WARN VR EVO 12

Works as expected

Good quality

Great purchase

Perfect and an excellent product

I've never had a winch before and didn't want to spend big bucks for one when who knows how often I'll use it. I started going off-road by myself and a couple of times found myself wanting to play in some mud I found but didn't know how deep or full of ruts it was. So, I decided to get a winch to make it easier to decide how far I'll go by myself. I originally bought an off-brand 13k winch. I mounted it and went through hellacious hoops to try to get it wired correctly and finally ended up working backwards through everything and found out the winch was DOA. No problem, I bought it on Amazon and was within the return window and returned it for exact replacement. This time when the replacement arrived, I bench tested it before mounting and discovered it had bad wiring and was also DOA. That's when I decided to go with WARN, even though it is more than double the price. I discovered that not only did WARN have a 7 year electrical warranty AND a lifetime mechanical warranty, it was MUCH easier to wire. I bench tested before mounting, mounted it, and then wired to an external solenoid that I have connected to my Aux 4 switch on my Jeep so the winch only has power when I need it. I only had to run the positive red cable to the external solenoid and the negative black cable to my battery negative. I already had the external solenoid wired from trying to install the other cheap brand. I bought the 8k because I've got a 2-door Willys, so it's within the 1.5 times you GVW. It fit nicely on my Carnivore full-width steel bumper. Didn't require any cables to/from the winch other than power and ground. The remote is very solid and works both wired and wireless. I guess it's true, you get what you pay for. I'm looking forward to years and years of service from my WARN. Besides, everyone knows WARN is the best looking winch on the market.

Awesome winch! Fit well and works great.

The de facto winch of winches.

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I really debated whether to buy a Smittybilt X20 or a Warn EVO for a little more money. I finally decided to go with the Warn and so far I'm happy. The install was pretty straightforward and although I've only used the winch once it did what it should, and the wireless remote option is nice. The style of bumper I'm using does NOT allow me to use a winch cover, so time will tell how well the finish of the winch holds up. One note, the bolts for mounting the fairlead hawse plate were too short for my bumper, and I had to replace them with longer ones. Although I am using an aftermarket bumper (BAMF), it's only .25" thick steel so really no excuse for these bolts not being long enough. ALSO: Donna Marquita posted a negative review of the winch saying she couldn't get the winch to wind in. I would bet $100 she disengaged the winch to spool it out and forgot to move the handle back to engaged....