Onefeng Sports Saddle Kayak Roof Rack Canoe Mount Holder Cradle Boat Carrier for Most Car SUV Cross Bars

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.

In fact, it it holds too securely in a way. I found I had to place terry cloth rags/washcloths/towels on the two rear cradles so that I can slide the hull of my boat up onto the car. Without them the rubber of the cradles grabs the boat and won't let it slide. Ultimately, this is a good thing... very good thing as far as I'm concerned. I am overall very pleased with this purchase, and it helped me transport my boat from north Florida all the way to Washington DC with no issues during the trip. I've dropped one star on the review (specifically under sturdiness) only for the straps that came with this cradle. One of the straps, after the one trip, became torn and frayed, I'm guessing from the metal of the cradle it was routed through. In my opinion, this is a very minor complaint, as I paid for the cradles not the straps. I have plenty of straps of various kinds, and I prefer to use ratcheting straps to secure the boat directly to the roof rails of my car, rather then just to the cradles/crossbars. The cradle itself holds my boat securely without placing stress on the keel, which is what I wanted. Very happy with this product overall.

Great little feet for all types of 🛶! Took them on a 3 hour journey and worked beautifully.the instructions were vague, at best . I measured roughly the width of the boat at where I figured the feet would be, and then installed the feet at that width apart on the bars . Worked perfectly.The rubber on the feet is sticky, which is great but can be hassle if alone. I'm sure this can be fixed with a sock or something, but I just kinda wiggled it on there. The flex in the rubber allow the kayak to cradle the boat.The straps that come with the feet are ok, at best. Again, no clear description on using them so I went to YouTube to see how to properly tiedow a kayak with straps. The straps could be of better quality, I will look into Thule ones instead.After a long trip, it's safe to say I am very glad I bought them. I won't be using them more than a few times a year, so this was a great buy for me. Storage is just 4 feet! No space at all!

Great BUT HAS ONE ISSUE FOR CROSSBAR ON FORD ESCAPE 2018 BOLTS NEED TO BUY UR OWN WHY THEY ARE TO LONG AND THEY WILL SCRATCH UR ROOF U NEED TO GET THEM ON 2' INCHES FOR THE FRONT AND BACK AND THE INSIDE NEED TO BE 1' 3/4 PLUS KEEP AND EYE PIN THAT HOLDS THE BASE THEY COME OUT I CHANGED THEM FOR A REGUAL STAINLESS STEEL 🔩 BOLT

I've purchased from this company before and based on that experience, purchased these. Quick and easy to install, quality seems high, and the bolts are not too long for my square crossbars. The rubber is quite sticky (well, it is brand new) and holds the boat so well, that I may have to cover them with cloth when loading so I can slide the boat into place. Once in place I appreciate that sticky hold, so would remove that cloth. Just a tip. Also, watch those hand-tightened nuts- like all of that design they can and do work loose over time. if you never plan to move the saddles, a little lock-tite would fix that issue. I'll be adding a second set of nuts to secure the first.