Outer Limits 4x4 Board

whats so good about them and why are they so much more expensive than others brands?

tanz-e wrote:whats so good about them and why are they so much more expensive than others brands?

Warn i think have just prove them selves over and over again and you can get parts just about any ware too

I had a bad experience with a Warn winch. 3 times in 8 months it went into the auto sparky to have new solenoids fitted. Sparky reckoned if it needed doing again then maybe look at getting marine solenoids....$$$.

I took it off, sold it and put a PTO on. I know many people don't have probs with electric winches but I did. Mind you - we do do heaps of river crossings etc here.

Because They Have A Good Name For Themself.....And They Are A Sought After Product So They Cant Bump Up The Price And Know People Will Still Buy...

Just Like Snap On Tools

so its not cos there the nissan of the winch world?... you-know... indestuctable?

tanz-e wrote:so its not cos there the nissan of the winch world?... you-know... indestuctable?

lol warn just like nissans are FAR from indestructable ... warns suffer consistant solenoid probs ....but on the whole a good reliable winch IF you SERVICE them regularly just like any other piece of kit

so no difference to say, an ironman winch... im sure they'll keep runnen and runnen if you service them enough.

there is a difference, in their construction, warns have proven themeselves in the market place to be robust, and reliable, ironman havnt earnt that reputation yet. if i was buying a new winch, id still go after a warn, seeing as how i have an almost 40yr old high mount on my troll, and it runs like brand new

has anyone used the 'Come Up' brand? auto sparky/4x4 shop reckons they are as good as the Warn as he has had em apart & tested etc.......

regards garth

If i had an electric winch (which i dont) i would replace the solenoids (weakest, most unreliable item) with 4 of these. Power Hexfets. Power electronics have no moving parts and can supply huge currents now in small packages. Just need to make a custom PCB board though.

These are solid state power HEXFETS that can supply 240 amps continous each. 4 gives you nearly 1000 amps.

http://www.futureelectronics.com/en/tec ... 7PPBF.aspx

http://www.irf.com/product-info/datashe ... -7ppbf.pdf

garth wrote:has anyone used the 'Come Up' brand? auto sparky/4x4 shop reckons they are as good as the Warn as he has had em apart & tested etc.......

regards garth

Come-Up is a Taiwan Superwinch copy - not bad at all, but Superwinch uses more seals and is more trustable