Ok now I am curious. The Ramsey winch says that is has a limited lifetime warranty. Once you read the fine print it only covers anything electrical (motors, solenoids, wiring etc is covered for 1 year.

What does the fine print on the Warn say? The web site says you have to read the sheet that comes with the winch.

 

I didn't read the warranty that close for my 3.0 Warn, I'll dig out the papers tonite and take a look.

 

3.0 "limited" life time warranty.Warranty

Click the grey arrow.

 

Thanks for the link to the fine print. They both have the exact same warranty.

 

no problem, same warranty? that makes it tough. Are they sealed the same? How often do they need to be maintained to uphold the warranty.

 

I considered the Ramsey, it's a good winch but when I saw the thumb switch I said "no thanks" as it's a big ol' thing. The Warn switch is a nice, small, unobtrusive thumb switch that rides immediately above the Hi/Lo slide switch. It's nothing to just raise your thumb, keeping your hand on the grip, and activate the switch. At first I thought the remote was a nifty idea too, I'm a gadget freak but then I started thinking of myself in the pinch that would require a winch in the first place and pictured myself using this little key fob type switch with gloves on and muddy and wet and oooops, I dropped it kind of stuff....again, no thanks!

I read what I thought was going to be a good "Show Down" article between the 2 models and it turned out to be one of the poorest comparison pieces of work I have seen. It was like they didn't want to say anything bad about either. The actual use of the remote nor its ergonomics were discussed. About the only decent info I garnered was that the Ramsey is a slower pull but at draws less amperage. I think that is a good attribute for an ATV with limited battery capacity. Other than that, there was nothing else to win me over and being that I own several Warn Winches on my 400 and a few work trucks as well as my personal truck, I'm sticking with the equipment that's proven itself to me.

I'll take the 3.0ci!