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[Lornaben]

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

[isle of man]

Good God that's cheap!! Have no knowledge of them though.

[Lornaben]

Indeed its staggeringly cheap and the specs are good too. But they are so new on the market decent reviews are non existant.

[Bulldog67]

fortune favours the brave

[Dave The Sparky]

Yes and the "bottom feeder" which would put me off

[5536paulj]

I have a Superwinch lp10000 which I gave £299 for 2 years ago and it's worked fine so far.....

[frosty 1]

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

[IrishCJ6]

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.

[Lornaben]

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 ?

[JamesH]

No, but the Talon is just the EP9 from what I can gather and they are a good winch.