PelicanBoats - Universal Kayak & SUP Car-Top Roof Carrier Kit – PS0481-3 - Fits Vehicles – Heavy Duty & Safe

I have these attached to my truck bed rack and they do an excellent job of holding my Stellar S16 G2 securely attached. Hold is solid with no rocking, swaying or slipping. I use two ratchet tie down ropes over the mounts onto the bed rack instead of the included straps.

Using a wider pelican fishing kayak. The pads need to be 2 inches longer. I have a Hyundai sonata with a fin antenna in the center back of the roof so kayak is top down. You'd think pelican would make a product that fits their product. Also it should have included two more straps for the foam, there is an obvious channel for them but not included. This would iliminate slippage. It will work but. Eh.

Have only used on a dry roof top so far, and it worked good then. Be careful when you crank down on the straps. I bent my hull, and it took some work to get that fixed. Not for long distances, but for short distances I think this works fine.

Big kayaker, use it weekly during summer great and easy way to haul my kayaks. Had it for 10 yrs, eventually wore out, bought a new replacement one, better and cheaper then more expensive kayak racks gear. No worries if will fail, used on highways no issues 👍

I have a Hyundai Accent. This delivers by paddle board or kayak to where I want to go without worry it will blow off. And way to use

Perfect for vehicles with no roof rack!

I genuinely tried to love this product, but after nearly losing my paddleboards on the highway I decided it was well worth the splurge for a roof rack and ratchet ties.First use took about 40 minutes to load and tie down a single board. I anticipated it would take a bit longer while I became acclimated, but definitely not that long. Ultimately the tie downs were extremely difficult to tighten. When I finally felt confident in the security of the board on the car (no slack in lines, etc.) and left, the boards seemed to be moving quite a bit which caused me to stop (very nervously) 4x to check them throughout my 35 minute drive. Same situation on the way home.After about a dozen uses I got the tie down process down to about 15-20 minutes, but by that point the hardware from the hooks had scratched my car quite a bit a few times when attempting to tighten the straps and I was just over it.While I understand the appeal for a safe and more cost effective alternative to a roof rack, the time consumed for each load and wear and tear on my vehicle wasn't worth the savings to me (especially after nearly losing the board).

Easy enough for me to figure out but it was bought for my 18 year old daughter. Product works fine, but recommend putting installation instructions beyond “don’t put the know on top of the buckle” for those that would feel better seeing them.