Yeah I don't think any make is immune to issues these days... Even some of the OEM Warn applications have experienced issues.
Thanks for the describing your other considerations. I read a bit more about the X-Bull and didn't catch that it was a 2-speed at first. I can see that being a useful function. Look forward to hearing about your experience with it. I'm probably a year or so away from needing one so I'm just gathering info at this point...
