Accessories

good start
Bought this item because i thought i might be more versital... it is easy to install (put it on the car in about 10 min the first time) and very well made... i would say it doubled the cargo capacity of our vw jetta. good buy for the money. this will be used often since we just had our first child

Not what I expected
Well we had been looking at various car top carriers and this one promised "the best of both worlds" of the hard top vs. soft/bag. Well the advertised 12 cubic ft is misleading. My friend has a Thule Excursion which has 13 c ft and he could fit ALOT more in that than I could with this. The problem is the zipper. You have to be very selective of the size of the items you are placing in it or you will not get the zipper to close. Also the mounting hardware takes up room inside (4 of them)-each handle sticks up inside the carrier, so it makes it harder to lay stuff flat in those areas. Also the handles are these plastic contraptions with moveable locking parts that look like they could get easily cracked, broken, etc. and I did not completely trust them for securing the rack- the plastic locks onto metal U shaped threaded bolts around the roof rack slats and it looks like those plastic threads could easily get stripped. Back with the size- forget about putting a stroller or golf bag or beach umbrellas (broken down in half) in this thing. I definately do not think it was worth the $$ and I returned mine.

Worth the investment
The Ranger 90 did great on our 6.5 hr drives to/from the Outer Banks. We drove home during a tropical Storm, and the bag remained water-tight. The bag installs/uninstalls easily (even in the rain.) Easily stores in included bag.

One pice of advice: to minimize wasted space within the bag, soft sided luggage works best.

Great alternative to hardshell
The Ranger 90 is a great blend between a hardshell box and a soft cargo bag. I got it because I prefer having the load not resting on the roof of the vehicle. It fits perfectly and attaches easily to the factory rack of our Ford Escape. Kept our gear dry and secure in heavy rain at 70mph. At 12cf it isn't huge, but we fit most of our soft luggage for a week trip for family of 4 in it. That left room for our dog in the back of the truck. Folds up easily and quickly -- so beats a hardshell hands-down in that regard.

Great combination of box and bag
We got this to give us some extra cargo space when driving my wife's Honda Fit. It's allowed us to travel from Atlanta Ga to Asheville NC with three adults, a baby, two dogs in comfort by stashing all our luggage in the cartop box. It's sturdy, well-constructed, waterproof and holds up to the battering of wind, bugs and storms, etc with no problems. Furthermore, it stores in a long thin bag so it doesn't take up huge amounts of space in my garage. Attaching it to the roof rack takes some effort, but it has a secure no-slip method of attaching and I don't feel like it has any danger of coming loose.