I have twin 10ft raptors on my bay boat and twin 8ft blades on my skiff and both are solid. The Raptor pump heavy duty and is much heavier then the power pole pump. It has way more feature and have their auto bottom mode witch keeps putting pressure on the spike to make sure you don't lose grip. I havn't had a problem with them in the year I have owned them so I cant say about their warranty. But I will say as of right now when I order my next boat I would put the raptors on it. You also get 5 years of warranty over 2 with power pole. I will say power pole builds a quality product and the customer service is one of the best in the industry.