Roof Cargo Basket

Purchased along with rail bars and a 21cuft cargo bag to accommodate luggage for six on a cross country trip. Without this basket, the cargo bag would have rested directly on top of the 2021 Tahoe, which has a panoramic sunroof. Not ideal for a nearly 3k mile trip. This basket kept everything off the truck and even allowed the use of the sunroof with no interference. This basket seems well made. Assembly was time consuming, but not difficult. Assembly instructions were included. There were basically no installation instructions, as far as how to secure the basket to the rail bars. I had to figure that out on my own. The way i ended up securing to the rail bars must have been at least sufficient, as we ran about 80 mph for 2000+ miles on I-90 with no issues at all. I found a couple of youtube videos of folks installing this basket to rail bars, but none appeared to be correct to me, as the included U-bolts ended up facing up, which likely would have damaged the cargo bag. I've included a couple photos of how i situated the hardware while securing to the rail bars. The metal bracket is below the bars and the U-bolt is on top of the bars, facing down. The basket stayed in place. Never budged. The basket housed the 21cuft cargo bag containing at least seven pieces of luggage and two gym bags. Oh, and my 15 year old step son who was wrestling the luggage into place. There was room left over ever after we stuffed the huge cargo bag full, which allowed us to secure even more items in the basket using the included cargo net. Very handy. This cargo basket was truly tested and performed wonderfully. Im beyond satisfied with the purchase and highly recommend the Tuffiom cargo basket.

I looked all over for something to fit my adult trike on the back of my van. Nothing fit the measurements so I took a chance on this one because of the price, lightweight and ease of assembly from the reviews. I am glad I did. My trike doesn't fit exactly in it, but it fits nicely around it and up with a little maneuvering. I am disabled and am still able to get it on and strap it in if I do it right and am careful. I also was able to put it together with a little help from a young nephew. Things to keep in mind- definitely do not tighten before having the all on. Definitely use the stabilizing bracket properly. Lay it all out in the shape and once you get the first couple in, you will see the pattern and how easy it is and it will just take a bit to get the all on then go back and tighten. Everything was included so that made it super easy. I do recommend doing it on a table if you can or your back/knees will hurt. It is pretty lightweight but once the bar is added, it gets heavier. It can be done but much easier with 2. My only complaint is that I wish it were curved a bit up so I didn't drag it. On big speed bumps or low dips, it drags a bit on the bottom no matter how careful I am. Even more so with the bike on it.

This is a pretty good sturdy roof rack, however a few things to be aware of. I'm not sure how good the quality control is as my rack out of the box had multiple bent tubes and several connection points that I needed to use pliers to bring the tubes back to round so that the different pieces would fit together. About half the knobs used to tighten it to the roof rack have an issue with the threads so are very hard to tighten. I probably would have sent it back for a replacement but I needed the rack the next morning! I used it to hold my roof top carrier bag and it did a great job, I left it connected to the roof rack through out our 2000 mile trip and there were no issues stability wise. There are however several places that the powder coat is flaking off now after just 1 week of use. Over all it is not a bad rack but quality control could definitely be better.

Super nice and strong

Definitely heavy duty! Used to for the cross country move on GL 450 Mercedes. And were able to fit multiple large suit cases, pelican storage case and an old rocking chair 😅 We also strapped everything in with actual straps (to the basket) but net that came with it is definitely very helpful. Easy to install and you can make it smaller by reconfiguring grate panels.

This is made of Iron -- not even steel. It is HEAVY. The paint was off a few places already when delivered. The Joints are not painted properly so they started to rust just after one use with just minor rain.

I'm actually surprised at how much I like this car rack. You will have to make sure to measure your car, because it is very long. It was very simple to put together and is surprisingly sturdy. If I have a criticism, it is that it is super heavy once assembled, so that you really need two people and two ladders to get it up onto the roof of your car. Consider this your warning! But it fit into my crossbars perfectly and is adjustable, and once you tighten the C-clamps, it is not going anywhere -- there's literally no way it can move or come off. Its specs say that it holds up to 150 pounds, so it does carry alot.

OK so I purchased this cage about 75 days ago Having read all the reviews in depth, I took what I felt to be proper precautions. I bought cans of spray paint on the cheap, and cans of poly-seal on the cheap. It appears to be powder coated, any exposed metal will rust within 24 hours of getting wet. I spray-painted the entire unassembled cage. I gave it roughly three coats of flat primer paint. And two coats of poly seal. Added about $30 to the total cost of the cage. 75 days later, no rust. Been mounted to the crossbars the whole time. Through multiple heavy rain storms. It’s definitely cheap. I weigh 185 pounds and one bar cannot support my weight, dispersed across all of them with a 2 x 4 yes. 145 pounds of camping gear. Yes. Is the bungee net cheap? yes. Did it hold all my camping equipment in the cage? Yes. Was I cautious not to overextend it? Absolutely. I used the bungee net and then ran the ratchet straps over the bungee net. The ratchet straps are also lower weight restriction. I wouldn’t recommend anything super heavy. Their weight restriction is probably 2 to 300 pounds. All the same as the $70 cross bars I got, they’re cheap and you get what you pay for but if you spend an extra 30 bucks and invest the effort into them before using them the first time you can have yourself a decent cage on the cheap that I wouldn’t use for anything more than 150-200 pounds spread out evenly and packed cautiously. At the same time, though, if you spend an extra 50 bucks, you can get a decent cage that won’t rust, that won’t require you to paint it and seal it with poly seal