This is a really great value for a j style kayak carrier. It's from Vevor, which makes a number of value products and tools, and with whom I am familiar. The quality of this is on par with other Vevor products I've used. In this case, it's a perfectly functional carrier with many of the features you'd find on a much more expensive one, with maybe a little less polish. Installation to my roof bars was pretty easy, and took about 10 minutes. It comes with a stamped steel wrench, so you don't need any tools to assemble. My roof bars are quite flat oval shapes (factory 2021 Bronco Sport bars), and this fit just fine on them. There is padding where there should be to protect your kayak (but not your roof bars, see below), and the upright can be adjusted across 180 degrees, although practically speaking for carrying you'd probably use a narrow range. I adjusted mine flat for when there is nothing up there, so I could clear my garage opening. There are some drawbacks to this carrier that I will note. First, keeping this on full time will subject you to more noise at higher speeds. It was considerably more noisy at highway speeds with this on, folded flat and no kayak. I'd want to remove it when not in use for this reason. This leads me to my second concern. Install and removal is by two plastic knobs for each carrier. The knobs wrap a regular steel nut, but the knobs feel too small and it was difficult for me to get a great grip on them to tighten them down. It was possible to get them tight, but not something I'd want to do repeatedly. I think the knobs should be bigger to provide for more leverage. In addition, you have to be careful when installing or removing. There is a washer and locknut that are going to fall off the bolt when you remove the knobs. The bolts that the bottom clamp passes through are long, and you have to take care to not scratch your roof. You might need to trim those bolts if your roof bars are close to your roof. You also need to
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