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Baskets as noted above tend to be smaller and easier to hang on wall hooks, what you put in them is only really limited by the bags/tiedown options you choose.
Yeah, I have to say I have never considered a basket. The security side of things would concern me a little & I would prefer it if there is no risk of everything getting a soaking on the journey - I suppose I could mitigate this with dry bags & a tarpaulin cover.
I would not use a tarp, it will flap and make a hell of a noise. You could use dry bags in a basket, or just get bars and a folding roof bag rather than box. Bars are pretty easy to store - I have mine standing up against the garage wall and held in place by a bungee strap attached to hooks in the wall.
If anyone else is interested. https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/aerodynamic-designing-and-position-optimization-of-roof-box
Take less stuff?
I once found myself loading the roof box onto a Passat estate when the kids were small.
I stopped, paused for thought and realised it was ridiculous. Put it back in the garage and then sold it.
I'm 100% not saying this applies to the OP, but do stop to think before you take the student bin approach to packing.
The Thule rear towbar mounted storage boxes look a great solution too.
Agreed - it looks about a million times better than that Ixta coffin.
We found that storage isn’t a huge issue as it fits nicely under the canoe on the rack in the back garden; clearly the issue you all are facing is a lack of canoes, not the owning of roof boxes.
Never a truer word said.