Rola 59100 Platypus Expandable Roof Top Bag
Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 7 x 19.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 13.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
- Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
- ASIN: B000E7YP82
- Item model number: 59100
By : Rola
Item Description
Rola Platypus Expandable Roof Best Bag has a unique cinching technique that keeps cargo secure. It expands from 10 to 15 cubic feet to accommodate extra cargo. This sporty, weather proof storage bag is backed by restricted five Year warranty.
Rola 59100 Platypus Expandable Roof Top Bag
Customer Reviews
I had almost the exact same experience, only it was only rain. But everything was soaked. I followed the instructions, and while the hold downs, extra velcro straps and cinching allow you to really tighten the bag down so you don't have any flapping, if it really was weatherproof as Rola claims, it would be a wonderful product.
The Rola Platypus Expandable Roof Bag along with the Rola (59504) Cargo Roof Basket proved to be a great combination on my 2008 Chevy Equinox. The problem with the Equinox is the short space between the factory installed roof rack cross bars (only 26 inches). The solution was the Rola Cargo Roof Basket. It was easy to assemble (requiring only a screw driver) and mounted to the vehicle's roof rack without any tools at all. Once the basket was in place, attaching the Platypus bag was a snap...literally. Put the platypus on the basket, open the roof bag all the way, load the roof bag (we had 2 duffle bags, 2 gym/stuff bags, 1 small suitcase and a suit bag), close the roof bag zipper, strap it to the roof basket and pull it tight. Total install time was 15 minutes to put on the basket and about the same to load and secure.
While on the road the Platypus was great. We traveled over 2500 miles round trip from NJ to Southern FL and we found little change in vehicle noise and only a slight decrease in the fuel mileage. Once we arrived we removed the Platypus Roof Bag and left the Basket in place...no problems at all.
We hit some monsoon type rain (summer in Florida, what would you expect) and the Platypus performed just fine. This is not a 'water proof' bag and it states that right in the instructions. By placing the duffle bags and the other contents in plastic garbage bags, everything remained dry, without exception.
One minor thing that I had to do on my own was to purchase caps for the thread ends for the 'U-bolt' mounts so the roof basket didn't puncture the Platypus Bag. I simply used tire valve caps ($2.00 for 8 at Wal-Mart) and they worked perfectly.
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