Bought this hoping for a quick kayak holder. It is a bit cumbersome to load kayaks and strap down. I use it in the bed of a truck which makes it easier, I think a SUV would be pretty tough to use.
I find the kayaks want to settle away from the mount, and not up tight to it, the straps stay tight but since the kayaks are much taller they don't stay close to the stacker.
The detents in the folding mechanism doesn't hold when straight vertical, only when bent fore or aft of center, making the tightening knobs not really able to hold them vertical when tightened down and the stacker able to move ahead and back.
The straps that come with this kit are nice quality straps though.
They didn't fit my thule bars without longer bolts, which was disappointing.
The main picture shows on this page shows the not strapped down correctly which is also odd.
In the end they work fine, and help me fit two kayaks and a canoe on the rack at once, so thats something. Just thought they'd be a little better.
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