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What's up, everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be checking out this Sports 2 Rooftop Bag from Rightline. It's perfect for if you have a vehicle like this. It's kind of small. There's not a lot of room for everything. You get all that extra cargo you're bringing with you for your trip up and on the roof and out of everybody's way.
I think this is an awesome option no matter how big your vehicle is, if you have a roof rack on there, if it's a naked roof, because you never know when you're going to need the bag until you need it. From personal experience, one time I was taking a trip to the Lake with my friends. I lost a game of rock paper scissors, and my bag was the one that got strapped to the roof. There was no bag. There was no box.It was a bad idea.
So I spent two hours looking at the top of the roof going, "I hope my bag stays there". If only I'd this folded up in the back trunk or something, or with me, I'd have been way more comfortable putting my gear in this and strapping it to the roof rather than using a ratchet strap on the roof, which is not what you're supposed to do. You have quite a few different options when it goes to carrying your cargo on your roof. It depends on if you have a roof rack, or if it's a naked roof, or if you want a hard shell box instead. Those are pretty popular.
They we're definitely going to protect from the elements, but you're kind of restricted to the space it gives you. There's no pushing on that hard shell to get just that one more bag in there.Plus, the things are pretty big and you got to find space for it in the garage when you go to take it off. That's why I think the soft top bag here is the way to go. And when you're not using it, you can roll it up and fit it in its own little carrying case it comes with and just throw in the back of your car. It's out of the way.
Just because it's not a hard shell rooftop box, doesn't mean it's not going to keep the weather out. It's made out of a PVC-coated polyester, which is going to keep the rain out. I'm going to pour some water on there and just show you what I'm talking about.As you saw, the water didn't pull up and ran right off and it's protected. The water ran down here and went over where the zipper seam is. It's protected by its own weather strip, so it will not be exposed to the elements. Even back here where the two zippers meet, it's got a nice hook and loop fastener there to cover them up.The bag itself is very versatile. It's made to fit your roof if you have a naked roof, factory roof rack, or an aftermarket roof rack. It's set up up here at the buckles. We're going to use today just the two on each side, because we're using it as a naked roof. The extra buckle up here, and there's one on the back, and the other two sides, is to go around the roof rack and come back up here just for extra security. While we're up here, I like that the buckles are attached to the top of the bag. It's not just some add-on strap that goes around the top and pulled down tight. It gives me more confidence that it's attached to the bag. Plus I can't lose it. Let's follow the strap down here and look at the car flip or hook that goes inside of the door jam. It's a rubber-coated hook, or car clip as they call it. That won't damage your vehicle when it comes in contact over there, won't scratch or anything. So it's got that nice rubber coating.This bag is going to give you plenty of extra room for your cargo. Inside, it measures 15 cubic feet, and on the outside, it's 44 inches long by 36 inches wide. Now, it does have a tapered design and you'd see that if we had it fully loaded with boxes, they give you plenty of flat shapes to show it. But we decided to load it with real cargo to show you what it looks like when you're throwing your stuff in there. So let's take a look at how we got it installed. When you go to throw your bag up on the roof, make sure you remember to put your logo up front and the zipper towards the back. The front can handle the wind and the rain way better without the seams and stuff in there. You don't have to worry about it with the zipper.I went out and laid out all the cargo that we got out of the vehicle for our trip that we're going to load up on top in the bag. You'd see it takes up quite a bit of space just here on the floor. Let's start loading the bag. Silence 00:03:54 Go ahead and zip it closed.And make sure when you zip it closed that you get the zippers underneath the flap here. It just further prot

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What do you think of a custom wooden frame that gives the bag the box shape and a reliable fixed hold on the straps. And maybe Velcro straps on the inside box to stop awkward objects from sliding within the box frame ? Do you guys see any liabilities that can come from this design ? Currently sitting by outside of Home Depot trying to work out the logistics. Thanks in advanced for any tips

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You may risk tearing the bag and you will be adding extra weight to the top of your vehicle. You would be better off going with a roof top cargo box.
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