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etrailer Watersport Carriers Review - 2020 Subaru Ascent- Video
Hey everybody, welcome to etrailer.com. I'm Bobby. And today we're taking a look etrailer kayak carrier with tie down kit, here on our 2020 Subaru Ascent. Now this can be an awesome way of getting your kayaks to wherever you need to go. Great things about it. Not going to be breaking the bank to get a host of great features that you might see in some more of those premium kayak carriers. more
1/30/2022 8:58:50 PM
etrailer Watersport Carriers Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback, we're going to be doing a test fit on the etrailer J-Style Kayak Carrier. So I've already got it loaded up just to give you a good idea of what it looks like and how it's gonna hold our kayaks. It is a J-Style, as I said in the intro, so it's gonna prop up our kayaks. Now this system's gonna come with everything you need to safely transport your kayak. We've got the bow and stern straps, and then we got the two center straps here to go around our hull.Let's go ahead and take a look at our Outback's roof. Now, like I said, it is a universal mount system, but I've got it attached to our Subaru's factory cross bars. more
1/8/2019 8:08:06 AM
Rhino Rack Watersport Carriers Review - 2015 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Outback we're going to be doing a test fit on the Rhino Rack Kayak Carrier, part number RR570. The kit includes everything you're going to need, including four saddle mounts, straps, hardware, and tools needed for installation.Now these saddle mounts pivot, which allows you to load and unload the kayak from the side of the vehicle. They also feature a flexible base, which contour to the lines of the kayak. The base is also a rubber material, and that helps prevent any damage or scratches to your kayak. Now the saddle mounts are a clamp on style, which will work with most factory and aftermarket roof rack systems. As you can see here, they're a perfect fit for our Subaru's factory roof rack.And we'll go ahead and remove the straps, so we can take a better look at everything. more
12/28/2018 7:07:12 AM
Lockrack Watersport Carriers Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Lockrack Stand Up Paddle Board Carrier for wide stand up paddle boards, part number 339LR65SASETA. This can carry up to one stand up paddle board, and this is a universal mounting system. Right now we have it around square bars, this will also work with round, elliptical and most factory roof racks, but it also has an option to switch this to a channel mount, so it can work with those roof racks with t-slots in them as well. This is a very unique stand up paddle board carrier in that once it's installed it doesn't require any straps, or bow and stern tie-downs, or anything like that once it's installed.It'll grip your stand up paddle board at four points. We're going to have two arms at each side, and they are going to have this nice thick rubber padding to help protect the hull of your stand up paddle board where it makes contact with it. Also, at the base here, we have this rubber padding as well as this extra gripping material so once you initially install this it's not going to shift around or move around while you're pushing these into place. more
7/13/2018 8:37:14 AM
Lockrack Watersport Carriers Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek 339LRSSUPSETA- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Lockrack stand up paddleboard carrier for one stand up paddleboard. This is going to be part number 339LRSSUPSETA. We already have a stand up paddleboard installed on it, so let's go ahead and take a closer look here. This is a pretty unique carrier, in that once everything is installed and pushed in place, you don't need any straps to hold down the stand up paddleboard while you're traveling. Instead, it uses these ratcheting arms with these thick rubber pads to help protect the hull, to hold it in place, and keep it in place while you travel.There is also padding on the underneath here, which is treaded to make sure this won't move around while you're initially installing it. With everything installed as it is, unfortunately we're not able to open up our rear hatch, as it will make contact with our paddleboard, although you're able to open enough to get some space in there. more
7/12/2018 3:47:31 PM
Malone Watersport Carriers Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Speaker 1: Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to test fitting the Malone Standard cross bar pad, 30 inches long, part number MPG315. We already have our paddle board attached to our vehicle. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and show off some of the features. Now, while we do have two straps to hold our stand-up paddle board down, these do not come with the kit. We used the 10 foot long Malone straps, which you can find on etrailer.com.Looking at the pads, these are going to be foam pads with a nylon covering on them to help protect your stand-up paddle board or surf board while in transport, to make sure there's no scratches or abrasions on it. It wraps around your cross bars, as you can see here. more
9/6/2017 3:37:18 PM
Malone Watersport Carriers Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek MPG116MD- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're going to be test fitting the Malone J-Pro Kayak Carrier with Tie-Downs, part number MPG116MD. We already have our kayak installed on the rack. Let's go ahead and take a closer look and showoff some of the features. Along with it, you do get all the tie-down straps necessary to secure it to your roof, including the 12 foot long straps, as well as this protective coating around the buckle of the straps to make sure you don't scratch up the hull of your kayak or your canoe. It also comes with the bow and stern tie-downs and the hooks to attach them to either your hitch or your front tow hook point. The carrier itself is padded to make sure you don't damage your boat as well when it's being loaded and unloaded. Let's go ahead and take the kayak off and set it aside. more
7/25/2017 9:27:06 AM
Rhino Rack Watersport Carriers Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek- Video
Today in our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek we're going to be test fitting the Rhino Rack stand up paddle board and surf board pads with tie downs, part number RRRWP03. Now we already have one of our pads installed, we'll go ahead and show you how to install the other one. These are very easy, they come in a quantity of two, and they have these hook and loop straps that will wrap around our Rhino Rack crossbars here, however this will also work with square, round, aero, elliptical and some factory crossbars. I'm going to pull it down nice and tight on both sides and then make your connections. We'll do this all around, go to the other side to finish that up, again pulling down, make sure it's nice and tight. Alright, then with both of these installed, we're ready to install our surf board. These pads can only carry one of either, that's the surf board or the stand up paddle board, or other accessories depending on what they are, and then it comes with two tie downs as I said earlier, and these do have rubber pads on them as well, and these are cam buckle straps, and they're rubber padded to ensure that your actual surfboard does not get scratched up once this is being installed. And how you install these straps, you come underneath one side, and then underneath on the other side as well. more
3/28/2017 3:17:46 PM
Rhino Rack Watersport Carriers Review - 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek s510- Video
Today on our 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek, we're doing a test fit of the Rhino Rack J Style Kayak Carrier. That's part number S510. You see we already have it on our Rhino rack and roof system. Let's show you a few features here. What we have here, we have the strap to the front and back. That's our bow and our stern straps. We have our straps around the kayak itself that's hooked to your J-hook carriers. First we're going to take off the straps from the bow and the stern. more
12/9/2015 8:51:06 AM
Thule SUP Taxi Watersport Carriers Review - 2015 Subaru Forester- Video
Today on our 2015 Subaru Forester we're going to be test fitting the Thule Stand-Up Paddleboard Carrier with a 2-Board Capacity part number TH810. We have a Thule Rapid Crossroad Roof Rack System on our vehicle and we have the rear part of our carrier already installed. We're going to install the front half onto our front bar. When doing this you want to make sure that you have your bars or that you have both halves of your carrier in line with each other. We can just bring the rubber coated strap around and use the wing knob here at the front to tighten it around our bar. These are nice rubber coated steel straps that are going to be very strong, very durable. Once we have this side snug down and secure, we can go ahead and move to the other side and repeat that same process. more
10/15/2014 5:15:52 PM
Thule SUP Taxi Watersport Carriers Review - 2013 Subaru Outback Wagon- Video
Today on our 2013 Subaru Outback, we're going to be test-fitting the Thule SUP Taxi. This is a stand-up paddleboard carrier. It's designed for mounting on a roofrack crossbar. It's part number is TH810. Our stand-up paddleboard carrier's going to offer a two-board capacity. As you can see, we've already got the rear installed onto the vehicle. To finish up our test-fit, we're going to place the front half of the carrier onto the front roof line of the vehicle. more
9/3/2014 11:58:02 AM
Thule SUP Taxi Stand-Up Paddleboard Carrier Review - 2008 Subaru Legacy- Video
Today on our 2008 Subaru Legacy GT, well be test fitting the Thule SUP Taxi Stand-Up Paddle Board Carrier, part number TH810. To mount our carrier to the vehicle, well take the first half of the carrier and set it up on top of the front load bar. Well run the speed link straps around the load bar, fit them back into the head, and tighten them down using the gray hand knob. Once weve done that, we can move back to the second half of the carrier. We do want to make sure that the second half lines up nicely with the front half. Again, well fit the speed link straps around our load bar and back into the head, tightening them down the same way we did the first. more
8/28/2012 10:47:44 AM
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