Raiden Winch - ebay

Gday, I have purchased and used the Raiden 12000 lb electric low mount winch from a store on ebay, I have used it too, it did the job.
I have a 98 GU 2.8 turbo.

Was just wondering has anyone had any issues with this winch?

Ofcourse paying $450 for a winch to pull a GU patrol out of situations is a fair ask, but they seem to be built just like everything else in the economy range of winches (and would seem there is no great report of common performance failure). Im just hoping the gears/brake have been made to a high enough quality to ensure it wont let go and see me skating down a hill.

When I did need to use it it was totally submerged ( :-S ) but still seems to be working fine, although a little noisy. I have also had to give the spool in power solenoid a tap with a small block of wood.
I would assume this means the contacts may have been slightly welded together on the inside. I will always use a snatch block from now on to minimise the load on it. Also when I fitted it up the earth for the controls needed a bit of rework to make it earth to the rest of the truck.

Any thoughts appreciated

Thanks