ZEAK 3500 lb. Advanced 12V DC Electric Winch, Off Road Waterproof, Synthetic Rope, Mount, for Sports car, ATV

This winch is way better than Harbor Freight the equivalent winch. This winch is the best unit I could find for installation on a sailboat trailer. It's bolted on the trailer winch stand and is connected to a lawn tractor battery which is also installed on the winch stand.Pro's for the Zeak winch:1. Synthetic rope easier to handle than wire cable.2. The corded control switch is robust, simple and easy to connect.3. The remote control is a good size to hold and appears to be waterproof.4. The supplied hardware and fairlead are all excellent quality.5. Remote control is great for single handed mast raising and boat ramp loading.6. It works great in my boat trailer application.7. Product support is excellent! I needed help using the remote control. The response to my email was quick and totally addressed by issue. They told me that the up and down keys must be pressed together for 3 seconds to turn the remote control ON or OFF. Problem solved!Cons:1. The included circuit breaker assembly was too big to fit in the battery box. I will relocate the circuit breakers to a separate waterproof box.2. The winch control box probably has a small continuous current draw from the remote receiver. On a trailer which may sit unused for a long time, this will drain the battery. I will add a heavy duty kill switch to the breaker box to stop all current draw when winch is not in use.I will definitely purchase a second winch for installation on my other sailboat trailer.

I installed this winch on a 2013 Polaris Sportsman 500 ho . This ATV does not come with mounting bracket , so I ordered the specific fit box bracket that is required to mount any winch to this Quad . Once I had received the mounting bracket I realized that it requires a 4 7/8”aluminum Hawes Fairlead for synthetic rope which was only $20 more. Once mounting bracket was installed everthing else bolted right up to it ! I did not need the mounting bracket that came with winch package .Winch comes with everything to mount and wire it ! Once winch was mounted I installed the waterproof control box with the solenoid in it to the rad bracket up in the front of machine . Lots of wire to mount handlebar rocker switch to machine and lots of wire to reach battery which is near the very back of my machine . Included is a good sized circuit breaker inline to battery ,along with a large piece of heat shrink cover for it once the wires are attached ! It has a bag of hardware that comes with winch as well . I really liked the wireless remote control that comes with it , you just have to hold both the in and out button on remote to turn it on and off again !When you get it all installed your supposed to disengage the clutch on winch and pull out all but the end of synthetic rope out and wind it up with about a 500 lb pull on it so that you can wind up the rope on spool correctly and tight , I used another quad about 50 ft away to hook rope to and pull other quad in neutral towards winch to wind up tight and in order. I haven’t been out with another quad yet to check out the winches pulling power but I will yet and I’ll update this review at that time ! So far it’s Great !

Overall the winch worked just fine for my needs. It gets knocked for the lack of safety or integration for the relay box and safety fuse. Both were shoddy construction and have zero insulation. Ended up having to insulate and rebox both of the circuits just to make is moderately safe. The fact it isn't at the very least all put together in a single box for attachments is just lazy. hardware is also garbage. The winch itself may be waterproof, but there is no way the relay box passed IP66 rating, I wouldn't trust for any sort of water use period.

Looks great! Haven't had much snow to test it properly yet but it was primarily purchased for plowing.How easily it is to install will depend on the vehicle you are mounting it on and may need additional hardware and wiring pending individual set up. Instructions could be a little clearer but overall we figured it out.The synthetic rope and remote makes things a little more user friendly for certain use.The free sticker was a nice touch. Thanks team Zeak!

Excellent quality for the price, works perfectly for the little project I bought it for, just be careful with wireless remote, buttons we're a little sticky.Co worker took one look at it and wants to buy one for himself