Badland Winches – My Review and Customer Opinions

There is a huge amount of people who call themselves off-road lovers. They usually buy SUV car, install a lot of additional equipment to make it look great and drive through city streets with their noses in the air. If you use your Jeep or whatever like that, then today's review of Badland Winches won't be interesting for you.

But if you are going to try out your vehicle in really extreme conditions, find out more about the winch and buy it for sure. We are going to look at different options of Badland Company products and find out if they are ok for the money. I chose these products because they seem to be the best decision if you compare the price with technologies, but let's wait with any conclusions.

The company is settled in US, but actually the Badland products are all made in China. At first it can be disappointing for any buyer, but as soon as you get to know the things better, country of production stops being your trouble. Chinese products are sometimes better than any others in functional level, quality and, what's most important, price.

What is Badland Winches - main options to buy

I want to start with a mere description of products. It's quite easy to make because there are a lot of internet shops selling the winches and giving information about them. But I want to get the truth - not commercial data about the product. Let's dig into details and find out something really important for a prospective buyer. These are the facts which seem to be of high importance to customer:

• quality of production appears to be great, there are no bad reviews and responds after people bought the product;
• number of models isn't huge, you can find some models with different maximum weight possibilities;
• mounting system is very simple and quite efficient, you can install the equipment by yourself with no troubles and difficulties;
• the line is strong enough to hold the needed amount of weight, the product is quite compact and easy to operate;
• there are some wonderful accessories to buy, for instance, you can purchase remote control system produced by Badland;
• warranty is ok, but there aren't any evidence of how it works because there aren't troubles with the products.

For now the Badland Winches might seem to you some ideal product in the sphere. I assure you, there are many propositions which might be wonderful competition for this brand. And I'd also say that there are many cons in the production of the company. But anyway comparing price, quality and functional features, you will find wonderful ideas and options exactly in this brand's production.

Don't forget about functional needs of your car - look at my review of Zerex G-05 Coolant and find out if it's good enough.

Which minuses of Badland products should we talk about?

I couldn't find visible minuses in using the products by myself. So, the decision was to go and find them in customer reviews and responds. Lots of people say that the construction is a little bit hard to understand. I didn't notice it at all. The mounting system seemed to be optimal and easy to use even with no professional instruments and special equipment. And it holds wonderfully to the car's body.

Other buyers agree on the point that the construction is badly planned. And with this minus I am likely to agree. You can't put all rope to the barrel if you won't do it in some exact position. But in extreme off-road situation you won't find any time and wish to do everything like it's said in instructions. So, it might be viewed as one con.

Another popular minus is quite bad working of remote control and other fashionable features which are provided with Chinese electronics. It's really so if you buy some cheap version with a lot of functions. Also it might be the cause of non-original product which is a fake and isn't produced by original company.

All other minuses are not common and are seen quite recently.

Which type of Badland Winches should I buy?

There aren't any troubles in choosing the best option, I suppose. I would recommend you though to purchase the equipment with remote control. Yes, it works weird, but it can help you achieve quite good comfortable type of using. Also look at the maximum needed loads. I personally recommend you to use some formula to choose the optimal option.

The formula is quite easy - buy as big and powerful Badland Winches as you wish. Of course, it might be a little excessive, but usually you would like to have possibilities for helping other drivers on off-road expeditions. If you want to save up some money, then add 1000 lbs to the weight of your car. It will be wonderful reserve for optimal usage.

What about other options on the market?

Well, the competition is quite great, of course. You may find nearly hundreds of brands and companies which produce winches and other equipment for SUVs. But it's hard to distinguish between them and to find optimal propositions. You can't judge according to the price. You can't also choose the winch looking at the brand's name. Country of production doesn't prove anything nowadays. So, here are some options which might also be interesting for you:

1. Superwinch Terra - wonderful series with a lot of purchases and glad customers writing positive reviews, but the price is quite high and there aren't as many variants of loads and different options like in Badland propositions.
2. Smittybilt XRC Winch - also very popular item on the market and reliable piece of equipment for you, it provides only powerful options for heavy vehicles and has got optimal warranty and also good reviews of buyers.
3. WORN Winch - marvelous option if you are ready to pay a lot for the equipment for your SUV. It gives absolutely every function you want to get from the purchase; the product seems to be wonderful only for quite rich buyer.
4. Rugged Ridge - only with original steel cable and producer's warranty - watch out as there are plenty of fakes on the market. Original product has outstanding quality and proposes a lot for quite a low amount of money.
5. Champion Power Equipment - interestingly, sells only good powerful winches, low loads products seem to be bad with poor quality. The price is reasonable, no problems in using it in every sphere you'd like to.

Well, enough of competitors. Let's move on to comparison and deciding moment. You can find some options which will suit your car better than Badland Winches products. But beware of poor quality and very bad variants of equipment. Purchase the Badland production in big online stores like Amazon and don't give your money until you are sure in the original production of any product you want to buy.

Conclusions - should you buy the Badland Winches?

It's hard to answer the question whether you have to buy the described and reviews product. If you need high quality and wonderfully built equipment for your SUV vehicle, then think of purchasing the option. Badland provides quite good quality for the money you pay for it. And it also lets you do whatever you want with your purchase. It allows buyers to install powerful winches and use them even for the hardest events in off-road expeditions.

I personally know some professional jeepers who love exactly this simple and quite cheap Badland Winches. They prefer buying these products for any car they purchase. And finally I myself used this thing quite a lot. Now I'm considering of which load I should buy. I don't think it will be some other product than Badland. Though, you have to make the decision on your own. I can only propose you to watch the video with the Badland Winches testing (don't pay attention to the guys - they are only starting it):