Onefeng Sports 135LB Kayak Saddle, Aluminum Rustless Kayak Roof Rack with 1.5" Width Tie Down Straps for Carrier Canoe Boat Paddle Board Surfboard, to Mount on Car SUV Truck Crossbar

I purchased these bars to for my 2015 JGC. They work perfectly and everything you need including the wrench is included in the box. First off they are a great looking set of bars and very easy to install. They are aerodynamic and function as intended but the directions are a little weak so let me straighten it out and make your install even easier. First separate the front bar from the back bar. That’s easy they are clearly marked. Next flip them upside down loosen the inside screw, only two to three turns this screw allows the legs to move to length or shorten the distance. Then turn the outside screw, the one closest to the edge all the way out until you only see 2 or 3 threads. Dont go past that. Now flip them over and position first the left then the right side in the side rails. Doesn’t matter the order but position BOTH sides before you tighten anything. Once both sides are seated in the rails then tighten the inside screw on BOTH sides first. This keeps the legs in place. Then finally tighten the outside screw on one side then the other. IF you do it this way it’s like a 15 min install. Easy peasy. Last step you slide the little rubber rail back in place. That’s it. Now you can mount whatever you want on the rails. I put kayak saddles on mine also for anyone wondering. I have used the very expensive rails from companies starting in Y or T and these rails are every bit as impressive as those at 1/3 the price. I love these rails.

Have used Thule products exclusively in the past. These cradles are very high quality and far, far cheaper than Thule products. These are made of welded, anodized aluminum frames with rubber/urethane flexible pads, with no structural parts made of plastic. Have used them for many hundreds of road miles, with zero failures of any kind. Highly recommended.

So far so good, easy to install, and holds well on the rack keeping my canoe in place.

Not overly impressed. Others I have are much more conforming to the kayak. These have very little flex and don't conform as well.

Not my first attempt to find kayak saddles that would fit onto the Honda CRV crossbars, but the only one that DID fit. The saddles have a rubberized part that sits between the saddle and the top of the bar. This does not want to slip along the bar, keeping the kayak right where you want it, Even with the hold downs all loosened, it holds on, but will move when you push it, a good feature. It's set into the top clamp instead of just laying on the top of the bar, so it is held firmly with the top clamp The bottom of the clamp is coated so it doesn't want to slip either. The tighten down knobs are big enough to be able to easily use, but not so big as to get in the way of the tie down straps. The straps themselves have a piece of material at the buckle that protects the car surface from being scratched by the buckle.The saddles themselves where they support the kayak are also rubber and flex to the shape of the kayak. My kayak is wider in the middle than in the front and I could position each saddle to give maximum distributed support. With J-bars you don't have that option as my friends show me, but they use the J-bars so they can put two kayaks on their vehicle. I have just the one.I had planned on using a J-bar rack for the kayak. With a J-bar you need to pick the entire kayak up, over your head and put it down on the J-bars. With the saddles you can leave the back end on the ground and lift the front end up onto the CRV. A hint I found online is to get a small rubberised rug and put it on the vehicle and then put the front of the kayak onto the rug. This protects the vehicle but more importantly you can more easily slide the kayak onto the saddles . This makes it an easy one person job to get the kayak on or off the vehicle.The goods came packaged like a mummy, very protected.

Let's face it. Getting old stinks.I bought the saddles but had a different purpose in mind.So, getting older meant not being able to lift the kayak onto the SUVs roof. And not to mention how it would of been even more difficult with a fully rigged canoe.Stay with me.I decided to use the saddles on a trailer as "bunks"The idea worked perfectly. The saddles were the exact width of the trailer frame, and the 2 diff sized boots meant that I didn't need to go to the hardware store.Everything fit perfectly. I've had them installed as you see for about a month or so and have traveled a good amount of miles. No issues, no backing out of any kind. Now the saddles are holding a 13' canoe and they they're working perfectly.Highly recomend!

DO NOT BUY FROM ONEFENG, THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING TO MY PROBLEMS AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THEM.TYPICAL CHINESE COMPANY B. S. Appears well built but will not work for my application. Should be able to return before Oct 1 but the Amazon app will not let me. These are expensive and I cannot use them. Pretty bad policy from my point of view.