ok ive never bought a new winch before, every vehicle ive owened that had one came with it. im getting ready to order a winch for my jeep and was looking at Warn, Badland, and smittybilt. i was looking at either 8 or 10k winch if a Warn or Smitty. Bandland i was gonna get a 12 for 299 but i found out they are super slow and not water proof. While looking at Warn and smitty it gave me several different gear ratios. what do you suggest for a ratio of good strong pulling but still fairly good speed. most of the time for now itll be playing in a little mud and red clay. later itll be rock crawling plus the mud and clay. so what is an all around good ratio?

If this has already been asked im sorry i looked and looked but was unable to find one that specifically went over gear ratios. ive seen one on brands of winch, etc but not one on ratios pulling power and such. if this is in the wrong section im sorry please move it to where it needs to be Admins.