Thule Ranger Foldaway 280 Litre

Five stars due to value - Can't believe the cost of these things. Picked this soft top up for about half the cost of nearly all the other hard tops available. It worked great to France and back. Folded up in the garage now not taking up too much space. Also fits in the boot if you need it to.Not as big as most others but was perfectly adequate for me and my family. After bulging out the boot on previous holidays, it was nice to be able to look out the back window this time.Slightly worried about safety, but just don't keep anything valuable in there. Bedding/sleeping bags etc. ought to be fine, and to be honest no one seemed to be interested in having a look inside anyway. If you're really paranoid you could always fold it up on arrival.Waterproofing seemed to hold out fine. Zips and straps etc. were all solid. Bit fiddly to set up and take down, but nothing major. Not a massive fan of the 'quick lock' mechanisms which were a slight pain tbh. But they got the job done in the end. They are a bit too complicated for their own good.Best of all this actually fit my Fiat Bravo. And looked great.

Absolutely loving this bad boy! We originally had a cheap and nasty roof box from France (long story!). It sat in the garden, for want of anywhere better to keep it, and got slowly more and more rotten. Cobwebs, snails, green slime. Eventually, when we came to use it, I cleaned it all up and found it didn't fit our Thule Wing bars. Time for a new roof box.I didn't want the new one to live in misery in the garden so decided a fold up was a good move. Found this: price was good, reviews upbeat, made by Thule; sounds perfect! Took delivery, set it up, installed on car and set off for first trip. It didn't hold anywhere near as much as our old one but that's to be expected since it's quite a lot smaller. However, it didn't hold even as much as it looks like it's holding in the pictures...emptied; re-packed another time. Emptied; re-packed yet another time. I finally started to realise, and can now, much later, confirm, that there is a bit of skill involved in picking what to put in and how to put it in. It's not just a chuck-everything-in roof box like a solid one.We use it for camping so we have pillows, sleeping bags, clothes, coats, etc. Soft is key. Get as much soft stuff in as you can making a vague roof box shape. Get it all up to the front (of the car) and star to zip up. Stuff more things down the zipped sides and into the gaps at the top. Keep zipping and squeezing into the gaps and eventually as you get the zips towards the front, and you can't get any more in, zip both together and whizz them both around to the access side. There always seems to be a little pocket left you can't get to mind you :)Everything emptied, rolls off the top of the bar, into its sleeping bag and into the loft. Easy to install, easy to pack away; fantastic!

Great product. Lots of extra room for a family camping trip. Easy to attach to roof bars.We travelled to Cornwall and had very very heavy rain for over 2 hours. One sleeping bag got slightly damp but everything else stayed dry.I would really recommend. Stored in our loft and stored in the boot whilst on holiday so we didn't have to drive around with roof box all the time. A brilliant product.

The worst quality item I have ever been misled into buying. VERY flimsy and fell apart after 2 uses and a year in its storage bag.No response from the seller Wessex Garages despite multiple messages. Avoid this product. Avoid Wessex Garages.

Whilst other roof boxes have more capacity, their downside is the fact they are rigid and can't be easily stored. This neatly gets round the storage problem by folding up into a bag that can be put in a cupboard or loft.We use this with Thule Wingbars so no problems at all with fitting, and once you reach your destination, it simply rolls up and gets put away. Easy.I'd been concerned about noise, but it was surprisingly quiet in use. It's a good idea to fill up with soft items so there are no areas that can flap and cause noise. The tie down straps can be Velcroed in place so they don't start to move in the wind.First time we used this carrier was in the torrential rain over Christmas, but the contents stayed dry for about 300 miles of driving rain and sleet. It's good to check that the mounting holes on the bottom are covered, but there are little vinyl stickers provided that make sure you have no water ingress.If you don't have a garage or space to store a full size roof box, this adds extra space quickly and simply.

Easy to fit, stores away easily too. Unfortunately we arrived at our destination to find our sleeping bags had gotten wet. I spent the extra money on a Thule expecting better quality but this maybe isn’t the case.

The capacity is not as great as I had expected it to but I was still able to fit a lot of stuff into it freeing up space in the car itself. Fitting it to the roof bars for the first time took about 20 minutes but that was because I was doing it alone and I was unfamiliar with it and I wanted to be sure it was secure knowing that I would be driving a lot of miles on French motorways. Now I know how it works I expect to be able to fit it much quicker in future. Removing it is a doodle and takes no time at all. I can vouch for the fact it is waterproof. We spend three days driving up through France and it rained very heavily on two of those days. The only time water got inside was when we arrived home and opened the wet lid to get stuff out. Water dripped off the lid and onto stuff inside. I can't blame the roof box for that. I should have waited or dried it off with a cloth first. The only problem with the foldaway roof box is that you cannot have it attached to the roof bars while it is empty so you have to carry it in the car itself. Packed away into its carry bag it takes up the same amount of space as a large suitcase so be prepared for that if you are intending (as we were) to use it only for the return journey.

Buen diseño aerodinámico y buen diseño de sujeción, rápido y fácil..

Coffre de toit très pratique car pliable et donc peu encombrent une fois rangé.En plus de cela il est léger comparé à un modèle rigide et donc très facile à installer par une personne seule et de petit gabarit (mon cas).

High quality product

Vaya bolsa! es compacta, fácil de usar, fácil de instalar, se puede retirar en cualquier momento y con muchísima facilidad si lo necesitas. es segura, aerodinámica, tiene muchísimo espacio, el material es perfecto, encantada! le doy 10 de 10 por que si la quiero almacenar ocupa menos espacio que un cajon rigido, se puede guardar en una tula y llevar consigo a cualquier parte como una especie de morral, si no la necesitas instalada, pues la desinstalas en 4 pasos muy fáciles y la guardas dentro del coche.

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