Crunch the numbers.
Badlands Apex has a 90 day warranty. To get a two year warranty, it costs almost $200.
Warn EVO has a lifetime warranty on mechanicals and seven year warranty on electrical.
By the time you buy an Apex and the two year warranty, you’re within a couple hundred dollars or so of the equivalent EVO.
You could get the new, cheaper Badlands ZXR 1200 winch, but it only comes with a steel cable. By the time you add a two year warranty and a Harbor Freight synth rope, you’re looking at close to $600. The Warn EVO can be found for just under $1000.