Thule 630 Ranger 90 Rooftop Cargo Bag
- Molded design provide the protection of a cargo box with the flexibility to roll and store
- Easy snap mounting system makes attachment and removal simple
- Mounts to most aftermarket and factory installed roof racks
- Waterproff materials and taped seam construction help keep contents dry
- Features an integrated lock for added security
Product Description
All the advantages of a rooftop box, with the fraction of the storage spaceProduct Description
The Thule 630 Ranger 90 Rooftop Cargo Bag provides you with all the advantages of a rooftop box, but requires only a fraction of the storage space. The ranger has been designed with simplicity as its key, and is easy to mount, easy to remove, and easy to roll up and stow away. The Thule 630 Ranger 90’s unique molded base design provides the protection of a cargo… More >>
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.
Rating: 1 / 5
Comment by M. Barnes — October 11, 2009 @ 11:53 am
Pros:
1. This product mounts to the roof rack bars and does not rest on the roof of the vehicle for those of us concerned about the vehicle’s paint.
2. This product is a hybrid – bottom half is rigid plastic, top half is a heavy vinyl type material with a zipper to secure it to the plastic base. The plastic bottom folds along its length (about 4 feet long) while the vinyl top is sandwiched between to greatly reduce storage space when not in use unlike those huge all-plastic cargo boxes.
3. No tools required to mount the product to the roof rack bars. Thule designed special U-bolt retainer brackets that twist in place and are hidden inside making it more difficult for vandalism – very clean installation. Obviously since the top cover can be cut with a blade, this product is more susceptible to vandalism than a hard shell type carrier.
4. While there are carriers with more storage capacity, this product is about 4 feet in length that fits nicely on a sedan (Honda Accord in my case).
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by W. Major — October 11, 2009 @ 2:30 pm
I can’t speak to how it performs once mounted, but if you have Yakima racks on Q towers and installed using the Yakima recommended distance between cross bars, there’s a good chance this won’t fit. On my car, Yakima recommends 36″ between the cross bars (measured center-to-center). Thule’s instructions, now that I have them, claim this won’t work if the distance between cross bars is greater than 900mm, or roughly 35.4 inches.
You might think Thule would be conservative in their fit estimates and that it might actually fit a greater distance, but actually they seem to have overestimated. My crossbars are actually 35.75 inches apart, and I missed the holes in this Thule bag by a good inch at least. A more accurate estimate from Thule would have been to require at most 880mm or about 34.75 inches.
And its not just a few unusual vehicles which will have Yakima racks installed so wide. Looking over my Yakima install instructions, a few years old now, it looks like Corollas, Camrys and Jettas are just a few of the vehicles with 36″ spread for Yakima racks.
Ironically I went with this bag because roof mounted bags wouldn’t fit between my bars. I’ll probaly go ahead and install this bag anyway, but will have to decide if I want to fiddle with moving my Yakima bars, or drilling another pair of holes in the bottom of the bag. But then I lose one of the main advantages of spending big bucks on a name brand rack–trusting that it is engineered to perform provided I installed as instructed.
Rating: 2 / 5
Comment by B. Polacco — October 11, 2009 @ 4:27 pm
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
Rating: 4 / 5
Comment by b dog — October 11, 2009 @ 7:18 pm
Wanted a storage roof rack that was easy to install and easy to store. This proved to be both. Only slight issue is getting used to packing something that is higher without a ladder but managed to do so.
Rating: 5 / 5
Comment by J. Batty — October 11, 2009 @ 7:37 pm