TOOENJOY Heavy-Duty Kayak Lift Assist Roof Rack, 45 KG Capacity Kayak Canoe Rooftop Loader, Elevating Assist System for Easy Loading

Superb. If you are looking for a cost effective kayak assisted loading device you can’t really go wrong with this. Forget the notion that Chinese products are inferior! This flat pack was very well packed in good strong cardboard and the assembly instructions were clear and detailed. Operation is simple and it can lift my 21kg sea kayak without assistance from me! It is fairly straightforward to release and remove the moving part but I don’t bother!

This has been a game changer. I've been approached by several paddlers all commenting on how good this unit seems to be. I'll tell others to try and lift the kayak with one hand and they are always surprised at how easy it makes the process. Especially useful at the end of a session when I'm a little tired. The only criticisms I have is that the two rubber strips have now come off and have disappeared onto a road somewhere. The double sided tape holding them on is not strong enough and I'm going to have to find a replacement solution for the strips now that they have been lost. The other thing is that I don't totally trust the locking mechanism. I think if I were to hit a pothole, I wonder if the unit would become unclipped and would slide open. To get around this I either lash the kayak strap around the main frame and the sliding frame or do the same thing with a bungie. Overall though, would definitely recommend.

It does work I have a 32kg sea fishing kayak which it lifts quite easily with a bit of arm power too. I had to take a loan out on this lift because at £400 it ain’t cheap. I take the top section off if I’m not using the kayak because 3 reasons 1) wind noise 2) security3) preservation. I’ve got some silicon spray to coat the moving parts. My roof rack cross bars said they would hold 100kg, this is the bit that holds lift frame but when I fitted everything with the kayak one of roof bars was bending. So spec from roof bar company wasn’t accurate so had to fit 1 metre x 30mm x10 mm Ali bar to roof bar. Using T bolts in roof bar slot. The frame assembly was relatively simple but if manufacturers could have done this for customer and put it into a larger box would’ve been helpful.

Makes transporting our 2 seat sit on kyak alot easier. The kyak is very secure and easy to lift on to the roof after a long day paddling.

Great aid to continuing kayaking into my dotage. I have it on a Peugeot Partner Tepee and still a little lifting required, so think it would be fabulous on an estate car.

Very well packaged product with good instructions and easy assembly. Very well manufactured. Used twice now and what a different it has made to loading my heavy kayak. I’d tried various other methods and equipment but this is really very good. Yes you can only load one kayak but if I was going to load more I would have purchased two of these or a trailer. In all very good price for a quality product.

Good sturdy product at a reasonable price. Easily fitted to my T Slot roof bars. Makes lifting the heavy Canadian Conor onto the roof of my Forester a lot easier. I can do it by myself now too 👍

I bought this rack becuase I am no longer happy with the vertical rack I bought for use on the back of my 5th wheel RV. And since I had a trip planned where only one kayak would be needed I pulled the trigger on ordering this one. The package arrived quick and when I opened it I found it all nicely and securely packaged. Instructions were good and I probably spent a total of 20 minutes putting this together (taking my time and doing some other things in between). Once assembled i took it out to my truck to install the base and then to insert the rack into the base. My truck is tall, so I still had to use a step stool to get everything put on. The rack fit perfectly and I opted to the external u-bolts over the T-slot since this was not something I planned to leave on the truck fulltime. Once on i confirmed what the instructions said - you really need to put some force on it to extend it when empty. You need to pull out and down at the same time, which requres me to step up on something for the "out" part of the motion. If I just stand below it and try to pull down it will not work. This is not a problem for me. I know I have a tall vehicle so it's the price I pay. The last thing I did while installing was to put two large rubber strips on. They have a strip of REALLY THIN doublesided tape. Once installed the rack sat for a while. Later that day I had to go somewhere and when I got hom I saw that the two rubber strips had been ripped off by the wind. I think some thicker 3M VHB might have held better than what's on them. Aside from this the rack was fine. Loading and unloading a kayak made this thing 100% worth it. No more standing on something and trying to get it on top of my truck and then trying to secure it. This let me put it on and secure it while at a good, easy level. Releasing the latches and letting it swing up to the roof were the easiest part of loading it up. It was nice to be able to have this secured on the roof while still being able to tow my RV and it was also nice to not have the kayak on the back of the RV blocking my rear-view camera. Over the initial 2.5 hour trip (each way) the rack and kayak held securely and other than the expected added wind noise (even with no kayak) it was all good. I did reach out to the seller asking about a part number for the two strips that were ripped off. The initial response was great, but after my 2nd message I haven't heard from them in a few days. It's nothing major and does not impact the overall functionality. I've temporarly put some other rubber strips on there while I wait to receive a response. One thing that led me to get this rack over a competitor (that costs twice as much) is that this rack isn't just for kayaks. With the t-slots on the two main rails I'll be able to use my bike racks if I ever want to take my bikes somewhere and can't use the bed of my truck. I believe they have a basket that will work on this rack too, in case I ever need something like that. The added functionality swayed my decision in this direction (in addition to the price - not saying this is cheap becuase it is not, but I didn't want to pay almost $1000 for a single use rack). If you're on the fence about this item go for it. If your vehicle and not too tall and you can extend/close standing on the ground your experience will be better than mine. I still give it 5 stars in spite of the rubber strips not holding. I hope to be able to replace them once I hear back from the seller.

Eccezionale come qualità dei materiali. Ho eliminato la necessità di avere un gancio di traino. Mancano solo i binari per due biciclette, ma, una volta montati, oltre alle due biciclette, possono essere caricati con le cinghie sup e surf o sci ed altro. Sarebbe solo opportuno avere nel kit dei bulloni e dei dadi quadrati di fissaggio dei binari delle bici, perché il binario è quadrato.

Alors là c’est un vrai bonheur à utiliser faire . Je mets cinq étoiles quand même, malgré certaines choses qui me semble un peu légère, comme les protections je trouve ça un peu léger, choses bizarres, et vous le verrez sur la vidéo les crochets pour désactiver le blocage dans toutes les vidéos que j’ai pu voir ils sont à l’extérieur alors que sur le miens ils sont à l’intérieur. J’espère que dans le temps cela ne posera pas de problème et je ne les ai pas monté à l’envers étant donné que ils sont sertie au niveau de la barre d’action. Le système de réglage pour la taille de Kayak est super bien fait car personnellement je l’utilise pour Kayak de Rivière mais aussi de mer donc les largeurs ne sont pas les mêmes certes un peu cher, mais tellement efficace je ne regrette pas.

Top Qualität bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Produkt. Zusammen bau sehr einfach Beschreibung könnte bloß auf Deutsch sein.

It helped me to load the Kayak on top of my tall Land Cruiser, but I hoped it was much lighter, It’s not as easy as advertised, it’s heavy and not easy to remove from rack !!! Also the locking mechanism is not very easy to use ! It helps but not very easy to use !