahara on order and will need to upgrade to the steel bumper. Did you Rubi come with the steel bumper or did you add it yourself? The reason I ask is about the LED fog lights. I understand they won't transfer directly from the plastic bumper without special brackets.

Was the winch install very difficult?

 

[Jimac]

This is the look I want. Very clean. I have a Sahara on order and will need to upgrade to the steel bumper. Did you Rubi come with the steel bumper or did you add it yourself? The reason I ask is about the LED fog lights. I understand they won't transfer directly from the plastic bumper without special brackets.

Was the winch install very difficult?

Ordered w/steel bumper & LED install of winch, plate & Blue Ox tow package easy just pay $500 and watch them do it

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