Sport Jr

This car top carrier was great! You do not need rails on top of the car to use this, but you do need extra straps and the non-skid roof pad. I drove from Cincinnati, Ohio to Seattle, Washington with this on the roof of my mid-size car, and it did great. It got a lot of abuse along the way. I drove freeway the whole way, so high speeds, there were very intense winds, downpours in the rain and snow on the drive. It came off the top of the car every night to go inside the hotel, which was a bit of a pain but with it to prevent the potential of theft. The bag got a little dirty with all of the weather and bugs hitting it on the drive, but it doesn't have a rip to show for it. A little hosing off took care of the dirt and it looks nearly new. When you get it, put the skid-proof pad on the top of your car. This is necessary. It protects your car and prevents the bag from sliding around. Trim the excess padding. It will drive you crazy within minutes of hitting the freeway if you don't. The pad flaps around in the wind and makes a very loud noise. Just trimming the extra off takes care of that. The straps were not long enough for my car. I stopped at a store and bought extra straps to tighten the bag down. You absolutely need longer straps unless you have a very small car. My car is mid-sized, average. Maybe if you have a Smart Car or Prius or Fiesta you can get away without strap extensions, but otherwise just go ahead and get some. This bag fits a lot. I was worried at first, I didn't think it would fit as much as I needed it to. Once it was loaded up, it fit a ton. It fits more than the roof of my car could take, so I had to rearrange things and put lighter things in the carrier, but it was great. There are only a few rooftop carriers out there for cars without roof racks. Luckily this one is excellent quality, holds a ton, and stands up to weather.

I used this to carry lightweight items on my camping trip to the Grand Canyon last year. Planning and packing for a week stay at the North Rim was no easy task when you are traveling in a small car. I placed this on top of my 2008 Kia Spectra and it worked like a charm. I did purchase the Rightline Gear Non-Skid Roof pad and Master Lock 3060DAT 12 foot straps - probably didn't need it but I was a little paranoid about the clips coming undone- and losing my bag somewhere between California and Nevada. This bag survived an 8 hour drive (each way) to the Canyon. and unfortunately for me it proved it's waterproof abilities when we got caught in a very bad thunderstorm. I arrived home and all my items were perfectly dry. I only used it for one trip but I think it did a great job and I am very happy with it. I recommend buying the Rightline Gear roof pad and cutting it to perfect size (I tried to leave a little room for movement and it made a lot of noise). Also if you use the extra straps like I did make sure you tie them off and then put the loose ends inside the car. I tried to tie and wrap the "extra" onto the bag around the straps and soon the wrapped loose ends just came undone and they started flapping around. Also if you are worried like I was about lifting the weather strip on your car don't be. I easily lifted it placed the hook under it and then covered it back with the weather strip and shut my door. Even during the thunder storm no water leaked into my car. The strip did lose its shape a bit and I was worried about that but after a couple of days it went back to normal.

I used the carrier during my cross-country trip from Washington, DC to Southern California. The Jr. size fit quite well on the roof of my 2003 Acura CL-S (a 2-door coupe) and I was happily surprised at just how much stuff fits into 9 cubic feet. I don't have a roof rack and unfortunately the clips that are supposed to hook onto the door frame didn't fit on my car. Thankfully, my mom had some extra straps from her windsurfing days so we were able to secure the straps through the car instead. I also purchased a car top mat (cut down to just under the carrier's dimensions) which provided something for the bag to grip onto. Between the straps and the mat, the carrier felt very secure and I reached speeds up to 95 mph--aside from some extra noise, there were no issues. As for the contents While leaving DC we encountered snow, in Virginia there was salt and ice, there high winds in Arizona, and then a bit of rain once we got into California--despite all of this, the contents of the carrier stayed clean and dry. The bag itself emerged from the trip relatively unscathed as well--no rips or tears. I've attached a picture of my car after getting through Virginia to illustrate what a mess everything was. Security When filled, the bag itself was too heavy and unwieldy for my mother and I to maneuver (we're both around 5'3) so we put the empty bag on the roof, filled it, zipped it up, velcro-ed it shut, and strapped it down thinking we would have to empty it every night and go through the whole procedure again in the mornings--what a pain, but a necessary evil. However, after driving the whole day, we were just to tired to want to deal with all of that, so we asked the hotels about security and were assured that we would be fine. We tried to park under a light and hoped for the best. We stayed in hotels for 4 nights and had no problems. Cons As other reviewers have stated, the instructions are minimal, but I went to Rightline Gear's website where they have a lot of useful information. I also came across RoofBag's site and they have really helpful illustrated instructions with the correct angles for the straps. My biggest problem was when I tried to contact the company about the clips not fitting on my doors and didn't get a response. The product itself is great, but if I couldn't attach it to my car, it really wouldn't have mattered how great it was--thank goodness we had extra straps. I would have preferred they had a choice of straps rather than automatically bundling the Jr. with the clips.

Just went on a 7000 km trip with this bag attached to the bare roof of my 2017 Civic and have zero complaints. Went through an entire day of rain and then some and not a bit of a leak. I did purchase alternate hooks (RoofPax on Amazon) that go under the door seals as I wasn't comfortable with the included ones that go over top, and I also purchased the anti-slip pad for underneath the bag. A few things we learned along the journey: The pad should lie some inches back from the front of the bag so it doesn't catch in the wind and make noise; we also folded the excess pad underneath the back of the bag for the same reason. The bag should be loaded with heavier items in the front and packed as snugly and evenly distributed as possible, especially in the front. We placed the front of the bag a couple of inches back from where the windshield met the roof, this worked the best on my car but might be different on yours. Make sure the straps are pulled very tight. We used double sided velcro strips to secure the tails of the straps; the noise of the straps flapping in the wind will drive you bonkers otherwise. Having a bag on the roof of your vehicle will decrease the gas mileage, however I found that it was better when the bag was tied as snug as it could be. All in all, I'm super impressed with how well this bag performed, it's well made, no problems through 8 full days of driving, didn't leak and saved me almost $1000 over buying a roof rack.

Very good

On the first outing, both the front straps detached from the bag. Thankfully it was towards the end of the journey, sadly it was outside of the return window and there is no additional warranty. Thankfully Amazon have been great and assisted

Ok i should giving this a five star but decided not because of what happened to us on our way to camping. We have a toyota corolla 2011 me and my hubby been looking for extra storage for our car for our camping trip and buying this one is the easiet and cheapest way. We don't have to buy a car rack for the roof of our car and it has a good review. The bag itself works great 100% water proof we can prove that because this thanks giving long weekend we went to our camping trip and on our way to Bon echo provincial park the rain was so heavy i was so worried that our things on the top of our car will gonna get wet specially we fully pack it and can't even closed the velcro but when we reached our destination the things inside our bag was all so dry. Now here's the catch the clip that included don't work with our car or maybe we don't put it right (hope you have video in youtube showing how to put it properly) anyways the "tie through the car" worked with us and the problem started there because of the rain, the strap get wet and the water get through the car too so all of us beside the door get wet. I hope the company can suggest something that we can do to prevent water going inside the car through the strap. Thank God on our way home it's already sunny or else we will all end up sick because the temperature goes down and it's really kinda cold. About the noise of the car we heard it too but we realized it's because of the non skid pad that we also buy my husban just fold it in and the noise was gone so just cut it a bit smaller from the bag size and also tigth the strap to prevent the noise too. Will i recommend it??? I did 2 of my friend buy it already but gave them a head up regarding the water through the strap when it rains.

I took the Rightline Gear Sport Jr. on a month long, 8,600 mile (13,840 km) trip across Canada and the US and it performed admirably. It was a great fit on my Toyota Corolla 2006 WITHOUT a roof rack (the next size up would have probably fit too, but this was more room than we needed). There were some epic rainstorms along the way and I can say that this bag is completely waterproof. Not a single drop of water got into the bag (the car on the other hand, I will explain below). The material is pretty heavy duty; I drove at normal speeds and just about every day would drag it off the roof, fully packed, slamming onto the ground. I made sure to only load it with large bags and had the same layout every time to speed things up. The front of the bag gets pretty littered with bugs after a while, but the rains washed most of it off by the time my trip was over. I didn't have a roof rack and was using the bag on the naked roof. I would wipe down the roof with a rag every time and I put down a non-slip mat. I didn't get the official non-slip mat which has terrible reviews. I went to a Dollarama and picked up a non-slip mat roll for less than $5 and it worked perfectly (I know because pulling the bag off the roof every time was fairly difficult with the mat on). The bag always felt secure and was still strong at the end of the trip. There are a few issues: the straps that come with the bag are WORTHLESS. You will notice in my included photos that I have straps purchased separately. Definitely head down to the hardware store and pick up some quality ratcheting straps for $20 or so. I also got 4 carabiners to use instead of the attached plastic loops which were too small, although, I don't think they were necessary. Tying the bag down tightly was probably good enough. It you want to risk using the included straps, please make a trial run before going on your actual trip to make sure it's enough for you. I was hoping the use the car clips but there was nowhere in my car to attach the clips. If you're thinking of using the car clips, run your fingers along the car door frame to see if there's somewhere the clips can latch onto (you don't want it latching onto the weather stripping). And speaking of weather stripping, even with the upgraded straps, if you're using it on a naked roof, it will affect your weather stripping. It was fine in light rain, but in heavy monsoons water would leek in pretty rapidly. Have a towel handy to shield your arm and pets when that happens. Another issue the straps against the weather stripping did also let in more wind noise and would vibrate pretty loudly if tightened just right, but was bearable. Even with the issue with the straps, I can't deny that this bag survived the entire road trip unscathed. It protected my gear and kept it perfectly dry. I'm definitely keeping this bag to use again on a future trip and I can thoroughly recommend it.