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It time to make an investment in a car roof box but I cant make up my mind. I usaully go for Thule products but please let me know of good alternatives. I am currently looking at either a Thule Spirit or Dynamic. They are about 480 and 520 Litres. I know they are not cheap but they will get a huge amount of use over the next decade or so. The car is an s-max so I can go large.

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Posted : 12/02/2011 1:39 pm
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Used my sister's Thule Atlantis a few times, very pleased with it. Easy to fit and locks on to bars easily with adjustable jaws. Can get two racks on the roof too with it.


 
Posted : 12/02/2011 2:12 pm
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I've got a Thule Atlantis 780 which, oddly, is about 480 litres. It came with those pincer things spud mentions, although I ended up buying some special bolts for about £20 that slide into the aero bars. That leaves more space inside the box, and holds it lower/closer onto the bars and looks a bit neater. Since all our old luggage was knackered, I also got a set of 5 Thule bags that fit perfectly inside it, so packing it is a doddle now. I got it all from roofbox.co.uk who were very good. They even rang me to query something on my order that didn't make sense (although it did, but wasn't obvious).


 
Posted : 12/02/2011 7:42 pm
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I've also got the Atlantis 780 and only used it for the first time this summer. V impressed. Also got some paddy hopkirk roof box straps so now I can drive into the garage and undo the roof bar fixings and lift it straight off, storing it on the garage ceiling. Great idea for under a tenner.

http://wap.ebay.co.uk/Pages/ViewItem.aspx?aid=270705488013&sv=Paddy%20hopkirk%20roofbox&emvcc=0


 
Posted : 12/02/2011 7:49 pm
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Try [url= http://www.roofbox.co.uk/ ]The Roofbox Company[/url]. The Kamei range is very good.


 
Posted : 12/02/2011 9:27 pm
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3rds on roofbox co.


 
Posted : 12/02/2011 9:34 pm
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Thanks for the replies so far. I have checked out roofbox and roofracks sites. They are pretty good. Any other altenatives to Kamei and Thule. Anyone got any MontBlanc kit?


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 8:29 am
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We got ours from Aldi.

Its been great. Cheap too, as you'd expect. £80 I think.


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 8:30 am