my dad has had one for about 2 years. got it free with the quad and it has given him no drouble. it is a little louder. i just got one with my new quad and it is one of the sealed ones. never used it but it seems pretty heavy duty.
nope. they are pretty much the same design but are manufactured in totally different places. when warn still made there normal 2500 pound winches they just put a polaris sticker on them. now that they stopped making them, polaris started making there own.