135LB Kayak Saddle, Aluminum Rustless Kayak Roof Rack with 1.5" Width Tie Down Straps for Carrier Canoe Boat Paddle Board Surfboard, to Mount on Car SUV Truck Crossbar

Decent price for sturdy brackets. They fit my rectangle tube Thule rack with no issue. The bolts are long but if you flip them around they don’t get in the way at all.However - I found a weak point. My kayaks are easily less than the rated weight limit. The breakage occurred when I was loading them up during their first use. Not a big deal cuz the feet still held their shape.Overall it’s easy *** maybe ****. Like I said the brackets are super sturdy, the welds look great, and I can easily fix the pin that came out.Side note, I’m not trying to complain with this review - just be aware you may need to DIY a small repair.

supoorted 65 pound fish kayak on test drive. Hope the pivot pin rivets hold up under stress. Wish the rivet ends looked a little stronger. Otherwise, happy. Finally found something reasonable that fit 2017 Hyundai cross bars.

the concept is easy enough and looked promising. Sadly the straps it came with are way to short to tie a ride-115x down, which is also not really sitting comfortably in it and seems rather wobbly. Installation is easy and can easily be figured out, but the directions are a joke and not really that helpful. Parts are cheaply made.update: Nov 26It works but it's such a pain and needs constant adjustments. Which add about 10-15m to the loading process.

Not my first attempt to find kayak saddles that would fit onto the Honda CRV crossbars, but the only one that DID fit. The saddles have a rubberized part that sits between the saddle and the top of the bar. This does not want to slip along the bar, keeping the kayak right where you want it, Even with the hold downs all loosened, it holds on, but will move when you push it, a good feature. It's set into the top clamp instead of just laying on the top of the bar, so it is held firmly with the top clamp The bottom of the clamp is coated so it doesn't want to slip either. The tighten down knobs are big enough to be able to easily use, but not so big as to get in the way of the tie down straps. The straps themselves have a piece of material at the buckle that protects the car surface from being scratched by the buckle.The saddles themselves where they support the kayak are also rubber and flex to the shape of the kayak. My kayak is wider in the middle than in the front and I could position each saddle to give maximum distributed support. With J-bars you don't have that option as my friends show me, but they use the J-bars so they can put two kayaks on their vehicle. I have just the one.I had planned on using a J-bar rack for the kayak. With a J-bar you need to pick the entire kayak up, over your head and put it down on the J-bars. With the saddles you can leave the back end on the ground and lift the front end up onto the CRV. A hint I found online is to get a small rubberised rug and put it on the vehicle and then put the front of the kayak onto the rug. This protects the vehicle but more importantly you can more easily slide the kayak onto the saddles . This makes it an easy one person job to get the kayak on or off the vehicle.The goods came packaged like a mummy, very protected.

I've had this kayak saddle for a few weeks now, I use it for my 75lb kayak of which it does well. It took maybe 30 minutes to install then another 10 to adjust to fit the kayak. After the first trip out I found that even though I had tightened the brackets the saddle comes with down to the point they were bending a little, the saddle mounts would still slide a little, enough to cause the kayak to drop between them when pulled to the side. I ended up tightening the bolts down as far as they could physically be turned without a wrench or pliers and so far they still slowly slide out of place, usually when loading and unloading the kayak. The sliding is small enough now to where it is still safe to use. ALSO, if you get this mount system don't bother with the tie downs that come with it. I tried to use them, but they were too short to reach across to the other side of the kayak so I bought 20ft tie downs instead which work much better.-for reference the kayak is a lifetime Teton pro 116

Fairly easy installationI had a pin come loose and had to repair it.Easy fix but still frustrating.They hold my kayaks well and I like that they are adjustable.The straps that come with them are not strong enough to use safely.I highly recommend using regular ratchet straps.Note they whistle when driving over 50 when they aren't holding anything.