Elevate Universal Lift Assist Roof Rack

I cannot say how much I love this lift! It has allowed me to cut down time and effort by so much!The first time I used my lift, I had my two dogs and my young friend with special needs. I was kayaking towing my friend in a tube. As we were returning to shore, we hit a swarm of biting black flies that were relentless to human and dogs! My poor friend was being feasted on. When we came up on shore, I lifted her up and ran her to my vehicle. My dogs were next to get into my car. You have to understand we were moving fast. These flies were awful. I was near tears but trying to stay positive for my friend. I knew I still had the tube and kayak to bring to the car. Had I not had this lift, I later told my hubby, I would have left my kayak at the landing. The flies were that bad. But with my lift my kayak was secure and on my Honda Pilot in quick minutes and we were driving away from that horror!I almost forgot. I love how easy it is to remove the rack with the quick release from the sliding bar. This allows me to easily get in and out of my garage and go through car washes without worry.Thank you!PS My hubby and I found out the hard way - get the cross bars from the same company - Tooenjoy. Trying to find compatible bars elsewhere is not easy. Make it simple and get Tooenjoy.

Product was easy to assemble, place on vehicle and I felt it is well constructed. Note the cross bars and how high it is off the ground, the higher the vehicle the higher the unit will be. Ford's bars are 2" above vehicle/ cross bars add an additional 3" / then the unit is 3" above all that. From ground to load is about 3'6". I have no problem but other mfrs are a little lower but the price is about triple!Good for the price and the freedom to go myself without any assistance to stick it on the roof. Takes me about 10 minutes to load and 5 minutes to offload! Easily came off the vehicle, left the base unit attached to the crossbars since I don't use them for anything else! Compact and easy to store!

I bought this rack becuase I am no longer happy with the vertical rack I bought for use on the back of my 5th wheel RV. And since I had a trip planned where only one kayak would be needed I pulled the trigger on ordering this one. The package arrived quick and when I opened it I found it all nicely and securely packaged. Instructions were good and I probably spent a total of 20 minutes putting this together (taking my time and doing some other things in between). Once assembled i took it out to my truck to install the base and then to insert the rack into the base. My truck is tall, so I still had to use a step stool to get everything put on. The rack fit perfectly and I opted to the external u-bolts over the T-slot since this was not something I planned to leave on the truck fulltime. Once on i confirmed what the instructions said - you really need to put some force on it to extend it when empty. You need to pull out and down at the same time, which requres me to step up on something for the "out" part of the motion. If I just stand below it and try to pull down it will not work. This is not a problem for me. I know I have a tall vehicle so it's the price I pay. The last thing I did while installing was to put two large rubber strips on. They have a strip of REALLY THIN doublesided tape. Once installed the rack sat for a while. Later that day I had to go somewhere and when I got hom I saw that the two rubber strips had been ripped off by the wind. I think some thicker 3M VHB might have held better than what's on them. Aside from this the rack was fine. Loading and unloading a kayak made this thing 100% worth it. No more standing on something and trying to get it on top of my truck and then trying to secure it. This let me put it on and secure it while at a good, easy level. Releasing the latches and letting it swing up to the roof were the easiest part of loading it up. It was nice to be able to have this secured on the roof while still being able to tow my RV and it was also nice to not have the kayak on the back of the RV blocking my rear-view camera. Over the initial 2.5 hour trip (each way) the rack and kayak held securely and other than the expected added wind noise (even with no kayak) it was all good.I did reach out to the seller asking about a part number for the two strips that were ripped off. The initial response was great, but after my 2nd message I haven't heard from them in a few days. It's nothing major and does not impact the overall functionality. I've temporarly put some other rubber strips on there while I wait to receive a response.One thing that led me to get this rack over a competitor (that costs twice as much) is that this rack isn't just for kayaks. With the t-slots on the two main rails I'll be able to use my bike racks if I ever want to take my bikes somewhere and can't use the bed of my truck. I believe they have a basket that will work on this rack too, in case I ever need something like that. The added functionality swayed my decision in this direction (in addition to the price - not saying this is cheap becuase it is not, but I didn't want to pay almost $1000 for a single use rack).If you're on the fence about this item go for it. If your vehicle and not too tall and you can extend/close standing on the ground your experience will be better than mine. I still give it 5 stars in spite of the rubber strips not holding. I hope to be able to replace them once I hear back from the seller.

Assembly is relatively simple. If you follow instructions and pictures carefully it can be done in 30-45 minutes.This rack was used to transport two 55lb vibe Makana Kayaks. We've used the racks on 4 occasions to transport our kayaks since installing and have not had any issues. They appear solid. Have had friends follow us to confirm if the racks have any issues.These roof racks make loading and unloading the kayaks much easier. Would definitely recommend them if you're looking for an assisted solution to transporting kayaks or bikes.

Elevating couldn’t lift Native TitanX 12.5. I found out Elevating only lift under 18lbs That it!!