I had nothing but trouble out of my Polaris ranger. Broke bed shock, broke the gear selector in half, 2 clutches, 2 drive belts, 2 cv boots, all in a year and a half of use. That’s why I went to can am. I’ve had nothing but great service out of my new defender so far. Very happy with can am.
I hear a lot of people say their can-ams are better. I don’t know. Where we live in Tennessee I’ve never seen one. My 2009 Ranger 700 XP has been abused with dragging heavy downed trees and it’s been rolled three times. It’s never failed to start and never been repaired. It’s only got 1200 miles and 400 hours almost all on my 10 acres and maybe 5 runs to the store about 5 miles away. I’ve only trailered it twice. Once because I couldn’t get the drain plug loose for the first oil change and another for new tires. I’ve done all the rest of the maintenance myself.
I've always had the can-am always have and always will, I have had great service out of can-am Ive had three one UTV and two atv and never had a problem not one after 5 years on the 650 XT and now 4 years on the 450 just sold the UTV had it for two years no problems at all If i could not get a can-am I would buy a Honda every day all day
I've owned both and I will tell you I prefer the can am but it is louder and rougher then the polaris but I was tired of replacing bushings, shocks, drive lines, u-joints etc. on the polaris. I have had to replace 2 front shocks on the can am but that's it and I have about 4500 miles on it now. The polaris just doesn't hold up over time. I run 500 cows so use them a lot every day. I know what I'm talking about. I wish they would put me on the design team as I have so many other ideas. Also the door handles if you have the full cab, as I do on both, suck on the can am.
Troy Hallagin 100% agree! I bought Polaris for a while and always had to replace something. I’m now on my 2nd Defender and it’s a far better machine. Much more reliable, rides and handles better.
I almost went with the Honda Pioneer 1000 but spoke to a man who has on in for oil change. He told me it's hot in the cab, and there's a hole under the wheel well made by factory that lets in tons of dust . He blocks it with a plastic bag. That would bug the heck out of me. I'm a Honda guy too, and was so disappointed to speak to him. Plus the trouble Honda had with the transmission.
I’ve got a 2019 Defender XT Cab / HD10 and love it. However, it can’t do an on-the-fly 4x4 switch while the Ranger (another machine I love) certainly can. I’m ok with it, but wouldn’t mind seeing CanAm add this feature. As for speed - sheesh! - both machines scare the pants off me. Top speed - no way. They are both rocket ships. My brother runs the Ranger and feels the same way. Both are awesome.
This is another review NOT A VS to much talk show them doin what you say they are doin not talk talk talk show them claiming a hill getting stuck pulling anything don't be scard to show the bad about them we all know there
Pedro La Guardia I’ve got a Defender XMR and I’ll be honest the defender is insanely quite. Going 30-40 I can talk normal to my buddy beside me. Versus the Mavericks and commanders are insanely loud can’t hear each other. I know I didn’t speak for the ranger but I have no experience with ranger as far as noise
tonylama By the time everyone else gets done pushin pullin. Clawin scratchin spittin and cussin about who got the best bike we will have our work done and gone for a pleasure riding and they will be still trying to figure it out. Honda got em all beat.
Trapper 62 Depends really, not sure if you've driven all three or not but the Honda felt meh to me. I'm about to get a side by side now and I've now driven all of them, the Honda left me least impressed to be honest. I guess they have the reliability aspect going for them but that's not enough to sway me, not enough configurations or aftermarket support. I did like the flip up seats though.
William Stewart reliability is #1 for me. Not into speed. 40 kh is lots for me. I don’t like the idea of walking several miles if I break down. That’s not to say they won’t break down but I like my odds with a honda. So the ride and speed are not factors in my buying.
