YAKIMAShowDown Rooftop Mounted Load-Assist Kayak and SUP Rack for Vehicles, Carry 1 Kayak or 2 SUP Boards

We have 2 of these and are happy with them. My smaller kayak is great with no problems. The larger kayak tends to splay a bit when raised up, so we just wrap the excess strap around the 2 supports and secure it. Then it works great. At 5'3" I am too short to push the kayaks all the way up. Love these lifts, we often have people ask us about them, too bad they are so pricey. For us, they were worth the price.

Lets face it... this thing is pretty expensive. Took me a lot of research before I took the plunge, and I am loving this. If you are solo kayaking... or kayaking with a kid who isn't ready to help load a heavy kayak on your car, this is so worth it.Every time I load my car I have people oohing and aweing and how easy it is to get loaded, strapped, and raised up.Took me about 3 times to get used to it and fine-tune where I would put the straps to tighten it more after I raised it.... but now its about a 12-minute process to install the device, load the kayak, and drive off. When there its about a 3-minute process to get the kayak off of the roof.PS... if you happen to have a Tesla, keep your key at a distance as the side-view-mirrors auto-opening while you are loading it is not good :)

Tried today. So far no issues - works as advertised. Look and feel is very good.Easy to install. I used "Yakima Showdown" with "53” Universal Locking Roof Rack Crossbars by Vault" - both could be added and removed very quickly on Toyota 4Runner 2016.Kayak load/unload/strap is much faster and convenient now. I even can't compare how much easier it was to load / unload my Wilderness 17' kayak vs. my old "Yakima HullyRollers" and "Yakima DeckHand Kayak Saddles" set. (There is nothing wrong with these two - is just much easier for one person to use Yakima Showdown.)It could be five stars but I don't like bow and stern tiedown lines hooks - they should be some sort of snap spring clip carbine hooks - I really felt uncomfortable and insecure with the open hooks.

FAST service and exactly what I was looking for and a deal!

Way cheaper than a Hullavator. Works just as good. Loader is more at chest height than hip height. You do have to use a little more of a shove once you get the loader on top of your car or suv. I'm 5'11", bad shoulder, OLD woman paddler. It was just fine for me.

I used the tie downs for the first time and they broke! What I paid for it they should be better grade!

The lift was easy to install and would be easy to use for a taller person. I'm only 5ft. and drive an equinox. It wasn't worth the money to keep it. Lifting it up onto the hooks was just as hard as putting it up myself. Getting it off was even harder. So I returned it, however if I was taller or my vehicle was shorter I think it would have been well worth the money. 😊 Returning it wasn't to inconvenient.

While Yakima makes outstanding products, this was purchased and billed as "New, in original packaging but packaging damaged". The accuracy was the packaging was damaged - barely held together with packing tape on the doorstep. Don't worry, it gets worse. The product itself had obvious chips, scratches, marks and even dirt from previous installation and use, most of the accompanying components billed as present were missing and one component that was present was unusable. This was a shameful resale of an otherwise outstanding product. This was Amazon's resale - shame on Amazon for this one.