Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Lornaben on July 02, 2013, 10:34:53 PM
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Seems a bargain, but is it too good to be true ?
Keep in mind it would be replacing a superwinch X6 which has proved more than capable of dragging mine out of the poop on many occasions. Just looking for something a bit stronger and a bit quicker .....
http://www.electricwinchshop.co.uk/tigershark9500.html (http://www.electricwinchshop.co.uk/tigershark9500.html)
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Good God that's cheap!! Have no knowledge of them though.
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Indeed its staggeringly cheap and the specs are good too. But they are so new on the market decent reviews are non existant.
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fortune favours the brave
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Yes and the "bottom feeder" which would put me off :icon_eek:
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I have a Superwinch lp10000 which I gave £299 for 2 years ago and it's worked fine so far.....
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keep an eye on the ratio's, that is quite a slow winch, compare it with the ratio's of other winches. also look at what you are going to do with it, if you just want a winch to get you out of a bog or the like then you can risk a winch that might fail under load, if you are putting yourself in a situation where if the winch fails completely, your life is at risk , ie, long accents/ descents, etc, then you might want to spend a bit more on a winch you will be more confident with. frosty
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Price all comes down to gear ratios, the higher ones are about half the price of the low ones. 218:1 is very slow, 165:1 or there abouts is what you want.
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Thanks Irish and Frosty,
Just a reminder,
Keep in mind it would be replacing a superwinch X6
At 256-1 ratio, there's only one way to describe the X6 and that's sllloooow.... budget restraints mean £300 is the absolute top dollar I can stretch to. The Talon (basically the same winch but faster ratio) is Nearer £600 which is a pipe dream for me.
So slow speed is something I can and do live with because I aint doing winch challenges and this new one is faster than my current one.
So back to the original question, has anyone had any experience of this winch ?
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No, but the Talon is just the EP9 from what I can gather and they are a good winch.