SuperHandy Electric Portable Capstan Winch, 48V Li-Ion Battery Powered | 1000-2000lb Max Pulling Force for Forestry Hunting, Off-Road Vehicle Recovery, and Towing, Low Stretch Rope Included

I've been using the winch to clear branches/trees from a river to allow canoeing, I have a 3.2t Tirfor type cable winch as well but most of the time this is much quicker and more convenient and can be carried in a rucksack. It seems to be made well enough, battery life is OK for me as I am working locally. BTW, although the battery is only 2Ah the high voltage means that is holds more energy than a typical 2Ah drill battery. A few notes/tips on use. It gets hot on long pulls, it is best to pull for a short period and then allow to cool, slow and steady wins the race. Unless you are pulling really light stuff make sure you have 4 turns of rope around the capstan. It helps to pull the turns together on the underside of the capstan when adding the 4th turn as there is only just enough space. The extra turn ensures far more grip. When using it without a pulley learn the loggers hitch, it is a super simple way to attach the rope to a log, very quick and easy to undo, extra loops can be added if you need more grip, see Google. For heavier loads a pulley is really worth it, I bought a 4T snatch block pulley and use that along with an endless strop and shackle to attach to the load. You put the rope through the pulley and attach to an anchor point, that can be with the winch or another anchor if you want to pull it in a alightly different direction. The pully doubles the capacity of the winch and even though it takes twice as long to pull the load it can even be worth it for lighter loads as the current is halved which should reduce the losses in the motor by 4. Battery life goes up and heating goes down.

These are brilliant! Has enormous pulling power and easy to use.

I have been using capstans for marine work on ships for 40 years as I am a ships captain. I bought this to use on land in UK to winch my motorcycle into the back of my van. Capstan seems to work fine. Rope is the worst quality I have ever seen in 60 years of sailing. Needs replacing with correct type of multi strand rope. This is extremely poor quality sheathed rope which I believe is dangerous to use. Needs replacing. Please

Impressionnant pour un appareil à batterie ! Quel force . Néanmoins prévoir deux batteries minimum pour car elle ce décharge assez vite .

Die Spillwinde ist super. Der Händler liefert schnell. Nur Amazon lässt zu wünschen!

I had a large log I needed to get across a stream as part of a bridge I’m making, and it was just too heavy to move alone. I had seen the portable, gas-powered capstan winches, but they were a little too pricey for a single job. Then I found this thing. Brand name I’ve never heard of before. Proprietary battery system. A whiff of “Powerfist” or similar deep-discount tools. More than enough reason to be deeply suspicious. And yet, there’s no DeWalt or similar brand-name alternative, and that log ain’t gonna move itself, so I held my nose and took the plunge. Decently packaged. Rope looks OK. Sling is a little light, but not unreasonable. Overall fit and finish of the unit is better than expected. Manual is the expected poorly-translated Chinese, but simple enough. At 2Ah, battery seems a touch light, so I charged it overnight to make sure it had a full charge on it. The job required me to pull the log back 10’ (to clear a stump) then 30’ forward to cross the stream. And I’ll be damned if it didn’t do it like a champ. Clove hitch on the log, 4 wraps around the capstan, and it made both pulls with no trouble at all. It is simple to regulate the pull with tension on the free end of the rope. End state: log in place, no crushed toes, winch still fully operational (if down to a single light on the charge meter). I don’t think this is professional forestry duty-cycle, and for sustained use it needs a bigger (or more) batteries. But for those one-off pull jobs, it works! Colour me pleasantly surprised.

Excelente produto. Funciona como descrito. Com todos os acessórios necessários.

I had high expectations and this winch definitely met them. I didn't want to write a review until it had proven itself (or not). I used it to haul a pretty big black tail deer up a steep hillside through some rough terrain and debris, and that while it was raining decently most of the time. It worked great! The included anchor strap isn't really sized for west coast trees/stumps, but substituting a tow strap or some tubular webbing solves that limitation. I also already had a longer static rope that I used rather than the one that came with the winch, but the one that comes with it looks very usable. I bought a spare battery, and I would highly recommend having at least one if not two extra batteries for pulling longer total distances. This thing is going with me on every hunting trip from now on! Highly recommended!