RAD Sportz Kayak Storage Hoists - Overhead Pulley Hoist Systems with 125lb Capacity Each for Canoes, Bikes, Ladders, and More

Can't beat it for the money. I bought this as a way to remove/store my rooftop cargo box on my Volvo and it's just what I needed. Took me an hour to install and then just a few minutes to remove my cargo box. I agree with other reviews that the rope isn't super high quality, but for my use it is fine. I think I would replace it if I were using often, but for me this will be a couple time a year. Pulleys and hardware are nice and the brake mechanism is simple, clever, and works well. I did deviate from the instructions in that I didn't use a mounting board, but just lagged the mounts into the garage ceiling framing and that worked fine and looked better. I had planned to DIY it by finding pulleys and mounts on my own, but at this price it made no sense and this saved me so much time. (I'm an engineer which means I tend to overthink these sorts of contraptions.) Very happy with this and highly recommend it.

This is a very good kayak storage hoist. Easy assemble, great directions and illustrations. Works great

The hoist works quite well. You raise or lower each end of your boat with separate ropes, and can easily raise or lower it evenly. However the force required to lift is substantial for my 60 pound roof top cargo box. A smaller person might find it difficult to lift a 100 lb.+ canoe or kayak. The Brake System works very well and prevents sudden, uncontrolled drops should you lose control of the ropes. Overall this hoist is easy to operate. The suspension straps provided use a plastic snap together buckle (like on a backpack waist strap). This seems dangerous. I don't believe those types of buckles are intended to be load bearing. It's the weak link in this hoist. I'm going to replace mine with cargo straps that come with a proper load bearing rating. Installation was easy, I screwed the pulley blocks into a stud that I located in the ceiling by following a line of nails driven through the sheet rock. Drilled a pilot hole for the wood screws to verify I was going into solid wood (very important); the kit's wood screws have bolt heads so you'll need a socket and ratchet, it takes some considerable force, they are sizable screws (that's good- you're hanging a lot of weight off these things). The instructions require you space the pulley blocks a minimum 6 feet apart. That wasn't an option for me given the spacing of storage racks, the garage door, and furnace ducts. So I set mine at 5 feet apart and I'm not having any problems- it operates fine- you should have no worries ignoring this rule if you have a short kayak. Threading the rope through the pulley blocks and tackle is easy; they give you a drawing to show how. But securing the 2 loose rope ends onto each pulley block is not so easy. They want you tie those rope ends around one of the horizontal bolts that attach each of the pulley blocks to the mounting plates. Problem is you've already bolted it together, it's screwed into the ceiling, and you don't have a lot of room to work with to make some fancy knot (they don't supply a diagram of what type of knot to use). You'll see what I mean when you do it yourself. So I simply ran the rope ends through the hole in the block and tied a simple double knot that prevents the rope from slipping back through the hole. Seems to work just fine. I recommend you test your installation by suspending your boat just a few inches off the ground for several days before lifting the boat up high into its storage position. Check to make sure the pulley blocks aren't pulling loose from the ceiling, and tug on the ropes suspending your boat to further ensure those pulley blocks won't rip loose. You will note the ropes stretch, your boat will drop about a half inch in the first 24 hours. Aside from the strap buckles being poor quality, I would have given this 5 stars. It's a slick product that optimizes precious floor space in your garage.

This is an amazing product!! Works great!! Used with car roof cargo carrier that weighs about 40 lbs. Make sure to wear gloves as the rope is fairly thin. Any heavier than 40lbs probably need to tie loops or find a way to get a better grip.

I bought this product as well as a more expensive one to store my cargo carrier on an 11' garage. The rope was plenty long enough for me (I placed my mounts ~36" apart). I thought the product was pretty good quality given the price; Nothing about it seemed excessively cheap to me. The install was easy, especially due to the simplicity of the design (good for install, maybe bad for some other reasons). I didn't have any issues with the straps and it seemed plenty strong to me (I tested it with myself, a 180lb weight). Uses a bit of vertical space: The issue for me was that the garage door was too tall and, even though I have a lot of space, which I think would be about 3', it was too little space and my garage door would hit the cargo carrier. Due to the design of this unit, it uses up quite a bit of veritcal space. Probably another 18" or so, in addition to the cargo box. Due to this, I ended up purchasing a more expensive, Teal Triangle unit, which probably stores the box about 8" higher (just a guess visually - I did not take a measurement), but I hope to keep this one and find another use for it since I think it's a great option. I may use it to get my bike rack off the floor. The only other downside is that the rope seemed have a lot of friction when release it to the side, due to the lack of a 3rd ceiling mount for a brake. Summary, this product is worth the price, and other more complex options have additional features, that can also be worth the price if you need those.

These work great to hold up our kayaks! Husband found youtub videos to help get these really close to the ceiling. They are easy to raise and lower too

I say "mostly" because the mounting brackets, pully assembly, and mounting hardware are pretty impressive. The pulleys themselves are questionable. They appear to be made of polyethylene. They are clear and I can compress them with my fingers. I can't help but wonder how many months it will be before they crumble like the pulley assembly I just replaced. Seriously...metal pulleys would be so much better. Everything else, no worries. I'm already looking for replacement pulley wheels. $15 to $25 for a set of four.

Wir hatten gleich 2 Stück davon in der Bootshalle bei unserem Ruderclub installiert, funktioniert sehr gut , haben durch die Montage in der Höhe nun die Bootshalle besser ausgenützt und Platz im Bootsregal gewonnen. Da wir die Befestigung an schrägen Dachbalken gemacht hatten, mussten wir jeweils einen Holzkeil einfügen, damit die Rollenachsen waagrecht sind bzw. die Leinen senkrecht nach oben / runten laufen können.

Perfekt! Lätt att få upp gummibåten i taket, spar utrymme!

Es una excelente producto la calidad y resistencia del material son satisfactorias, ha pesar de que en las especificacion mencionan que debe ir con fijacion en techo sobre viga de madera o concreto, funciona de igual manera con una fijacion en pared, dejo una imagen de la instalacion que hice en pared. Recomendacion (Tome en cuenta que el paquete trae sus taquetes, tornillos, etc. Estas recomendaciones son para instalacion en pared) Broca de 1/2 en conjunto con taquete de 1/2 Tornillos pueden ocupar los que trae el paquete por defecto u optar por unos mas largos Adiscionar previamnete arandelas al momento de ajustar los tornillos Sin duda una gran opcion para ahorro de espacion y mantener seguro tu equipamiento!

Zag er stevig uit, nog niet gemonteerd maar vermoed dat het precies doet wat ik ervan verwacht.

Installation was easy, the hoist operates very smoothly. The locking mechanism works good too. Overall very happy. For the instructions there are two issues. 1) It says to cut 6-10 feet off the rope so you can use it to tie the two hooks together. I have 9 foot ceilings, there's no way there would be enough rope for the hoist if I cut 6 feet off of it. Instead I just used some other rope I already had. 2) It says to cut the rope in half for the two pulleys. But one pulley requires way more rope than the other so I think this is just an error. However I don't think you should cut the rope at all. I left the entire rope intact, I just tied a knot on one end, threaded it through, then tied a knot on the other end. This makes way more sense to me. The other thing I would like change is the design of the ceiling mount. It adds 3 inches to the overall height of the thing for no good reason. I'm bolting this into joists, I wish that bracket was just flush with the ceiling. They designed it to accommodate different scenarios, exposed joists versus drywalled ceiling. However I think the product could still be flexible but offer a better solution for flush mounting. Between the joist bracket, the pulleys and the hooks I'm losing 1.5 feet of space. I would like the kayak to be tucked way up. Last thing is the spacing of the pulleys. The instructions say to space them between 6 and 10 feet. I don't understand why they say 6 feet minimum. My kayak is short (10.5 feet). I decided to space them 5 feet apart and still I think the straps are further out than I would like. I may remount them 4 feet apart. That's fine, my issue is the instructions make it sound like it's bad to mount them any closer than 6 feet.