Has anyone tried a Carbon Off-road winch?

[FishTaco]

I'm looking at replacing the front bumper with a steel bumper brush guard combo. I want to add a winch and just started researching since there seems to be a lot of brand love and favorites, I'm always keeping my eyes open for what is the best bang for the buck.
I came across the Carbon Off-road brand winch, and it just seems like a superior product in weight saving and technology alone.
Anyone have any experience with them?
Other good recommendations?
Thanks y'all

 

[BG]

Pretty nice it doesn't have a big ass control box on the top. Would be nice for mounting in tight areas.

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Price kinda sucks compared to the Smitty X20 with wireless remotes I run but the low-profile build is tempting for sure.

Haha, actually scratch that, they do have a control box, they just present all the photos as if they don't. Kinda misleading.

 

[FishTaco]

Pretty nice it doesn't have a big ass control box on the top. Would be nice for mounting in tight areas.

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Price kinda sucks compared to the Smitty X20 with wireless remotes I run but the low-profile build is tempting for sure.

Haha, actually scratch that, they do have a control box, they just present all the photos as if they don't. Kinda misleading.

And I like how much lighter it is than most of the other winch out there.
I'm really considering it for when I get the bumper replacement.

 

[Pappy]

Never heard of this winch. I'm partial to Warn. Not just any Warn, but the USA made classic winches. Easy to fix if necessary. Parts are available from everywhere. Upgradable. The M8000 with 6hp xp motor, syn rope, and upgrade contactor on my Gen1 4R.

 

[BG]

Never heard of this winch. I'm partial to Warn. Not just any Warn, but the USA made classic winches. Easy to fix if necessary. Parts are available from everywhere. Upgradable. The M8000 with 6hp xp motor, syn rope, and upgrade contactor on my Gen1 4R.

I know Warn is supposed to be the best. Especially the old USA-made stuff. The whole Warn VR line is now made in China though, so with that said, I'd rather buy a Smittybilt for half the price. The Warn VR EVO 10k is $1000 and the Smittybilt version, the X20 or even the Gen2 or Gen3 is around $600. I run the Warn VR EVO on my 88 rock crawler and it's been great. I really like the size of the wireless remote compared to Smitty. Warn seems to make the better wireless remote. In terms of actual winching though, I've run Smitty X20 on four different builds (and which a lot!) and I've never had problems. Really hard to spend the extra $400 when the Smitty really does get the job done.

All four of these builds were running some version of the smittybilt and haven't had a single failure.

 

[FishTaco]

Never heard of this winch. I'm partial to Warn. Not just any Warn, but the USA made classic winches. Easy to fix if necessary. Parts are available from everywhere. Upgradable. The M8000 with 6hp xp motor, syn rope, and upgrade contactor on my Gen1 4R.

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This is certainly "the go to brand" in winch, and no one has anything but good things to say about them. But they are on the pricey end. I always try to stay open to finding new products. Carbon Off-road seems to be looking to innovate with the tech they're using on the winch and focus on weight saving.

 

[FishTaco]

I know Warn is supposed to be the best. Especially the old USA-made stuff. The whole Warn VR line is now made in China though, so with that said, I'd rather buy a Smittybilt for half the price. The Warn VR EVO 10k is $1000 and the Smittybilt version, the X20 or even the Gen2 or Gen3 is around $600. I run the Warn VR EVO on my 88 rock crawler and it's been great. I really like the size of the wireless remote compared to Smitty. Warn seems to make the better wireless remote. In terms of actual winching though, I've run Smitty X20 on four different builds (and which a lot!) and I've never had problems. Really hard to spend the extra $400 when the Smitty really does get the job done.

All four of these builds were running some version of the smittybilt and haven't had a single failure.

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I don't care which winch you have all 4 of these rigs are awesome

 

[Pappy]

This is certainly "the go to brand" in winch, and no one has anything but good things to say about them. But they are on the pricey end. I always try to stay open to finding new products. Carbon Off-road seems to be looking to innovate with the tech they're using on the winch and focus on weight saving.

I bought that winch for $200 off FB Marketplace without rope. Rope was $200. XP motor was optional.

 

[BG]

I bought that winch for $200 off FB Marketplace without rope. Rope was $200. XP motor was optional.

Damn, that's a steal for the OG USA made version.

 

[Pappy]

Damn, that's a steal for the OG USA made version.

Right now the going rate seems to be in the $400 range.