Come on SD he says right off the bat he doesn't need Fancy or expensive. That excludes most Warns.
SW motors have field windings that creat a magnetic field, ( Thus, electromagnatizim). If they also have a permanant magnet they are compound motors. I guess you're claiming Warn is the only winch that has no permanant magnets at all, I find that hard to believe since they don't make the motors either and surely Bosch or whomever makes them doesn't sell only to Warn, but you may be right, I may be wrong. I do know Warn doesn't advertize where their winches are made like they used to. Like Mile Marker, They don't talk about it on their web site. They are happy to let people believe they make certain things in the USA, and in the case of Milemarker it seems they encourage the reader to come to that erroneous conclusion with out ever saying it. It was easy to brag "Made in the USA" before they started building Warns in Mexico. It's the Warn "Value Series" (Tabor, formerly called Magnum, 1 year warranty) I suspect is made in China. If they're not made in China they are made in Mexico. Same difference. Much of the high price of other Warns is for the LLT warranty . Which I believe is limited to the mechanical parts that rarely break on any brand. The Motors and solenoids are what usually fail. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />