Accessories

Very pleased
Recently, nine of us (4 adults and 5 kids) went on vacation for a week where we took all our food plus outdoor games & etc. Our vehicle was the largest, so the food was stored inside along with the coolers. Then there was luggage and bedding which was stored on top in the Kar Pak. It worked beautiful! We packed the Kar Pak the night before we left and it rained overnight, but everything was perfectly dry when we unpacked it the next afternoon upon reaching our destination. I'm so glad I went online to find a great Kar Pak. I did purchase one away in advance at a retail store only to find that it must have been returned, because all the pieces were not there. So, that is what brought me to purchase online at the last minute.

EXCELLENT!! with some reservations
Bought this back in February 08 for 23.99 from here. For the size and quality I think I got a fantastic deal.

What I like:

The squareness - it is great for packing duffle bags and rolling suitcases when stacking. I got tons of stuff in it.

The material feels like quality and it held up great through a pounding rainstorm.

There aren't tons of cords to tie down like in many other carriers. I still finished it off with my bungy cords but I can admit that that was for my own peace of mind - I really feel this carrier would have been perfectly fine without my added extra tie downs.

WHat I didn't like:

The zippers only go so far so that you are pushing your luggage into the carrier instead of placing it on it. A little hard to work with.

The squareness! It sits so high and has nothing to help with aerodynamics. I used this carrier on my Mariner from MI to FL. Normally, my Mariner gets about 25MPG on the highway. With my old carrier, that was rounded in the front - I got about 22MPG. With this Kar Pak I was down to about 19MPG. Quite a difference.

Still, I was amazed at the amount of luggage I could get in the carrier and am overall happy with it. It was an excellent buy.

worked great
We bought this for a trip from Massachusetts to Delaware and found it easy to attach to the van (even my non-mechanically inclined husband figured it out!) took about 10 minutes tops. Having read the reviews of several products and hearing complaints about nothing being waterproof I pack all our stuff in Space bags and loaded up the Kar Pac. I fit 3 large bags full of bedding and towels, 4 fishing rods, tackle box, three beach pails, a large frisbee, two boogie boards and a bag with 5 pair of shoes in it and still had a bit of room. I did put on a couple of bungee cords to be sure and off we went. At speeds of around 70mph for almost 500 miles down and 500 back, in wind and driving rain this thing worked great. Everything was bone dry and the bag never moved, the car performed as if it wasn't even there. I tied the straps down so no flapping and absolutely no noise either. A great deal for the money

Terrible- really 0 stars
The first time I went to install my Karpak two of the straps ripped right off. Now I am having trouble getting anyone to answer my customer service inquiry. It says right in the warrenty that this would be covered, but no one answers my e-mails. Therefore, at this point I would not recommend purchasing this item.

kar pak quality
so far so good! i've only used it once but it has tons of space and keeps stuff dry. what more could i ask for? perfect.